LEITWOLF Podcast - Leadership, Führung & Management· Folge 537
🇬🇧 Master Your Emotions Before They Master You – The Leadership Skill Every Leader Needs
Donnerstag, 17. September 2026 · 15 min
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LEITWOLF® Podcast - Leadership, Führung & Management
Emotions are valuable signals – but poor pilots. Especially under pressure, it becomes clear whether leadership is intentional or merely reactive.
In this episode of the LEITWOLF® Podcast, Stefan explains why your emotions are not the real problem – your reaction to them is. A client leaves, your boss criticizes you, an employee fails to deliver, or months of work are rejected – and suddenly anger, fear, or disappointment take over. But real leadership begins exactly in the space between stimulus and response.
Stefan shows why emotions are contagious within a team, why calm, clarity, and confidence spread just as much as stress or uncertainty – and why emotional self-leadership does not mean suppressing emotions. Emotions provide important information. But they are not instructions for action.
You will learn a simple formula for difficult moments: Name it. Pause it. Choose it. Name what you feel. Create distance before you react. And consciously choose the impact you want to have.
An episode about emotional self-leadership, intentional impact, and the ability to stay clear under pressure.
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