The emotional leader works intelligently with emotion, considering it a vital element of their leadership and the development leadership within others. They are emotionally literate, able to label the full spectrum of emotion, they understand the difference between emotion and feelings and actively invite them all into the leadership with respect and proportion.
Recognising all that it is to be human, the emotional leader has depth of knowledge around the impact of emotion on our thinking patterns and our physical bodies. In themselves, they remain emotionally open, empathetic and compassionate, yet are able to support others because they can maintain a healthy detachment.
About this module
Leadership isn’t just about thinking. It is about feeling, sensing and relating to others in a deeply human way. While some refer to emotional intelligence, here at the natural leader we prefer the term ‘intelligent emotion.’ This module that creates a very safe space from the beginning of the day.
Participants will explore the role of emotion in leadership, how emotion enhances and detracts from performance and invites leaders to work with the full spectrum of emotion to build their confidence and comfort in becoming intelligence in the use of emotions in their leadership.
Who should attend
Organisations who are ambitious and innovative in their development goals and who seek the highest level of support for their leaders. This is a day suitable across all levels of leaders who are seeking confidence, competence or comfort in working with emotion. It is an exceptional day dedicated to one of the most un-explored yet immensely powerful aspects of leadership.
Module content
- The role of emotion in leadership
- The neuroscience of emotion
- Emotion and a relationship deepener and their role in human connection
- Emotion vs feelings – facts and theory
- Expanding motional literacy – the expanse of human emotion
- Practice – working positively with emotion in self.
- Detecting emotion in others
- Comfort and confidence in conflict.
Key outcomes
- Deep appreciation of the role of emotion in leadership.
- Fundamental understanding of how emotions work in humans.
- Heightened level of emotional literacy
- Emotion in practice; positive and negative
- How to detect emotion in others; and how to respond.
- Confidence, comfort and competence in emotional intelligence.
