Friday, August 15, 2025

How to Cultivate Emotional Intelligence in Your Executive Team

 

Executive team practicing emotional intelligence during a strategy meeting

You already know that strategy, capital, and operations matter—but none of those levers deliver sustained success without a team that communicates clearly, leads with empathy, and performs under pressure. That’s where emotional intelligence comes in. As an executive, you set the tone, and your team mirrors it. Developing emotional intelligence across your leadership group isn’t soft—it’s strategic. In this article, you’ll walk through how to recognize emotional blind spots, turn vulnerability into strength, and build routines that hardwire EQ into your company’s decision-making.

Start with Self-Awareness

You can’t change what you don’t recognize. One of the most effective ways to raise self-awareness in your executive team is by introducing 360-degree feedback. It’s not about confrontation—it’s about clarity. When you allow peers, reports, and external partners to reflect on how they experience your leaders, patterns emerge. You’ll uncover how a short tone in meetings may be read as arrogance, or how rapid-fire decisions create friction rather than momentum. These aren’t character flaws—they’re habits, and once named, they can be reshaped. 

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