What is Emotional Regulation? Three Ways Leaders Can Keep their Cool in Challenging Situations - Fast Company Article

Emotional regulation, the ability to modulate an emotion or set of emotions, is a requirement of strong leadership. This skill serves leaders in all industries. As executive coaches, we know that holding steady under pressure and exhibiting predictable, reasonable emotional responses to challenging situations can support both psychological safety and team effectiveness.

Too often though, leaders assume that regulation means suppressing or dismissing emotions, especially those deemed “negative” like anger, jealousy, loneliness, or shame. Paying attention to what one truly feels is a powerful and underutilized leadership skill. In reality, emotional regulation means recognizing, labeling, and thoughtfully responding to the full spectrum of emotions, even unpleasant ones…

Click here to read the full article I co-wrote in Fast Company.