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As leaders, we are in charge of driving revenue - but how do you do that? I have been a team optimization/change management consultant and executive coach for over 13 years. I have been inside organizations as a leader and outside of organizations as a consultant. The best way you can lead teams, or a company, is to know who you are as a leader. Frankly, when the light went on for myself about who I am at my deepest level how can I assist leaders and their companies in performing better, well, might I say, it was work! Self-work! Deep, self-insightful, painstaking work!

Many CEOs, frankly, are in the wrong seat! Heck, they don’t even know who they are, and many are in the wrong position. They have the competencies and the charisma that entices companies to rely heavily on their abilities, and, guess what, they are really good at it!

Unfortunately, they may not be good at leadership. They are hired for competencies and charisma. The author Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic wrote a book on this issue, “Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders?” While I’ve seen women who are not good leaders either, many more women have the innate skills that make them born leaders. Tomas even said so - and he’s a man!

Both men and women may be outstanding at leadership, but very few understand