Not one person is perfect – this is a fact that gets more magnified in a leadership. However, these are sure fire ways to make sure those weakness have little or no impact on your position as a leader.
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Identify said weaknesses, and ways to work around it.
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Apologize when you are in the wrong, admit your fault quickly before it causes a rift in the team.
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Don’t allow these weakness prevent you from fully utilizing your strengths.
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Get guidance from a trusted mentor. Leaders usually have common experiences; a trusted mentor must have gone through and survived a character weakness too. Such leader would be willing to guide you.
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Don’t kill yourself over it. Everyone is trying to improve, you are one of them too. Do what you can to improve and gradually, you will get better.
