Moving from being Expressionless to being Emotional Intelligent as a Leader

Current leadership skill level: Expressionless. Having emotions as a leader is a human trait, therefore there is no need to suppress emotions. A leader who suppresses their emotions feels emotions, but chooses to remain expressionless which hinders expressive behavior towards their team (Menges, Kern, & Bruch, 2015).  A leader who develops their emotional intelligence can avoid this.

How to build emotional intelligence as a strength: Leaders should practice lessening their position by giving control in a staff meeting with their team and monitor how they control their emotions while their position is lessened (Menges, Kern, & Bruch, 2015).  Leaders should test their emotions by conducting one-on-one meetings with their team on a regular basis (Menges, Kern, & Bruch, 2015). Menges, J. I., Kilduff, M., Kern, S., & Bruch, H. (2015).

The awestruck effect: Followers suppress emotion expression in response to charismatic but not individually considerate leadership. The Leadership Quarterly, 26, 626–640. https://doi-org.proxy1.ncu.edu/10.1016/j.leaqua.2015.06.002