![]() Give your team the opportunity to align with something mission-driven, it will elevate them. Never allow adversity to get you and your team down – change the narrative to see challenges as opportunities.Invest time in the relationships you have with your team members and give freedom for relationships to grow between them.Create a culture of transparency – stay visible and grow trusted by your team.Exercise empathy – put yourself in your team member’s shoes, look through their lens.Practice self-awareness in order to achieve emotional intelligence.Our pupils do may of these instinctively and they are often at the core of their success: ![]() So, this week I offer 6 key ways to lead with emotional intelligence. This intelligence can be key to both personal and professional success, and it’s something that requires attention and work. Strong emotional intelligence allows leaders to become mindful, empathetic and self-aware qualities we promote in our pupils. The definition of emotional intelligence is: the capacity to be aware of, control, and express one’s emotions, and to handle interpersonal relationships judiciously and empathetically. The surprising success of Eagles’ team was ultimately put down to the fact that he led the team with emotional intelligence. In school and in life we are working in formation and in teams in all manner of ways, the idea of the power of a functional team is not lost on us. The Eagles head coach Doug Pederson delivered this as his final motivating comment which kicked off what became an unforeseen – unbelievable – championship winning season. “One man can make a difference, but a team can make a miracle.” It would be fair to say that sport in general offers a rich seam of motivational inspiration, but this particular idea really struck a chord. This week I was inspired by a quote from a sporting source – the Head Coach of the Philadelphia Eagles American Football team. Our interest in the leadership potential of our pupils is well documented.
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