Top 20 Leadership Chat Quotes on Leading with Feelings and Passion

With more than 360 participants, more than 1 million people reached and nearly 7 million online impressions generated, this week’s Leadership Chat on “Leading with Feelings and Passion” was lively, to say the least!

Thanks to the thought-provoking preparatory blog post entitled, “Control Your Feelings – Don’t Express Them” by Dan Rockwell, our Guest Host for the evening, and Steve Woodruff’s prep post labeled, “Feeling Like a Leader,” the Leadership Chat Community came prepared for an emotional discussion. And that’s just what we had, yet in a very insightful, eye-opening way.

The Role of Experiences and Backgrounds

One of the many aspects of Leadership Chat that I simply adore is the diversity in the age, experiences, background, geography and perspectives of the members of our Community. If you read through the transcript from Leadership Chat, you’ll see how this plays into the very different belief systems about leading with feelings, emotions and passion that came to light during the conversation. This was genuinely a smart, thoughtful chat with a lot of insights and suggestions that made me think differently and bigger.

What Made Me Passionate

I have such genuine respect for everyone who was courageous enough to jump into the discussion and share their real feelings! It’s not easy to do, especially given the stereotypes and misconceptions that are still at play to some degree when we ask if leaders should bring feelings and passion to work.

But I have a few favorite tweets from the conversation that I’d like to highlight for you here; tweets that I felt passionate about and that made me smile. Please let me know if they resonate with you:

On Leading with Feelings and Emotion:

@Leadershipfreak: Leading w/feeling = being emotionally available & responsive in the moment

 @JamesWillmarth: Leading with feeling is leading with an understanding of the role of feelings (emotion), yours and your team’s

@Robert_Rose: Wisdom is the merging of logic, reason and emotion

 

@4KM: being deeply in touch w one’s principles and intent; being centred, open and as uncensored as possible.

 

@cindyfsolomon: Leading w/feeling requires emotional intelligence and empathetic maturity

 

@sumnermusolf: Leading w/ feeling — it’s being not led by your feelings, but walking w/ them, in stride of practicality & logic.

 

@careerchatter: Leading with empathy is not about charity but humanity and can be good business

 

@JamesWillmarth: Trust often determines the boundaries, as trust builds, boundaries (for emotionaly expression) expands

 

@DavidALee: As a leader in the Army I cried with other Soldiers. People need to know its not easy for you to make the tough call.

 

@tomschimmer: Is there a difference between leading FROM emotion and leading WITH emotion? I say FROM is more desirable.

 

@JasonFalls: If you can’t show emotion, you have no business leading.

 

@Leadershipfreak: If you can’t control ur emotions u have no business leading. 😉

 

@Strategiklead: When u become emotional ur heart and mind are full. U are not selfless. You need to empty ur inner self to have empathy

 

@Robert_Rose: I’ve seen just as many bad decisions made without emotion – the brain isn’t always right

 

On Leading with Passion

@swoodruff: Passion is not the opposite of, or unable to co-exist with, reason and wisdom. Passion drives, reason steers.

@Leadershipfreak: Ignite the passion of others by being selflessly passionate about them

@thehealthmaven: Passionate leaders are the ones who bring others along & what a ride it is…

 

@MeghanMBiro: Passion IS the Root of Leadership. Be careful when it guides *all* decisions. Been there…Trust me. Need a nice balance.

 

@Leadershipfreak: Best expression of passion is clear unwavering focus

 

One Thing I Said

…that I do feel passionate about and would like to share here…

 

@LisaPetrilli: I believe we’ll raise wisdom, prosperity of planet only when both genders true to selves, emotions & all

 

And a Few of My Random, Favorite “Just for Fun” Tweets:

Because we always have fun at LeadershipChat…

 

@profkrg: I would like to know why #leadershipchat makes me want a Kit Kat.

 

@danperezfilms: Join me on The Dark Side. Together we will rule the world!

 

@swoodruff: @danperezfilms I AM your father…

 

@Robert_Rose: @danperezfilms – you do realize who actually wins at the end of Star Wars yes?

 

~ Which of the Quotes on Leading with Feelings and Passion Resonates Most with You?  Why? ~

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