WorkCookie - Get Ahead with Industrial/Organizational Psychology in the Workplace Ep. 275 - EQ and Mental Fitness in Leadership
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Sep 22, 2025 
LindaAnn Rogers, an experienced I/O practitioner, highlights the emotional landscape of leadership, discussing how toxic leadership stems from a lack of self-awareness and empathy. Nic Kruger dives into the role of situational emotional intelligence in enhancing workplace dynamics. Both guests explore the deep-rooted issues like high turnover and its implications for organizational culture. They advocate for emotional intelligence and mental fitness as vital for effective leadership, emphasizing connection and curiosity to improve overall workplace wellbeing.
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EQ And Mental Fitness Overlap
- Mental fitness and emotional intelligence overlap in self-awareness, regulation, resilience, and social skills.
- These combined capacities are essential for leaders to create psychological safety and effective teams.
Left A Toxic Workplace Over Leader Behavior
- Heather Morton left a toxic workplace after a supervisor bragged that an employee left every week.
- She said the supervisor's lack of self-awareness and social skills destroyed psychological safety and prompted her exit.
Assess Whether Change Is Realistic
- Evaluate whether there is hope for meaningful change before investing effort to fix a toxic leader.
- Avoid expending energy trying to change someone who lacks self-awareness and empathy when improvement prospects are very small.