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LEADERS: Your Emotions Are Text Notifications (And You're Missing Important Messages)

4 May 2025 · 0 min

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A short leadership coaching piece by Dr. Cara that uses the metaphor of phone notifications to argue leaders should pay attention to their emotions. The speaker frames emotions as signals indicating what needs attention and ties this to influence through connection rather than control.

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