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An excellent article on an important topic, but it led me to wonder how easily any of us could identify and name our primary values. There are many values I hold important but it took me a minute to recognize that my three most important values are: a. Empathy and compassion b. Collaboration and helping others grow c. Self-improvement Take a moment to reflect; what values drive you most? Feel free to share in the comments.

❌The prevailing wisdom says that #negative #thoughts and #feelings have no place at the office. 📛 🌿🪸🌱But that goes against basic biology. 🌱🪸🌿 ✨All healthy human beings have an inner stream of thoughts and #feelings that include #criticism, #doubt, and #fear. 💫David and Congleton have worked with #leaders in various #industries to build a #criticalskill they call #emotionalagility, which enables people to approach their inner experiences in a #mindful, #valuesdriven, and productive way rather than buying into or trying to suppress them. 💫 ☀️The authors offer four practices (adapted from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or #ACT) designed to help readers do the same☀️ : 🌳🌲🌴Recognize your patterns. You have to realize that you’re stuck before you can initiate change. 🌳🌲🌴Label your thoughts and emotions. Labeling allows you to see them as transient sources of data that may or may not prove helpful. 🌳🌴🌲Accept them. Respond to your #ideas and #emotions with an open attitude, paying attention and letting yourself experience them. They may be signaling that something important is at stake. 🌳🌲🌴Act on your #values. Is your response going to serve your #organization in the long term and take you toward being the leader you most want to be ? #HBR

Emotional agility 💭 ”The prevailing wisdom says that negative thoughts and feelings have no place at the office. But that goes against basic biology. All healthy human beings have an inner stream of thoughts and feelings that include criticism, doubt, and fear. Emotional agility, enables people to approach their inner experiences in a mindful, values-driven, and productive way rather than buying into or trying to suppress them” 👀 Psychological Safety 🤝

Two most important steps - 1: Accept them and 2: Act on your values. A big mistake I see frequently in new leaders is that they think every situation requires an act of control by enforcing the same rigid standards on each employee. No ones values or needs (looking at you Maslow), ever align completely. You should be their safe space to come to and you should lead with positive intent at the forefront of your interaction. If nothing else, you are likely to have strengthened your relationship with your employee no matter the result of the difficult conversation. In the best case, you even learn a new viewpoint or a deeper understanding of your coworker.

Adding to my previous post is the concenopt of accepting and managing your reactions to your thoughts. " In our complex, fast-changing knowledge economy, this ability to manage one’s thoughts and feelings is essential to business success. " Active listening, to understanding the messages of others can take time and it is important to give yourself time before responding. #ThatsInzenius

Effective leaders don’t try to suppress their inner experiences. Instead they approach them in a mindful, values-driven, and productive way — developing emotional agility.

Great Article to Read! 🚀 We often struggle with persistent emotional challenges despite using techniques like positive affirmations and task prioritization. Research shows that trying to suppress emotions can actually amplify them, as highlighted by Daniel Wegner's famous white bear experiment. 🌟 Discover how effective leaders tackle these challenges with emotional agility by recognizing their patterns, labeling their thoughts and emotions, accepting them, and acting on their values! #Leadership #EmotionalAgility #PersonalGrowth #ProfessionalDevelopment #SupplyChain #Logistics #Dubai #SupplyChainManagement #JobGrowth #CareerDevelopment #WorkplaceWellness #Jobs #LogisticsLeadership #OperationalExcellence

In an increasingly volatile, uncertain, chaotic, and ambiguous (VUCA) business environment, there are plenty of potential triggers for strong emotional reactions. This can be amplified if ‘local’ environment is beset my more specific challenges like poor communication or leadership. This Harvard Business Review article offers some simple and practical steps to help people navigate these challenges. 1. Being able to recognise the patterns of triggers and your emotional and thought responses 2. Giving your emotions and thoughts a label helps you see them as the transient thing that they are 3. Accepting them with an open attitude allows you to observe them, examine where they come from, and to experience them. This can help highlight that they’re present because something important is happening. 4. Act on your values. Returning to your core values allows you to act in a way that serves the long term interests of your organisation and you to be the leader that you want to be. These few steps can help you to navigate situations that you find hard and open the doors towards you being a more balanced and effective leader.

Emotional Agility or EA is extremely critical to survive or thrive in today's environment. In short, EA is the ability to be flexible with thoughts and feelings in order to have an optimal response to the many different situations you find yourself in every day. If you can't be flexible, you may find that you're practicing what's called emotional rigidity. Just take a step back and move forward.

Effective leaders don’t try to suppress their inner experiences. Instead they approach them in a mindful, values-driven, and productive way — developing emotional agility.