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Staying Calm is a Leadership Skill
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Leadership qualities that always come up commonly include strength, vision, boldness, and innovation. However, as times change and disruptions dictate our everyday lives, a different quality emerges that I think many will see over and over again. Calmness. More specifically, calmness during a crisis.
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When a passenger plane hits turbulence and the passengers frantically brace in their seats and begin to think of loved ones, it is the pilot that calmly comes on the speaker and addresses everyone with an update. The calmness of their voice soothes the panic-stricken passengers and suddenly, optimism begins to take hold. When an emergency car crash or car trouble occurs on a busy highway, it is the calmness of the first responders that enables us to think clearly. Their calm gives many a feeling of control, soothes the anxious mind, and attracts others to follow.
Leaders that exhibit a calm aura typically use meditation techniques, participate in physical activity; have a strong faith; and have a strong self-connection with themselves. During times of uncertainty and disarray, the calmness of a leader shows how well they think before they speak, have taken into consideration the needs of an organization and its staff; and lead towards change.
Calmness is a leadership quality that is rarely talked about, but it is so often demonstrated in front of us.
- John Izzo, Membership Coordinator, Construction Institute
Leaders that exhibit a calm aura typically use meditation techniques, participate in physical activity; have a strong faith; and have a strong self-connection with themselves. During times of uncertainty and disarray, the calmness of a leader shows how well they think before they speak, have taken into consideration the needs of an organization and its staff; and lead towards change.
Calmness is a leadership quality that is rarely talked about, but it is so often demonstrated in front of us.
- John Izzo, Membership Coordinator, Construction Institute
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