Episode 9: Does Emotional Intelligence Matter in Leadership?
“As women, when we share and celebrate our wins, it is deemed as bragging. I'm here to shift that narrative, and the way that we shift that narrative is by having a partnership with our ego, a strong resilient self-identity, our emotional intelligence, and our core skills to show up for others.”
- Payal Beri
In today’s episode, Payal poses an important question -- does empathy really matter? The pandemic has presented a unique shared experience with individuals all over the world. In doing so, it has shed light on emotional intelligence as an important core skill. Payal explores the role that emotional intelligence plays in leadership, especially in difficult situations. She explains why it took a global crisis and shared traumatic experience in order for compassion and empathy to take center stage.
Today on The Unapologetic Woman:
What is emotional intelligence and how does it affect leadership
Viewing empathy as your greatest strength
The individualistic nature of capitalism
Personality assessments versus emotional intelligence assessments
How emotional intelligence fosters growth
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Payal is a human behavior expert, speaker and women entrepreneurs leadership coach who empowers leaders to create a company team culture they are proud of just as much as the mission and impact their business is making in the world. She has 10+ years as a former clinical therapist and as a global leadership development consultant, having worked with fortune 500 companies, to now ensuring no woman entrepreneur feels alone in her journey as a leader and equipped with strategies, tools and the mindset to empower a high performing team and happy team.
Payal holds a masters in clinical psychology and is completing her Phd in Business Psychology (2021), researching how to lead with empathy and psychological safety (trust) to create transparency and dual accountability in the workplace. She has created her proprietary framework that she uses with her clients, compassion for self, empathy for others and accountability for both.
