Some of the most meaningful leadership moments don’t come from answers
They come from hashtag#awareness.
While facilitating an hashtag#Emotionalintelligence workshop for a leadership cohort at the largest hashtag#realestate entity in hashtag#Dubai, I was reminded of how rarely leaders are invited to notice what’s happening beneath the surface.
We began simply – naming emotions at work.
Excitement. Irritation. Anxiety. Frustration. hashtag#Hope.
What followed was powerful.
Leaders explored how quickly we move from unaware to reactive, how easily we slip into familiar patterns – fixing, rescuing, one-upping and how often cognitive distortions quietly shape our judgments.
One of the strongest moments came during reflection:
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐈 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭, 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐟 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐈 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬?
Credit to this cohort for leaning in with honesty, curiosity, and humility – and to the organization for recognizing that emotional intelligence isn’t a “soft” capability, but a hashtag#leadership cornerstone.
Because leadership isn’t just about what you drive.
It’s about what you notice, regulate, and make possible in others along the way.
Connect with Ecube Training and Consulting if you would like to focus on building Emotional Intelligence for your teams.
