What if you wanted the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth from your senior team? Could you get it? It’s rare a CEO does even if he/she wants to. And, truth be told, most of your leaders don’t want to tell you the truth!  Why? Sometimes, they think you can’t handle it!

It truly is one of the hardest challenges of a CEO—getting good “feedback” about your performance, including your leadership strengths, dark sides, and blind spots.

Many experienced CEOs I know have received 360° feedback in their past and believe they know themselves pretty well by now. They know where they excel and what they best delegate to others. They can list their competencies and their “opportunities” and they have developed a skin thick enough to admit when they miss the mark.

But I am talking about a level of self-awareness that goes much deeper than listing strengths and weaknesses. I am talking about a deep and sometimes painful understanding of what honestly motivates even your (supposedly) most logical/rational business decisions.

Our innermost thoughts, feelings, assumptions, and beliefs about ourselves and others comprise both our greatest strengths and our most humbling of weaknesses. CEOs who choose this level of self-awareness find they develop a confidence that is real, not bluster. CEOs who choose this level of self-awareness build respect and trust among their people, building engagement and loyalty that overcome the real challenges of running a business today. In other words, CEOs who choose this level of self-awareness gain leverage that sets them apart from good CEOs and allows them to become great CEOs.

Can you handle the truth about yourself? The Bailey Group CEO Advisors believe you can and would gladly join you on this most difficult and dare I say life-changing journey.