Leading from Your Gut by John Townsend

Author:John Townsend
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 2018-05-18T16:00:00+00:00

Focus and Act

If you want to be an effective leader, you need to elevate your emotional world to the same status as your thinking world. Feelings aren’t for kids and weak moments. They are powerful instruments to help you navigate your challenges and the path of your team, group, or organization. So use the information and skills in this chapter to be intentional, that is, to focus on your emotions and act on the data they provide. That is how you will experience the highest level of benefit.

Not long ago, I was talking to a student in the program I lead at the Townsend Institute for Leadership and Counseling, who told me this story: “I’ve been using what you’ve taught about emotions in the workplace in the HR department I lead. My boss started to notice that I’ve been able to solve several complicated conflicts between employees, all of which involved paying attention to emotions. When I told my boss that I learned these skills at the Institute, he said, ‘I’m paying for the rest of your tuition.’” It was another great example of how the feeling world is critical to the workplace.

It’s also important to remember that being tuned in to the emotional world is part of the big picture of being intuitive and leading from your gut. You need to listen and pay attention to your internal world, as well as the metrics that come your way, to be an effective leader.

Next, we’ll focus on understanding and harnessing an emotion that is so significant to your leadership it deserves its own chapter: passion. Leading with passion will change everything for you.

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