{"id":1318,"date":"2021-12-10T13:00:08","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T12:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brigittekaps.com\/four-ways-successful-leaders-can-keep-their-emotions-under-control\/"},"modified":"2023-12-07T10:39:55","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T09:39:55","slug":"four-ways-successful-leaders-can-keep-their-emotions-under-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brigittekaps.com\/en\/blog\/four-ways-successful-leaders-can-keep-their-emotions-under-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Ways Successful Leaders Can Keep their Emotions Under Control"},"content":{"rendered":"

It isn\u2019t always easy to stay calm and not get angry when the media reports something about your company or industry that you think is biased or wrong. While\u00a0letting off steam<\/a>\u00a0might feel good momentarily, it has several far-reaching negative consequences, such as damaging employee morale and influencing employee retention.\u00a0Poor judgments<\/a> in reacting to media could adversely affect the company\u2019s overall image.\u00a0<\/p>\n

So how do successful leaders keep their emotions under control?<\/h2>\n
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  1. Restrained Social media Behaviour<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 If something that harms your company\u2019s brand image is out there in the world, in any form of media, the best thing to do would be to\u00a0avoid getting into an argument<\/a>\u00a0with the journalist who has written the piece or other public figures, especially on social media. Knee-jerk<\/a>\u00a0reactions get you nowhere except toward more bad press. Worse, the internet will remain forever as an example of untoward behaviour.<\/li>\n
  2. Find solutions, not problems<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Leaders who own responsibility instead of appointing blame to have a good chance of actually solving the issues before them. To do this, they need to focus on what went wrong and not on who can blame Furthermore, by accepting responsibility for the team, good leaders can project the right image to the employees, earning big loyalty points.<\/li>\n
  3. Look at the big picture\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 The news today might make you wince, but what long-term\u00a0ramifications<\/a>\u00a0does it have? Will it still matter five or ten years from now? If you can sit down with your team and discuss this, ask this question. If the answer is no, maybe everyone took a break and returned to the problem with a fresh perspective. But if the answer is yes, you must focus on\u00a0the next steps<\/a>, especially for damage control.<\/li>\n
  4. Damage control\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 If the situation requires intervention, discuss all the steps you need to take with your team, especially consult with your PR team. Decide on the approach that you will take and stick with it. What consumers must know is your consistency in how you handle the situation. If there are ways in which you can redress the case, then go ahead once the approach has been finalised and work on how you can rebuild brand perception.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    If a situation appears unfair and makes you angry about media and its role in developing your brand perception, the best thing to do would be to stay put and not take any impulsive steps. Focus on all the good that your company has done and craft\u00a0a counter-narrative<\/a>\u00a0that can be used to bolster your PR and rebuild your brand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    It isn\u2019t always easy to stay calm and not get angry when the media reports something about your company or industry that you think is biased or wrong. While\u00a0letting off steam\u00a0might feel good momentarily, it has several far-reaching negative consequences, such as damaging employee morale and influencing employee retention.\u00a0Poor judgments in reacting to media could…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1200,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ceo-communication"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brigittekaps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brigittekaps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brigittekaps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brigittekaps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brigittekaps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brigittekaps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brigittekaps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brigittekaps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brigittekaps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brigittekaps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}