Being in a good mood is a part of your leadership
One afternoon, one of my team members told me, "You seem to be in a better mood recently. A few weeks back, you looked like you had a lot on your mind." I replied, "I was thinking of a new business plan and that may have made me look like I was not in a good mood." The reality was I had multiple things going on and indeed was not in a good mood for a week or two. This conversation made me think about the negative effect that being in a bad mood had in the office. Generally, I am a happy and stable person. Therefore, this was really a good learning experience for me. There are many negative influences. If I were to name a few critical ones, here would be some of them: Team members feel reluctant to communicate, resulting in less communication among the team. Unconsciously, the leader in a bad mood could make decisions based on emotion rather than logic. The leader could worsen the communication with the team members because of not being in a good mood. Ultimately, ma...