Do you understand your team's true motivations?

Are you fooling yourself about your leadership skills? | Exercises to build your leadership empathy | Read more from LaRae Quy on SmartBrief on Leadership Created for {EMAIL} | [{NAME}]( at [{NAME}]( [For more relevant content - Update Your Profile]( | [Web Version]( July 22, 2022 CONNECT WITH SMARTBRIEF  [LinkedIn]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [SmartBrief on Leadership]( Innovative Ideas. Ahead of the Curve. [SIGN UP]( ⋅ [SHARE](  [] Leading Edge [] [Are you fooling yourself about your leadership skills?]( Leaders could be fooling themselves into thinking they're effective when they're not if they neglect to develop their self-awareness, integrity, listening skills and consistency, writes Steve Keating. "The greatest leadership 'myth' of all is that a position or title makes someone a leader," Keating writes. 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