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Anthony Robbins: The Best Leadership Motivational Speaker
By Lucile Taylor
Leadership motivational speakers are quite hard to find nowadays, as the demands for such individuals are quite taxing, if not, with high qualifications. When talking about leadership motivational Read more...
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finding of EI research is that emotions are essentially contagious, and thus a leader's attitude and energy can "infect" a workplace either for better or for worse.
With this in mind the authors stress the importance of resonance, which is the ability of leaders to perceive and influence the flow of emotions (including motivational states) between themselves and others they work with.
One of the keys to achieving resonance is empathic listening. [See "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People" by Stephen Covey]
Self awareness and the 4 building blocks of primal leadership
The 4 building blocks of primal are:
(1) Self-awareness
(2) Self-mastery [or self-management of emotion]
(3) Empathy or social awareness
(4) Relationship management
"Self-awareness is actually the fundamental ability of emotional intelligence, and probably the most ignored in a business setting." Goleman
Emotions are contagious - from the top down
In an interview [with Stephen Bernhut in "Leaders Edge", Ivey Business Journal May/June 2002] Daniel Goleman said:
"First, you have to reach within yourself to find out your own truth, because you can't be resonant if you're clueless, if you're pretending, or if you're just trying to manipulate people."
You have to speak from your heart, and you have to do it in a way that speaks to other people's hearts. So it takes authenticity. And if you can articulate a positive goal, that is, stay optimistic, enthusiastic and motivated in delivering that message, then what you're doing is spreading that message and those moods and predisposition to the people you're talking to. Emotions are contagious, and they are most contagious from the top down, from leader to followers.
Acting as a leader in a way that primes positive emotions in people
In the same interview, Goleman suggests that first of all, you need self-awareness, to know what's happening with your own emotions. You also need to use your self-awareness to sense what's right and what's wrong in a situation, to use your deep values to guide you in what you do from moment to moment.
You need to be able to manage your emotions... and to keep yourself in a positive state, to have a good time with people as well, along with getting the job done. Of course, you also need empathy.
And then finally, you need to put that all into practice by acting as a leader in a way that primes positive emotions in people, because that's the state in which they're going to work best.
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