The skill of managing mindsets and emotional experience is one of the great tools of leadership, writes Development at Work Australia GM Bridget Hogg.

We live in a world where good leaders and dictators live side by side, using the same tools.

Powerful leaders manage both their own mindset and that of others. They know how to choose their emotional experience and influence the emotions of those around them. But powerful leaders are not always good leaders.

Australia hasn’t been immune from leadership failures – such as in the “Robodebt” scandal, which saw whistleblowers jailed and caused widespread distress and even, tragically, loss of life.

Is your leadership brave enough to challenge undesirable outcomes when you see them? Are you a leader who can see when it’s all going awry and take a stand?

We live in challenging times. We need leaders who can see the potential outcomes of the paths we choose. Leaders who’ll take a stand, even when it’s difficult to do so.

Are you that type of leader? When you can see something isn’t right, will you step up, step in and call it out?

The skill of managing mindsets and emotional experience is one of the great tools of leadership. If you can’t manage your own emotional state, it’s very hard to manage anything else. When you start with self-leadership (leading your own thoughts and experience), you can then develop the skills to lead others’ emotional experience and mindset.

A tool isn’t good or bad in itself – it depends on what you do with it.

Take a look around at the people........

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