07/28/2021

Three Ways Emotional Intelligence Can Help Leaders Lead

EQ has become a critical leadership skill

It’s no surprise that emotional intelligence is discussed so much lately. So many changes in the workplace—and the culture at large—have put a new focus on how we do and don’t understand each other. Zoom facilitates remote connections but makes it harder to read people. Email and social media make sharing easier but more difficult to tease out tone and intent. Our personalities express themselves in new ways, which presents a new challenge for leaders.

Jodi Fisher, founder and CEO of Impact Association Management, has been thinking about these issues since before the pandemic. Along with the AMC’s COO, Kirsten Reader, she’ll present at the ASAE Annual Meeting on August 18 at 11 a.m.

Their session, “Enhancing Your Organization’s Leadership With Emotional Intelligence” is based on their experience working with association boards and other volunteer groups as well as within the AMC’s own staff. In advance of the session, they shared three suggestions for how to approach a conversation informed by emotional intelligence.

Please select this link to read the complete article from Associations Now.