Finding Your Most Counterintuitive Leadership Growth Areas

We ask ourselves what makes us happy and work towards that. It turns out that your negative emotions are also a compass for action when they are accepted. Here's how to harness their wisdom.

Many of us did not grow up in a place where we were unconditionally accepted as who we are by those who mattered to us. Early on, we learned to suppress emotions like anger, sadness, or shame to “be loved” or “fit in.” As we grow into adults and senior leaders in the workplace, we carry these suppressed emotions with us and add to them with each conflic…