Monday, April 6, 2009

IMPORTANCE OF EMOTIONS IN LEADERSHIP


Have you ever wondered just why we have emotions? Our emotions are like our operating system; imagine your computer without having windows installed on it! Without operating system our computers are nothing more than a piece of junk.
It’s only because of emotions we tell the world who we are, emotions are the medium through which we engage our outer world; our words are nothing but a medium to convey our emotions.
As leader it’s important to gain a deeper appreciation of human emotions, otherwise we become mere scare crows! There is no doubt that, Scare crows work as a deterrent and prevent people from doing anything wrong, but at the same time they crush creativity and people’s ability to innovate by stigmatizing mistakes. They forget that unless people are ready to take risk and make mistakes they can never come up with anything original.
It is no mystery that we learn best when we are motivated to learn, indeed learning and emotions are inseparable. It has been demonstrated that high levels of positive emotion place us in the best position tolearn and it should be every manager’s responsibility to inspire people into learning and creativity.
Manager’s contribution to organization’s leadership pool should be given the same importance as their contribution to company’s economic growth.

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