Craig T. Owens

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In our last episode, Greg and I discussed how vital it is to focus on your own internal development. If you’ve been doing that, chances are you have identified a few blind spots in yourself. While it might feel more comfortable to simply hide these away and hope nobody notices, we would like to encourage you to be vulnerable: Drag your blind spots into the light, address them, and watch how your leadership improves as a result.

• [1:30] Leaders have to get comfortable with being vulnerable if they are going to make any meaningful changes in their life.
• [2:17] Blind spots have to be brought out into the light.
• [5:44] Paying attention to the feedback from others requires us to slow down to process what we need to change.
• [7:35] Leaders need to understand the speed of their team in the area of productivity.
• [8:34] Greg shares a “blind spot” example from one of his kids.
• [9:53] Why do leaders avoid their blind spots?
• [11:45] Peripheral vision isn’t good just for athletes, but for leaders too.
• [13:11] I share how asking good questions has helped my teammates with their blind spots.
• [14:50] If leaders assume things about their teammates or work with their favorite teammates, they will never improve the morale of the team.
• [18:17] Greg talks about the movie “Blindside” as a learning point about having the right people watching out for us.
• [20:10] We need to be thinking about the kind of people we need around us.
• [25:42] The one word most people are afraid to say.
• [26:59] Sometimes a fresh set of eyes is necessary to see a blind spot. Maximize coaching would love to be a resource for you in this area.

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