131. The Power of Emotional Intelligence in Leadership with Heather Chauvin

<p>As a leader, you're responsible for a lot of people.</p><p>But what does that responsibility <em>really</em> mean?</p><p>Is it about taking on the problems of your team and staff? Or is it about helping them become the best professionals and individuals they can be?&nbsp;</p><p>You see something I often see when working with owners and directors is their tendency to take responsibility for issues that don't belong to them.</p><p>They see a teacher struggling to manage their classroom or come to school on time, and their first reaction is to step in.</p><p>Why? Because seeing people in discomfort is <em>uncomfortable</em>, and we think that by taking on their pain, we're helping them in the best way possible.</p><p>But the truth is that when you intervene, you're actually <em>taking away</em> from their human experience and eliminating the opportunity for them to learn and grow.</p><p>The best thing you can do as a leader is learn to sit with the discomfort of watching others struggle, so you can support them to make their own decisions.</p><p>How? That's what I'm discussing on this week's podcast episode.&nbsp;</p><p>Join me as I sit down with author, speaker, podcast host, and leadership coach Heather Chauvin for an enlightening conversation about emotional discomfort and how changing your perspective on it can help you become a stronger leader.</p><p>We'll be talking about:</p><ul><li>What Heather's learned from her journey through motherhood &amp; cancer treatment</li><li>Compassion fatigue and how it impacts leaders</li><li>What practices you can use to learn to sit with discomfort</li><li>How to help your team &amp; staff learn to manage their own emotions</li><li>Practical tips to help you take action toward developing stronger leadership</li></ul><br/><p><strong>Learn more and apply for the Director’s Inner&nbsp;Circle &amp; Owner’s HQ:&nbsp;</strong><a href="http://chanie.me/jointhedic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://Chanie.me/jointhedic</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>If you'd like to learn mo