Emotions.
Some days you probably think it would be better if you could lead without them.
You get excited about a new idea only to become discouraged when no one else thinks it’s a great idea … or it doesn’t work.
As a church leader, you spend most of Monday wishing Sunday had been different, and it’s rarely healthy.
You get one nasty email and it ruins your day week.
Your bad day at work becomes a bad night at home.
Your mood dictates too much of the tone at the office.
Misunderstood and unaddressed emotions sink more leadership potential than most of us realize.
If you don’t understand your emotions or know how to manage them, you will never reach your leadership potential.
And yet emotions are absolutely necessary for great leaders.
So how do you manage your emotions?
There are five practices effective leaders adopt when it comes to their emotions. Knowing them can make a huge difference in your leadership.
So what do effective leaders do with their emotions?
Well, great leaders:
1. Never let today’s emotions drive tomorrow’s decisions
When emotions drive decisions, you almost never make great decisions.
For sure, great decision making is a combination of the head and the heart.
But think about all the terrible decisions you’ve made when you were emotional:
You said terrible things.
You fired someone you wish you hadn’t.
You hired someone you wish you hadn’t.
You lost your temper in a meeting.
You broke up.
You ate too much.
