Greg Stevenson argues that a leader's emotional state spreads through an organization faster than any written strategy. When you're anxious, your team becomes anxious; when you stay calm under pressure, they mirror that. On hard days, managing what you radiate matters more than refining the plan.
You can set the strategy perfectly and still watch your team drift because they are not really following your words. They are copying your state. If you're anxious, the organisation gets anxious. If you are steady under pressure, they steady too. Your state moves faster than any memo will. So on the hard days, the most important thing you manage is not the plan, You manage what you are radiating while you deliver it. Your calm is contagious, but so is your panic. Subscribe to this channel. This is the interior side of leadership no one trains you for.
