75 Leadership Journal Prompts for Career-Driven Women

Journaling can help to increase your self-awareness and emotional intelligence. It can give you insight into what you excel at, where you struggle and where you want to improve. It can provide insight into your mind and emotions and show you patterns you keep repeating so you can choose to change them. That’s why I’ve created this list of 75 journal prompts for career-driven women about leadership. 

Journaling can be a powerful tool for creating the future you want instead of letting life happen to you on autopilot. This can be especially important when going through a significant life change, like getting a new job.

It can help you reflect on the past and decide what you want for your future.

Journaling can also help you process uncomfortable emotions like insecurity, doubt, or hesitation so that you can show up empowered and confident. It will also help you think more critically about what is in front of you and can help you discover solutions instead of focusing on problems.

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75 Journal Prompts for Career-Driven Women

1. What did I succeed at in my last role?
2. What did I struggle with in my last role?
3. What method of communication do I prefer to receive?
4. What form of contact do I like to use?
5. In what way do I like to receive feedback?
6. What qualities or things did I like about my favorite manager?
7. How well have I separated myself from my last role in my mind?
8. Am I aware of any blind spots I may have come into this new role? What are they?
9. How would I describe the leadership style I hope to encompass?
10. Am I more prone to being very detailed-oriented or thinking big-picture?
11. Will my preferred method of thinking hinder me in my new role?
12. What are my thoughts about time?
13. Am I good at managing my time?
14. How would I describe the relationship I have with myself?
15. What are my biggest time wasters at work?
16. What do I turn to at work when I am uncomfortable or out of my depths?
17. What is my process for making decisions at work?
18. What qualities do I value the most in myself when it comes to working
19. What qualities do I value the most in my colleagues when it comes to working?
20. What qualities do I value the most in my managers at work?
21. What projects am I least and most excited about in my new role?
22. How do I interact with others when I am stressed, frustrated, or busy?
23. What are my current thoughts about managers and bosses in general?
24. Who do I want to be as a manager?
25. Who am I as a manager now?
26. Who do I want to be as a colleague?
27. Who am I  as a colleague now?
28. Who do I want to be as a leader?
29. Who am I as a colleague now?
30. How can I get from where I am to where I want to go?
31. What are my thoughts about meetings?
32. Are meetings purposeful or a waste of time?
33. Here’s how I think meetings should be led and run…
34. What are my thoughts about one-on-one meetings?
35. How do I feel about conducting one-on-one meetings?
36. What was the most impactful one-on-one meeting I’ve ever had?
37. Are there any past experiences I had as an individual contributor that I want to ensure I don’t recreate for my direct reports?
38. What are my general assumptions about people on the whole?
39. How do I feel about work in general?
40. How do I feel about my company in general?
41. If I could change anything about your company what would it be?
42. What kind of culture do I enjoy at a company?
43. How is the experience of culture I enjoy at a company created?
44. What am I hoping to accomplish in this new role?
45. In what ways am I am uniquely qualified for this position?
46. What new initiatives would I like to implement in this new role?
47. How do I handle people who try to push their problems onto me?
48. How do I handle telling people no?
49. Where do I struggle to make decisions?
50. Where do I struggle to plan?
51. Where do I struggle to get organized?
52. Where do I struggle to follow through?
53. Where do I struggle to stay on track?
54. Where do I struggle to communicate?
55. What do I currently know about my new team?
56. What have others told me about my new role, team, and company?
57. What observations have I made about my new team, company and role?
58. Are any of my observations of my new team in any way an assumption?
59. How did my current team get to where they are now?
60. What system do I have or use for capturing information that comes my way?
61. How do I handle other people when they express that they are stressed or frustrated?
62. How adept do I feel at conflict resolution?
63. At what scope am I most comfortable planning: hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, yearly, or longer?
64. Who are my allies in my new role?
65. What do I need to learn before I start my new role?
66. Is there anything I need to do before I start my new role to make it a smooth transition?
67. What do I want to create in my new role?
68. How can I create more time?
69. How can I overdeliver in value for my company in my new role?
70. How do I want to show up every day?
71. How do I want to feel about my new role?
72. If things at my new role were going well, what thoughts would I be thinking?
73. What leadership skills do I already possess?
74. Do I think of myself as a quick decision-maker or indecisive person?
75. Am I someone who can stand behind my decisions?

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A Final Note On Journal Prompts for Career-Driven Women

These 75 journal writing prompts are designed to help you get to know yourself, reflect on what went well in the past and what you want to intentionally bring with you to the future. You are capable to becoming the leader you want to be. I believe in you.