This Is Me – Self-awareness and Connection with Julia Carden 

What does it mean to be self-aware and how do you do it? 
Why does it help us to give and receive real and honest feedback?
What is the connection between self-awareness and getting comfortable with uncertainty?

As an executive coach with a PhD in self-awareness and a background as a HR consultant, civil servant and Royal Navel Officer, Julia is perfectly placed to highlight why self-awareness allows us to become better leaders, team members and co-workers. Julia explains how self-awareness underpins every other form of self-understanding and how perspective and ego are part of what makes it so difficult to truly achieve.

Topics Covered:

  • Self-awareness and the inputs and outputs of it
  • The components of self-awareness
  • Self-awareness and uncertainty
  • Leaders and self-awareness
  • How can self-awareness be of tangible and meaningful value in the workplace?
  • Self-awareness and collaboration
  • What are we inhibiting in our teams by making it unacceptable to express anger and frustration?
  • Time commitment involved in becoming self-aware
  • Why is it so difficult?
  • How can you become self-aware?

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