Your Team’s Success
Starts With You
Why Leaders Need to Be Touched
By Daniela Goode
Anyone who has ever held a position
of influence in any organization, knows
how much your own mental state on a
given day can drastically affect how you
respond to your staff. If you are stressed,
worried, sad, angry or emotional, it can be
much more challenging for you to interact
with patience and positivity toward the
needs, questions, shortcomings, and
even successes of your team. Conversely,
on days when you are happy, excited,
motivated, stress-free (ie. in a good mood)
your team will likely be met with more
openness, support and encouragement
when dealing with you.
In order to prevent your personal life from
becoming a set of rollercoaster tracks
for your entire team or organization, it
is necessary to not only take care of
your important projects, deadlines, and
development goals, but also to also