Leadership Series - Week 2: Emotional Awareness

"A Key Component Of Leadership Is Having The Ability To Understand The Emotional Make Up Of Other People"

 

 

-Straight Up Mindset

 

 

Welcome and thank you for returning to the Straight Up Mindset Blog. This is the August edition of the blog. This month's series is the Leadership Series and this week's topic is Emotional Awareness.

One of the key qualities of a leader is having the ability to understand and connect on an emotional and mental level. Truly understanding what makes their team tick, understanding why they do what they do. Also what makes them feel insecure and what they really care about.

This allows you to know how to approach each team member in different situations and get the best out of them each time. If you don't master this part of leadership, you will have a difficult time in persuading them into doing what is needed to reach a common goal. When you are connected to your team on this level you are able to develop the right type of culture and environment that breeds positive results.

I have seen how good and bad leadership can make or break a team. I've seen great employees become disengaged and have low productivity due to bad leadership. I have also seen the other side of the spectrum and notice those who normally have weak performances increase their productivity and bring even greater value to the team.

Bottom line is, when your team sees and knows that your genuinely care about them, they go the extra mile.  Having an understanding on how they feel makes them feel appreciated on a deeper level. Be aware of others emotions and what is going on with them at that time. I'm not saying hold their hands and baby sit them, that is not it at. What I am saying is understand what motivates them. Understand what issues they might have going on in their life that could possibly affect their performance and not be so results driven and cold to their feelings

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