Episode 50

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19th Dec 2023

How to Avoid the Emotional Leadership Trap

"Sometimes your emotions prevent you from doing the right thing, and sometimes they allow you to do the wrong thing.”

In this episode, we are joined by Tony Ferraro, Senior Executive Coach and Director of Training Services at Floyd Consulting, to share a critical leadership trap to look out for.

Listen in as we discuss how emotions can steer leaders astray and cause them to react in ways that don’t align with their mission and goals. Tony shares insights on how leaders can take control of their emotions, become confident in their decisions, and highlights the role coaches play in helping avoid emotional stumbling blocks.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

  1. Great leaders recognize all of the variables before making a decision, but they don’t let their minds create fake variables to hinder their emotions
  2. Having a coach will help you lead better by shedding light on traps and identifying how to avoid them
  3. Using journaling as a way to get out feelings of frustration and anger allows you to see more clearly and identify solutions


Things to listen for:

[01:02] Emotional traps and their impact on leadership

[05:28] If you made the right decision, move on

[07:41] Identify all the variables, but don’t let your mind make fake ones

[09:31] You can only step in so many traps

[13:05] The power of journaling emotions


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About the Podcast

Lead with Culture
A company can only become the best version of itself to the extent that its people are becoming better versions of themselves. What’s the key to making that happen? Building dynamic cultures so people love coming to work and accomplishing great things together.

Hosted by Kate Volman, CEO of Floyd Coaching, Lead with Culture is a show dedicated to exploring how great leaders create workplaces where people can thrive both personally and professionally.

Conversations are inspired by Matthew Kelly's bestselling books The Dream Manager, The Culture Solution, and Off Balance. Guests include incredible leaders as well as Floyd executive coaches sharing stories and providing insights into real strategies used to attract and retain great talent, execute effectively, become better coaches, build teams and grow businesses.

Whether you're a CEO, HR executive, manager, or simply part of a team, this show will help you become a better leader.

About your host

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Kate Volman

Your dreams are yours for a reason. What are you doing about them?

Our vision at Floyd is to make work fun and engaging for as many people as possible, by delivering world-class training and creating cultures that lead to thriving businesses that are profitable, scalable, and sustainable. My team and I show up every day excited to make this happen.

My team and I can help you build a dynamic culture so people love coming to work and accomplishing great things together.
➡️ Coaching. Everyone needs a coach. We have a coach for everyone.
➡️ Training.
➡️ Speaking.

I love my career and the journey it took to get here.
⭐️ I led the sales team, improved company processes, and created programs, workshops, and initiatives to help business owners build better relationships and execute results-driven marketing strategies during my eight years at the Greater Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce.
⭐️ I initiated content marketing strategies that drove more traffic and increased brand awareness while in my role as Marketing Director for the City of West Palm Beach Community Redevelopment Agency.
⭐️ I started a boutique marketing agency and helped business owners leverage digital marketing and video.
⭐️ I founded and facilitate Inspired Action, a goal-setting workshop specifically designed to help women achieve their goals.
⭐️ At Floyd, I lead a team of incredible people dedicated to helping people and organizations become the best version of themselves.

My mission is to help as many people as possible live a more joyful life doing more of what they love.
🎤 Check out my podcast Create for No Reason, a show about making something for the pure joy of it.
https://anchor.fm/createfornoreason

I love to network, collaborate, and help people achieve their dreams. The best way to connect with me is at kvolman@floydconsulting.com