A companion piece to the weekly Rise and Stride Newsletter, the Friday Footnote shares a practical tool to interrupt unhelpful patterns and generate change. User-friendly frameworks for growth, recalibration, and forward momentum.
After 50 years of cultural change, leadership is now defined by warmth, optimism, and positivity. But what if those capacities feel beyond you, leader?
Can you learn emotionally intelligent leadership?
Yes…and some of us need help. First, do others find you patient? Calm and level-headed? A good listener? Three no answers are a yes for help.
Clearly older women and especially older women who have led an active life … have so much to teach us about sharing, patience, and wisdom. ~Alice Walker, U.S. author and social activist
“How to” instructions for higher EQ in leadership abound but some leaders need therapy, body work, NLP, self-discovery journaling, or all of the above, before we can integrate the general guidance offered below.
So, how to display “warmth” if your nature is reserved, or if you feel safer with some emotional distance?
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