Archive for Empathetic Leadership

Emotional Intelligence and Empathy in Leadership

by Steven Carrizal   Emotional intelligence is commonly described as the awareness and management of emotions and emotional reactivity within ourselves and what we are experiencing from others.[1] Good leaders learn how to do this, first by acknowledging their own emotions and understanding what it feels like when they are stirred up by various difficult […]

The Impact of Emotional Intelligence on Church Culture and Community

by Greg Anderson   “Emotional Intelligence refers to the capacity for recognizing our own feelings and those of others, for motivating ourselves, and for managing emotions well in ourselves and in our relationships.” Daniel Goleman in Working With Emotional Intelligence Goleman’s definition of Emotional Intelligence (EQ) is not the only definition out there, but his […]

Empathetic Leadership: How to Support Those in Need

by Kaley Ihfe   When I was a small child, my parents took me to see the movie “For the Love of Benji.” The tagline for the movie is: “A wonderfully unique motion picture of laughter and love…” Unfortunately for my parents, I did not laugh at all because I was so upset about Benji […]

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