Dr. Heidi Brooks: Everyday Leadership, Emotional Wisdom & Workplace Anxiety | Dealing With Feelings

Dr. Marc Brackett welcomes Dr. Heidi Brooks, Senior Lecturer in Organizational Behavior at Yale School of Management, to discuss emotional wisdom, leadership, and how human connection shapes workplace culture. Together, they explore the transformative power of emotions in creating more enlivening, collaborative, and meaningful work experiences.

What to Expect from This Episode:
-Balancing Product and Process: Dr. Brooks emphasizes the importance of integrating emotional wisdom into work environments to enhance both productivity and human connection.
-The Role of Leadership: Discover how leaders—formal and informal—can model emotional intelligence to create safer, more engaging spaces for learning and growth.
-Learning in Public: They explore the courage it takes for leaders to embrace vulnerability, normalize failure, and foster team dynamics that elevate collaboration.
-Workplace as a Human Process: Understand how emotionally wise workplaces prioritize relationships, learning, and a shared sense of purpose.

Key Takeaways:
-Emotionally Wise Leadership: Learn how emotional wisdom transforms group dynamics and enhances everyday leadership.
-Shifting Workplace Culture: Explore the shift from “head down” productivity to courageous, emotionally attuned collaboration.
-Redefining Feedback: Dr. Brooks shares insights on creating developmental feedback processes that truly support growth.
-A Vision for the Future: Imagine workplaces where learning is fun, failure is normalized, and people thrive together.

Tune in as Dr. Brackett and Dr. Brooks dive into the emotional and relational elements that make work more fulfilling, connected, and impactful.

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