This content was created by Chad Silverstein. This content was uploaded by Chad Silverstein. This is a YouTube video titled "Day 246: Capricious…" featuring a conversation between Chad Silverstein and another speaker discussing leadership qualities, emotional intelligence, and the importance of consistency and self-awareness for leaders.
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I've said this before. There's nothing worse than not knowing what you're getting with your leader. What kind of a day are they having? And my example of this, and I may have shared this in the past, but I'll share it again. It's worth the reminder, and that is that I used to have people that would sue our company and I would get very, very upset. And I would walk to the office and I would hear people make comments.
That, you know, Chad's in a bad mood.
And that used to bother me so.
Much because I didn't think that they.
Could tell and I wasn't pouring my problems out of them, but I was wearing it. I don't. I don't do a very good job.
Concealing how I feel. People can read me.
The body language speaks volumes. And I remember having to make that subtle change that, you know, even during tough times that I couldn't wear how I felt inside.
This is Emotional Intelligence 101 for sure. I mean, you have to be able.
To pick up on the fact that you are.
You're not staring at your face every day. Other people are staring at your face.
And you have to know what kind of a vibe you're giving off and.
That culture that you have around you, that 20 square feet around you, when people step into it, what are they feeling from you?
And you have to have an awareness. You got to build the awareness for that.
And you got to find a way, if you're leading anything to be consistent. You have to be consistent. That means you have to build disciplines and habits for how you react to.
Situations or you have certain timeframes that.
You don't do things within until you.
Are able to either talk to someone or have a certain amount of time.
To process or be able to right whatever it is. You have to build certain disciplines for yourself as a leader to ensure that you are showing up as a consistent, even keeled leader and not flying off the handle. And if you can't control your anger, then you better figure out a way.
To close the door and do it behind closed doors. Because nobody wants to work for someone.
Who'S flying off the handle and they're angry and they don't know, you know.
If they're going to blow up today on them.
So you have to be very, very.
Mindful of the fact that people are.
Watching you and you're always on. If you're a leader, they're just, there's no way around it. You're always being seen as someone that you know you make one mistake that you blow up and they remember that.
And I think you have to be.
Very on top of that if you're.
Going to be a solid leader.
And your aim has to be to show up consistent and make sure that when you slip up, you repair. You repair it. I think people will forgive a leader who can humbly recognize when they, they.
Lost their, their cool, said something or did something or reacted in a way.
That wasn't so professional, and then takes responsibility for it. That's, that's powerful, and that sometimes could, could really do a lot more good than you think. People respect it.
