16: Leading with Heart: What if your heart did the thinking and mind did the feeling?

What can the Pixar movie Inside Out teach leaders about management? A lot!

In this episode of "Leaders' Playground," we dive deep into the emotional landscape. A whirlwind of emotions can hit in a single day—fear, joy, sadness, and everything in between. By understanding those emotions, we can transform our leadership style.

We unpack the science of emotions, drawing on the groundbreaking research of psychologists like Paul Ekman, Dacher Keltner, and Lisa Feldman Barrett. Discover how emotional awareness not only enhances personal well-being but also boosts team dynamics, productivity, and overall job satisfaction.

As much as we might wish to shove emotions into a jar and pretend they don't exist, emotional intelligence can turn work into a far more enjoyable and fulfilling experience.

Resources:

• Inside Out 1 trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRUAzGQ3nSY
• Inside Out 2 trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEjhY15eCx0
• Plutchik’s Feelings Wheel and how to use it https://positivepsychology.com/emotion-wheel/
• Brené Brown’s list of emotions to expand emotional vocabulary https://brenebrown.com/resources/atlas-of-the-heart-list-of-emotions/
• Emotions Revealed by Paul Ekman https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/156462.Emotions_Revealed
• Awe by Dacher Keltner https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62352297-awe
• How many emotions are there? This article explores the latest research. https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_many_different_human_emotions_are_there
• Atlas of the Heart by Brené Brown https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58330567-atlas-of-the-heart
• How Emotions are Made by Lisa Feldman Barrett https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23719305-how-emotions-are-made
• Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26329.Emotional_Intelligence
• Some data on how EQ matters https://www.fastcompany.com/90614212/iq-vs-eq-in-the-workplace
• Alisa Yu’s work at Stanford on why it pays to notice emotions https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/all-feels-why-it-pays-notice-emotions-workplace
• Mark Fenton-O’Creevy on the impact of emotions on picking stocks https://oro.open.ac.uk/31984/4/JOB-08-0440-pre-publication.pdf

For complete show notes, transcript, and free downloadable resources go to: https://www.irenesalter.com/podcast