Are you working in an organization where leaders model emotional and social intelligence? Are the leaders in your organization attuned to the emotions of the people they lead?
One of the most powerful questions one can ask oneself is “Am I accurately picking up signals in our work climate that will help me make the right decisions?” Inspiring leaders consistently demonstrate that they are human in order to gain the trust of followers.
Are you a leader who is fully present? Are you able to create a high performance workplace by creating a workplace climate where employees are fully engaged and leaders are trusted by the workforce?
Refine Your Sensors
Inspirational leaders have finely tuned situation sensors. They can sniff out and interpret “soft data”—environmental signals that aren’t spelled out or overtly expressed. Leaders with great sensors can easily gauge unexpressed feelings and accurately judge when relationships aren’t working. They can read silences and pick up on nonverbal cues.
Sensing can create great problems, however. It’s very easy to misinterpret or misjudge based on personal assumptions and biases. In making fine judgments about how far they can go, leaders risk losing their followers.
For this reason, sensing capability must always be framed by reality testing. The most gifted leaders always validate their perceptions with a trusted adviser or member of the inner team.
Working with a seasoned executive coach trained in emotional intelligence and incorporating leadership assessments such as the Bar-On EQ-i and CPI 260 can help you become an and inspiring leader who displays the qualities authentic leadership. You can become a leader who models emotional intelligence, and who inspires people to become happily engaged with the strategy and vision of the company.
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