Reply To: How to use emotions as an advantage when leading without being manipulative

You’re so right Jessica. It’s emotional intelligence that helps us read the signals correctly and act intelligently, not manipulatively. Like Dipika said, emotions are signals, not obstacles. For me, what I do is that when I sense an emotion, I name it. I could literally say, I feel angry and that’s because I feel disrespected. I can then go on to judge my next action; do I call it out? stating what has made me feel this way so that I give the person an opportunity to clarify their actions or apologize or do I decide on a better time to call it out? or do I think it’s not worth it at all and let it go for a greater good?