Create an environment where regular employees are not afraid to express their emotions and talk about them
First and foremost, according to Entrepreneur.com, it is necessary to create an environment within your team where employees are not afraid to talk about their feelings, whether they are frustrated, tired or, on the contrary, cheerful. While this environment should remain professional, employees should also feel they can discuss emotions and psychological issues. Only then will you know how your subordinates truly feel and be able to work with their emotions or respond to them.
Give subordinates a vision they can strive towards
Motivation works much more on the basis of emotions than numbers and exact values. Even if you promise an employee a reward for certain work, they will look forward not to the money itself, but what they will buy with it and how they will feel in the process. Emotional leadership and motivation require you present subordinates with a vision of the future towards which they can strive and have an emotional and personal connection. Only in this way will employees be motivated to do what is necessary to achieve this vision.
Get to know your own emotions better, and increase your emotional intelligence
It is hard to work with the emotions of others if you neither understand your own feelings nor are able to regulate them. Be aware of yourself and your emotions, increase your emotional intelligence, and learn to control your emotions so you can have a positive influence on subordinates.
Be positive and appreciate subordinates
The most fundamental emotion you must spread as a manager is positivity. Maintain perspective and look not for problems, but rather opportunities. With this approach your subordinates will feel better, as they always, subconsciously, partially mirror the emotions of their superior. Remember to appreciate subordinates and praise them publicly for work well done. Even if not many people will admit it, praise from a superior is a genuinely significant motivator for the future.
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