In order to increase our lead­er­ship capac­ity, we must truly believe that self lead­er­ship pre­cedes our abil­ity to effec­tively lead oth­ers. I am sim­ply call­ing this step Be Healthy. Note: This post is part of a series on Increas­ing Your Lead­er­ship Capac­ity. Click here for the pre­vi­ous step.

A healthy leader repli­cates and attracts healthy fol­low­ers. And the con­verse is true as well: an unhealthy leader repli­cates and attracts those who are unhealthy.
In order to be effec­tive, we as lead­ers must be healthy in how we think, how we process, how we care for our­selves and those clos­est to us, how we treat our teams, how we deal with chal­lenges and how we communicate.

Here are some ques­tions to ask your­self to help you iden­tify where you might be able to improve your health — and ulti­mately your abil­ity to lead.
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