Everyone knows that when people feel good, they work better, are more
creative and more productive. The ability to inspire positive feelings in others
is a key leadership quality. Good feelings are like lubrication to the brain -
mental efficiency goes up, memory is sharpened, people can understand directions
and make better decisions.

The challenge for leaders is obtaining a balance between worker’s feeling good,
having satisfying relationships, and keeping the focus on performance goals. The
ability of a leader to foster group enthusiasm can determine its success.
Conversely, emotional conflicts in a group take time, attention and energy away
from shared tasks and performance suffers.

Executive coaching can help a leader communicate feelings that are realistic and
authentic, maintain positive emotions in the face of stressful challenges, and
inspire energy and enthusiasm. Acquiring realistic optimism and improving one’s
Attributional Style can help a leader discover how to do this. Improving one’s
conscious awareness of Attributional Style and common attributional errors will
increase one’s ability to experience and sustain positive emotions.

Research shows that for every 1 percent improvement in the service climate,
there’s a 2 percent increase in revenue. According to Goleman, Boyatzis and
McKee in Primal Leadership (2002), how people feel about working at a company
can account for 20 to 30 percent of business performance.

Important concepts covered in the full 2,200 word article:

How Emotions are Contagious in the Workplace
People Work Better when Feeling Good
The Importance of Being Optimistic – and the Pitfalls
What is Attributional Style?
What are Attributional Errors?
The Power of Positive Psychology:
Authentic Happiness
A List of Resources on Positive Emotions

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In the wake of tragedy, leaders are faced with challenges that stretch their
abilities and skills. In this global economy of rapid change and increasing
complexity, many leaders struggle to lead their companies in the right
direction. Now, more than ever, there is increased uncertainty, more complexity,
and more chaos.

An effective leader replaces uncertainty, fear and doubt with purpose, courage
and trust. Purpose provides clear direction in the face of uncertainty. Courage
provides strength and commitment in the face of fear. Trust in one’s self and
one’s purpose overcomes doubt.

“In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress
occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things
for the better.” – Harry S. Truman

Warren Bennis (1994) describes three things at the top of the list for leading
during a period of unprecedented and transformative change.

1. Staying with the status quo is unacceptable.
2. The key to competitive advantage will be the capacity of leadership to create the social architecture capable of generating intellectual capital.
3. Followers need from their leaders three basic qualities: direction, trust and
hope.

Executive coaching plays a central role in enabling individuals, teams and
organizations to develop capacities. Organizations using coaches will
increasingly see human wisdom being created and practiced by larger numbers of individuals and groups of people.

Executive coaches help leaders to develop skills of self-observation,
self-awareness, self-responsibility and self-mastery. These skills enable
leaders to grow long after the coaching relationship ends. Coaching develops
extraordinary leaders. Extraordinary leaders produce extraordinary business
results.

Important concepts in this article:

Challenges of Uncertain Political and Economical Times
Leading or Managing
Leadership Styles: Coaching
How is Leadership Developed?
Leadership Keys from Peter Drucker, Warren Bennis and Others
Leadership and Freedom
Resource on Leadership Basics

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