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Anxious Leadership and Emotional Processes
Leadership is inherently anxious due to our human nature. Anxious leadership involves relying on emotional processes to calm situations, such as over functioning, distancing, or triangles. Even emotionally mature individuals can exhibit anxious leadership under high anxiety levels, reverting to automatic behaviors. This style is not dysfunctional but limiting and lacks creativity, often manifesting as over-responsibility for others or avoiding one-to-one relationships.