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You鈥檝e likely heard the phrase, 鈥淧eople don鈥檛 quit jobs. They quit bosses.鈥� It鈥檚 true for many of you. About have left a job at some point in their lives because of their manager. That means leadership is one of the most critical components of any successful business, especially when you consider .听

Encouraging the development of self-awareness across your entire workforce is one of the keys to developing effective leadership, according to , an organizational psychologist and best-selling author. In this blog post and in this week鈥檚 Benefits, Eurich shares her insight on this often overlooked trait that might be the key to cultivating effective leadership at your business.听

What is self-awareness?聽

Eurich defines self-awareness as 鈥渢he will and skill to understand who you are internally and how others see you externally.鈥澛�

Internal self-awareness relates to . External self-awareness can be related to .听

The two types are independent of one another. For example, it鈥檚 possible to be internally self-aware of who you are while not having a firm grasp on how the outside world perceives you and your actions.听

The difference it makes in leadership

High self-awareness an employee鈥檚 job satisfaction and create stronger bonds between employees and their leaders. Low self-awareness? Well, that鈥檚 when we start talking about again.听

Eurich said that the higher you are on the food chain, the less self-aware you tend to be. Why? 鈥淧ower makes it difficult to get honest feedback,鈥� she said. And when your employees, who often work closer to customers than their leaders do, aren鈥檛 comfortable sharing honest feedback, a host of issues for any business can emerge.听

For example, Eurich notes that customer service professionals with stronger self-awareness perform their jobs as those who struggle with self-awareness. That鈥檚 not surprising considering how important listening and collecting feedback are to the customer service experience.听

鈥淜nowing is always better than not knowing,鈥� Eurich said.听

What can you do to promote a self-aware culture?

Understanding is half the battle! While 95% of people think they鈥檙e self-aware, .听

You can start by taking a self-awareness quiz. Eurich provides . After completing it, you鈥檒l then seek a friend or co-worker鈥檚 feedback and then see the results.听

Buy-in is also an important part of promoting self-awareness. 鈥淚f senior leaders aren鈥檛 modeling self-awareness, it鈥檚 going to be very difficult,鈥� Eurich said. 鈥淭he bottom line: There has to be an all-in commitment on the part of senior leaders.鈥澛�

Check out our latest episode of Benefits for more valuable insight on why self-awareness is so important in leadership and in business.听