Self-Awareness

From Andrea Jung, Chair and CEO of Avon Products:

"Of all a leader's competencies, emotional and otherwise, self-awareness is the most important. Without it, you can't identify the impact you have on others. Self-awareness is very important as a CEO. At my level, few people are willing to tell me the things that are hardest to hear. We have an advisory counsel - ten people chosen each year from Avon offices throughout the world - and they tell me the good, the bad and the ugly about the company. Anything can be said. It helps keep me connected to what people really think and how my actions affect them."

Are you surrounded by people who are willing to tell you the truth?