The EntreLeadership Podcast #323: How Emotional IQ Impacts Your Ability to Lead
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May 20, 2019 Miles Adcox, Owner and CEO of OnSite, emphasizes that embracing emotions as a leader strengthens effectiveness and creativity, while also reducing burnout. He discusses emotional fitness strategies to combat anxiety and depression. Joining him is Clay Scroggins, Lead Pastor of North Point Community Church, who shares four powerful habits to reclaim clarity in a distracting world. Together, they highlight the critical role of emotional intelligence in leadership and the importance of self-reflection and vulnerability for fostering a supportive team environment.
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Emotional Fitness Is Trainable
- Emotional fitness reframes EQ as something you can grow, not a fixed trait.
- Miles Adcox defines it as power, understanding, strength, and empathy about your moods and feelings.
Success Creates Hidden Stress
- Influence and success create abnormal life circumstances that raise stress.
- Unaddressed stress leads to loneliness, anxiety, addiction, and kills creativity and connection.
Schedule Emotional Tune-Ups
- Treat leadership like a car that needs routine tune-ups; get periodic emotional work.
- Build small trusted circles or weekly groups to speak truth and offload stress.
