Feeling flawed as a leader? Here are 5 ways to heal

Feeling flawed as a leader? Here are 5 ways to heal | What leaders can learn from a supermarket reward system | Read more from Susan Fowler on SmartBrief on Leadership Created for {EMAIL} | [{NAME}]( at [{NAME}]( [For more relevant content - Update Your Profile]( | [Web Version]( July 28, 2022 CONNECT WITH SMARTBRIEF  [LinkedIn]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [SmartBrief on Leadership]( Innovative Ideas. Ahead of the Curve. [SIGN UP]( ⋅ [SHARE](  [] Leading Edge [] [Feeling flawed as a leader? Here are 5 ways to heal]( Expressing the emotions around what you see as your "flaws" can help you appreciate them in new ways, forgive yourself and finally learn to love them so they can be healed, writes Mike Robbins. "When we love our flaws, we create an environment where we can either make the specific changes we truly want (from an authentic place of intention) or learn to love and accept ourselves whether an actual 'change' takes place," Robbins writes. Full Story: [Mike Robbins]( (7/25) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [What leaders can learn from a supermarket reward system]( A supermarket in San Diego incentivizes customers to bring cloth bags by giving them tokens that can be turned into charitable donations, providing an example of an effective reward system that allows people to exercise choice, feel competent while doing it and create connections to their community, writes Susan Fowler. The system can be a lesson for companies about what kind of rewards motivate employees, especially if they have found that monetary incentives have not worked well in the past. 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Go talk to them]( Leaders need to make sure their vision is being shared constantly and consistently to their team and that they are reinforcing it through their actions and words, says Brad Whitworth, senior advisor of strategic services at Haiilo. Leaders must also get out of their office and practice "management by walking around," Whitworth says, so they can get to know their team and what is happening in different parts of the business. Full Story: [Ragan]( (7/25) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [Do you speak up when you see unethical practices?]( A strong sense of ethics and values is necessary for leaders, especially when they may be the only ones courageous enough to call out unethical behavior or other questionable practices in a company, write Bob Vanourek and Gregg Vanourek. "To be prepared to be a voice of one, you must set your moral compass by defining and living by your personal values," they write. 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