Leadership Biz Cafe with Tanveer Naseer Margaret Andrews | How Self-Management Transforms the Way You Lead Others
Apr 1, 2026
Margaret Andrews, Harvard instructor and leadership coach who founded the Milo Center, explains why real leadership starts with managing yourself. She outlines a four-stage MYLO framework and practical exercises to map current and future leadership. Short, actionable steps cover behavior change, emotional management, feedback, adapting to others, and partnering upward.
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Relationship Skills Outweigh IQ And Technical Skill
- People remember great bosses for relationship skills more than IQ or technical skill.
- Margaret Andrews' exercise with thousands of leaders found ~85% of responses highlighted trust, listening, and development.
Map Your Leader Delta And Commit To The S Curve
- Define who you are now, who you want to become, and the delta between them to identify development priorities.
- Use specific gap items (e.g., delegate more, listen better) and commit to an S-curve of messy practice to improve.
Self Understanding Is Backstory Plus Emotions
- Self-understanding goes beyond emotions to include backstory, influences, key events, success definition, values, emotions, and feedback.
- Andrews calls these the six questions to expose context shaping your behavior.
