EP62: Emotional Intelligence: Leading Smarter, Not Harder

How do you add intelligence to your emotions? How do you increase your emotional intelligence? How do you become so self-aware as well as socially aware that you regulate your emotions to a point of increasing your success rate in your leadership? How do you read others’ emotions and respond to them in such a manner you are able to lead them? Dr Chaison, an expert in emotional intelligence, does a deep dive into emotional intelligence (EQ); how to assess it, develop it and successively use it to lead others. 

iLead in Any Room Podcast: Emotional Intelligence in Leadership: Leading Smarter, Not Harder

Inherent in most definitions of leadership is the concept of emotion. For example, leadership has been described as getting people to do things they wouldn’t ordinarily do and feel good about it. Feelings, or emotions, are a vital part of the human experience that move us to action, and those actions have consequences – both good and bad. While emotions can serve to motivate us to reach our goals, emotions can also serve to derail us and get us off track from our goals. 

In this podcast, Dr. Angelic Chaison will discuss the importance of emotional intelligence in facilitating effective and empowering leadership. Leaders who practice emotional intelligence know how to harness the power of emotions within themselves and the people they lead in order to steer their teams to successful accomplishment of meaningful and life-changing goals. Dr. Chaison will share helpful tips on ways to practice emotional intelligence both in your leadership and your daily life. Emotional intelligence is an absolute must-have in every leader’s toolbox. iLead listeners, tune in now because this is a conversation you don’t want to miss.

Biography 

Dr. Angelic D. Chaison is a counseling psychologist committed to using her skills to help people overcome challenges, obstacles, and difficulties that prevent them from maximizing and actualizing their fullest potential in multiple areas of life, including mental and physical health, relationships, academics, career, and business. Dr. Chaison graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with honors and a minor in Spanish in 1999, a Master of Arts in Program Evaluation in 2003, and a Doctorate of Philosophy in Counseling Psychology in 2006. Dr. Chaison completed both her pre-doctoral internship and postdoctoral fellowship programs at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center in Houston, TX where she was immediately hired as a staff psychologist upon completion of her training and where she continues to work today. Dr. Chaison serves and has received multiple awards for her local and national leadership roles in advocating for Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion within the Veterans Health Administration, America’s largest integrated health care system. Dr. Chaison is an assistant professor in the Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX and is actively involved in training the next generation of mental health providers and leaders. Dr. Chaison is not only a leader in her career, she has also served in multiple leadership roles at her church, The Reflections of Christ’s Kingdom World Outreach International, and she provides leadership coaching and consultation to non-profit organizations and businesses as the chief psychologist of Chaison Psychological and Consulting Services, PLLC.