Many leaders manage their teams by relying on rational factors and by appealing to: plans, metrics, KPIs, job descriptions, and other dry incentives. At the same time, they forget that they are working with real people, and do not pay due attention to the emotional state of employees - in vain! Emotions are the fuel for action; the right emotions are the fuel for the right actions. So an employee, being in different emotional states, will produce results of different efficiency. Therefore, if you want employees to achieve their goals (and maybe do more), they must be in good emotional tone.
How to do it? Let's take a look at 4 tools that can help you influence employees and shape their emotional tone.
Advice 1. Self-awareness - track your condition.
As a leader, you must monitor and understand what emotional state you are in. You won't be able to inspire an employee to do positive things if you yourself are experiencing negative emotions. The interlocutor will immediately feel the catch and will not be imbued with the positive idea that you are trying to convey to him.
Tip 2. Self-control - control your emotions.
Think about how you will affect the emotions of others if you cannot control yourself? If you are aggressive and annoyed, then your condition will certainly cause a similar reaction in subordinates. These are the laws of the psyche.
Controlling emotions begins with controlling the thoughts that trigger them. Therefore, learn to control these two components!
Tip 3. Empathy - Track and feel the emotions of other people.
Empathy (Greek empatheia - sympathy) is a conscious understanding of the emotional state of another person. Your task is to become an empath, a person who can determine the mood of the interlocutor. If you understand the mood of the interlocutor, then you can more clearly track the reaction to your words, which means you better manage his emotional state.
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