Some of the most meaningful leadership moments donโt 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 whatโs 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:
๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐จ ๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ, ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ซ ๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฌ?
Credit to this cohort for leaning in with honesty, curiosity, and humility – and to the organization for recognizing that emotional intelligence isnโt a โsoftโ capability, but a hashtag#leadership cornerstone.
Because leadership isnโt just about what you drive.
Itโs about what you notice, regulate, and make possible in others along the way.
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