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Why self-awareness is essential for managers (and how it impacts your team)

Self-awareness is one of the most important leadership skills a manager can develop, and one that’s often underestimated. In a management context, self-awareness is about understanding how your behaviour, communication style, decisions, and emotional responses affect the people around you. It’s not about overthinking or constant self-reflection, it’s about noticing patterns and understanding how your leadership actually lands with your team. Managers with strong self-awareness tend to build more trust, handle feedback and difficult conversations more effectively, and lead teams that feel supported rather than controlled. It also plays a big role in confidence, emotional intelligence, and decision-making, especially under pressure. A lack of self-awareness often shows up in subtle ways: tension in the team, repeated misunderstandings, defensiveness in conversations, or people quietly disengaging. Over time, these things impact performance, morale, and retention. Need some help? If leading people feels harder than it should, you’re not doing anything wrong. Most managers were never properly taught how to handle feedback, difficult conversations, or the day-to-day realities of managing people. You’re expected to learn it all on the job, while balancing deadlines, team dynamics, and your own confidence. This is exactly the kind of work I focus on in my leadership and management workshops. I work with leadership teams to build confident managers, strengthen communication, and create ways of working that actually stick. The focus is practical, honest, and grounded in real situations managers face every day. If you’d like to book a full-day workshop for your team, or find out more about how they work, head to https://leadershipwithlouise.substack...