When you first became a leader, did you realize that your success, failure and progress would be based on the same fictional substance that plagued Superman?

Imagine for a moment that, when close to you, this green substance weakens you to the point that you cannot perform any function very well. It creates lethargy and, with long exposure, can be fatal to your success.News flash: Kryptonite exists. For leaders, it’s hidden in two different forms.

Failing To Regulate Your Emotions

In coaching conversations with clients, it often seems as though we operate in a kind of postliterate society where emotional sensation seems to be the only thing that moves people. Fake news and emotionally drawn out tirades dominate real facts, whether political or not.

It seems like we need more and more emotional imagery to get our attention at work and at home. Emotions dominate conversations today more than ever, and cold hard facts, figures and truths don’t always cut it anymore.

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