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Emotional contagion
published January 4, 2010
Did you know that emotions are contagious? Well, they are. How does this affect your job as a leader? Well, a lot. Generally, people transmit their feelings to one another, especially group leaders with high nonverbal expressiveness are likely to bring out emotions in others. Since it is also plausible that a pessimistic or a negatively toned group will dissolve over time, you as a leader, should pay close attention to your own feelings.
Personally I see pessimism and negativity always as a bad choice. It is not a sign of a solid leadership nor it is wanted personality on a working team. Since positive feelings are also contagious, why not to improve the mood of your work group by keeping up positive emotion?
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