Bulletin: Sustaining leadership through COVID-19

Written By Saul Hyman
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EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
— Recognising our own feelings and those of others, motivating ourselves, managing our emotions well in ourselves and in our relationships (Goleman 1996)

Recognise feelings:

  • Stress generates anxiety, anger, sadness and grief and threatens psychological safety

  • Address it by acknowledging, validating and listening

  • Make 5 minutes/day quiet reflective space for you and others – see what floats up


Addressing motivation:

  • How much energy do you have for this work on a scale of 1-10?

  • How important is this work to me on a scale of 1-10?

  • What will the downside of not doing the work?

  • What will be the benefits of doing the work?


Managing emotions:

·      Team is central to recovery, provides supervision and camaraderie

·      Offload difficult experiences quickly through conversations – use the team

·      Hold on to hope through a vision of a better future – things will get better!

·      Remember self-care - food, sleep , relationships

 

Saul Hyman