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EQ and Leadership In Asia: Using Emotional Intelligence To Lead And Inspire Your People

Name: EQ and Leadership In Asia: Using Emotional Intelligence To Lead And Inspire Your People
Author: Sebastien Henry
ISBN: 9780470829868

by Sebastien Henry

June 2011

Beginner to intermediate

256 pages

4h 53m

English

Jossey-Bass

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Cover
Contents
Title
Copyright
Acknowledgments
Preface
Part One: Understanding Emotional Intelligence in Asia
Chapter 1: Does It Make Sense to Write About EI in Asia?
Chapter 2: EI and Why It Matters in Asia
What is Emotional Intelligence?Why Does Emotional Intelligence Matter for Leaders?EI and Business Performance: Results from Academic ResearchWhy EI is Particularly Crucial in AsiaPractice TimeNotes
Chapter 3: The Various Facets of EI: Four Areas to Develop
No Fixed and Universal Definition . . .One Simple and Useful ModelWhich Dimension is Most Important?Think of Your Strengths, Not Only of Your WeaknessesNotes

Chapter 4: EI Is Not about Being Nice and Sweet
A Deeper Look At The Importance of BeliefsPractice TimeNote
Chapter 5: Asia’s Contribution to EI: The Power of Paradox
The Art of Paradoxes in Asian ThinkingGifts From The Way of TAOWhat Makes The Way of TAO Interesting to The Field of EI?A Common thread in These Three ParadoxesNotes
Chapter 6: Using Both Masculine and Feminine Energies
Masculine And Feminine Energy DefinedFinding Your Optimal CombinationWhere Are You?Developing VersatilityOne-Sided FocusNotes
Chapter 7: Four Steps to Develop Your Emotional Intelligence
First Step: Assessing Your Present Level of Emotional IntelligenceSecond Step: Selecting BehaviorsThird Step: Practicing With SupportFourth Step: Assessing Your ProgressNotes
Part Two: Using Emotions as Allies in Practical Leadership Challenges
Chapter 8: Choosing to Use Emotions as Allies
Emotions in Chinese LeadershipEmotions As Resources For A LeaderDeveloping Emotional Fluency: Keeping An Emotion LogPractice TimePractice TimeNotes
Chapter 9: Preventing Damaging Emotional Outbursts
Is Anger Useful?Move Away Or Move Toward?Prevention And TreatmentPreventing Emotional Hijacking: Catching The Wave EarlyEmotional ExpressionFull Focus On BreathingIn And Out Of The RoomDealing With The Top Of The WaveGame Over!Notes
Chapter 10: Using Emotions to Create High Engagement
Making People Feel UnderstoodIdentifying What People FeelPractice TimePracticing The Acknowledgment MuscleFiring Up Useful EmotionsAny Useful Emotions Around?Clarifying Your VisionTearing Off Our Emotional MasksEmotional MasksNotes
Chapter 11: EI for Getting Things Done and Making Tough Decisions
Dealing With Demands For EmpathyBoundaries And ExpectationsEnforcement PracticeDealing With Requests For SupportMasters of NoPractice TimePractice TimeNotes
Chapter 12: Emotions as Keys for a Way out of Conflict
A Structured Methodology For Defusing ConflictPractice TimePractice TimeNotes
Chapter 13: Emotions to Lead Your Team to the High-Performance Zone
Three Main ObjectionsPractice Time
Chapter 14: Emotions and Intuition for Effective Decision Making
Minding Your EmotionsDecision Practice With EmotionDecision Practice With EnergyThe Wisdom of IntuitionA First Experience of Seeking IntuitionNotes
Chapter 15: Conclusion
Review of Books
Bibliography
Index

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Chapter 8

CHOOSING TO USE EMOTIONS AS ALLIES

Emotions are facts: they keep surfacing daily, whether we want them or not. We can see them as disruptions that we have to minimize, ignore, or choose to use as allies to handle leadership issues that we have to face. Using them as allies requires from us a consistent effort to know them well—in other words, to develop our awareness.

As a leader, it is tempting to see emotions as disturbances. Think of the following situations:

During a meeting with your team, you lose it and have an episode of excessive anger that you immediately regret—once more!
As you are laying out your decisions for the future to your team or organization, you can feel a lot of resistance. There is some fear in the air, and ...

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