Emotional intelligence strategy helps leaders to develop self-awareness, social awareness, empathy, social skills and resilience in their leadership journey. For months, we have discussed this theme in a simple but practical manner, with the chief aim of helping leaders to survive, then thrive during tough times. By the way, tough times do not last, but tough leaders do.
Below are the 5 helpful action strategies:
1.Positive self-talk
Emotional Intelligence strategy, great leaders are those who have formed the habits of communicating to themselves positive words of affirmation. They understand the power of self-talk and use it consciously to shape their dominant thoughts and belief system. While the majority of people allow circumstances or situations to influence their self-talk in a negative way, leaders and achievers use the same circumstances or situations to remind themselves about the greatness and power that God has deposited within them through positive self-talk
- Positive reappraisal
Successful leaders in different spheres of life are those who find positive lessons, meaning and insights in all situations, especially the negative ones. They always see the bottle half-full, instead of half-empty. They have developed the discipline of sieving wisdom and positivity from failures, mistakes and disappointments. They have mastered the skills of turning lemons to lemonade. They have perfected the habit of looking at life’s events through positive lens.
- Acceptance
Real leaders are those who understand the power of acceptance. They quickly accept what they can’t change and focus their energy on what they can. They know how to differentiate their circle of concern from their circle of influence. They don’t waste resources on what is out of their control. Rather, they invest their time, energy and capital on what is under their influence.
Government policies, dollar exchange rate, the economy, amongst other things, are not under your control. However, who is on your team, how valuable your products are, how big and important the problem you are solving in the marketplace is, are all under your influence. Focus on them.
- Seeking professional help
Smart leaders know that they don’t know it all and they don’t have all the answers. So, they surround themselves with other smart leaders – mentors, advisors, boards, consultants and assistants – to help them make informed decisions on a daily basis in their business.
Seeking professional help has been a powerful strategy for many top business leaders I have studied and met in the last 10 years.
- Healthy habits
Successful entrepreneurs and C-suite appreciate the importance of good health and optimum being. Therefore, they strive to develop healthy habits of eating right, sleeping well and exercising regularly. Without health, you can’t perform your duties effectively as a leader, or lead your people to a new level of growth, performance and profitability.
More often than not, business leaders justify lack of adequate sleep and rest due to their busy schedule. However, studies have shown that the average top CEO spends just 90 minutes doing what matter most in and on the business.
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