A couple weeks ago, I received the following message from a longtime LinkedIn contact: “Our leadership team is well versed and educated on EQ, being a coach, and a leader, etc. We don’t really need more education on what we need to do, we need help on putting what we already know into practice.” It was a perfect example of what we’ve all experienced as adults: that learning is the easy part, it’s the doing that’s really hard. And, of course, it’s a refrain we’ve heard a lot at Junto, especially when it comes to emotional intelligence and leadership, two areas where it can be hard to engage in self-directed practice. So here is a list of some shared experiences we’ve heard from Alumni and Apprentices over the years to help them practice emotionally intelligent leadership. choosing a specific skill/habit from Forum to work on teaching others on the team about EI and/or the skills holding lunch and learns in the office about EI and related topics “catching” people practicing emotionally intelligent leadership journalling one thing to work on each day journalling how well we led on a particular day entering tips and notes into meeting invites as reminders self-debriefing after interactions with team members
