Are you a humble leader? Think again… In this episode, Dan’l and Megan share the importance of humility in leadership and a checklist for listeners to use as they work on cultivating this necessary trait. In today’s music moment, hear about a special performance Dan’l and Megan experienced during Megan’s Passover celebration.
#12: Humility & Leadership
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About the Episode
Checklist For Humble Leaders
- Are you leading to serve vs leading to win?
- Are you readily admitting to your mistakes?
- Are you seeking and trusting input from others?
- Are you getting to know yourself better?
- Are you trustworthy?
- Are you a good listener?
- Are you asking good questions to learn about others?
Show Notes
- #7: 3 Virtues of An Ideal Team Player – Self Smarter podcast
- The Ideal Team Player book – Patrick Lencioni
- The importance of being humble: A meta-analysis and incremental validity analysis of the relationship between honesty-humility and job performance – APA PsycNet
- Why Do Leaders Express Humility and How Does This Matter: A Rational Choice Perspective – National Library of Medicine
- #4: Let’s Talk About TRUST… – Self Smarter podcast
About the Hosts
We’re Dan’l Mackey Almy and Megan Zweig, the hosts of the Self Smarter podcast. We’re wives, mothers, and friends and have spent the majority of our careers leading a full-service marketing agency that serves the fresh food, floral, and better-for-you foods industry. Our chats usually involve the latest marketing insights, leadership lessons, and self-awareness tools. These chats always include lots of laughter, the occasional tear and are mostly discussed over a cocktail… or three. We’re passionate about sharing what we’ve learned, the highs and the lows, to help other leaders in the journey of becoming self smarter.
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