{"id":3415,"date":"2013-10-02T08:35:17","date_gmt":"2013-10-02T13:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/?p=3415"},"modified":"2025-06-02T05:25:56","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T10:25:56","slug":"emotions-the-final-frontier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/emotions-the-final-frontier\/","title":{"rendered":"Emotions: The Final Frontier"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3415\" class=\"elementor elementor-3415\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9ac5d2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d9ac5d2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-030be26 elementor-widget elementor-widget-template\" data-id=\"030be26\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4dac1fb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4dac1fb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0040ff9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0040ff9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5dc749a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5dc749a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Leadership Lessons from Star Trek\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30deca2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"30deca2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Gene Roddenbery\u2019s entertainment enterprise, Star Trek, allowed us to imagine exploring distant galaxies.\u00a0 It also helped us to explore the role of emotions in human decision-making.\u00a0 The casts of both the original\u00a0<strong><em>Star Trek<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0and its successor,\u00a0<strong><em>Star Trek: The Next Generation<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0have a key character with a rare combination of attributes.\u00a0 Both\u00a0<strong>Mr. Spock<\/strong>\u00a0(half Vulcan) and\u00a0<strong>Commander Data<\/strong>\u00a0(an android) have superior intelligence while lacking the ability to have the full experience of human emotion.\u00a0 Their superior officers, Captains Kirk and Picard learned to value and heed the counsel of their brilliant, unemotional crew members, especially in pressure packed moments.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89ca4f8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"89ca4f8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a67927b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a67927b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"171\" src=\"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/treckers.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3436\" alt=\"Spock &amp; Data\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4de2328 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4de2328\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-213ff59 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"213ff59\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0628c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b0628c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"124\" height=\"186\" src=\"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/overload.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3419\" alt=\"overload\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8f74f4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c8f74f4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d66975e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d66975e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">In Reality\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-939d1a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"939d1a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Back here on earth, leaders are not as fortunate as\u00a0 Kirk and Picard.\u00a0 Our staffs and teams are 100% human; emotional beings who can and will express the full gamut of feelings.\u00a0 And when emotions of any type run at a high level, all bets on effective decision-making are off.\u00a0 Unlike Vulcans and Androids, we humans are capable of being overcome by our emotions.\u00a0 Be it\u00a0<em><strong>joy<\/strong><\/em>,\u00a0<em><strong>anger<\/strong><\/em>,\u00a0<em><strong>bliss<\/strong><\/em>,\u00a0<em><strong>jealousy<\/strong><\/em>, or\u00a0<em><strong>frustration<\/strong><\/em>, rational thinking can blow a circuit breaker when emotions overload our systems.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-555e3df e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"555e3df\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a2cff4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1a2cff4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"> EQ vs. IQ\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99ed22b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"99ed22b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Both Mr. Spock and Commander Data had high IQs.\u00a0 And since they were emotionless, their EQ (Emotional Quotient) was not as relevant.\u00a0 Although they lacked empathy since they struggled to comprehend\u00a0 the concept of others\u2019 feelings. With us humans, EQ does matter. In the business world, EQ can be an even bigger factor in our ability to get business results than IQ.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2557765 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2557765\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b485b58 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b485b58\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57b6725 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"57b6725\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64acf9a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"64acf9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default elementor-inline-editing pen\" contenteditable=\"true\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"title\" data-pen-placeholder=\"Type Here...\">Emotional Resistance Is Futile<\/h2><p><br \/>Humans are not as easily\u00a0<em>assimilated<\/em> as some want to believe.Managers and leaders who lack empathy can be as blind to the emotional frailties of their people as Geordi La Forge without his visor*.\u00a0 Humans are emotional beings and pretending otherwise is hazardous to your wealth, happiness and well-being. * To bring non-Trekies up to warp speed, Geordi\u2019s visor corrected his natural blindness.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eba2245 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"eba2245\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-435dc91 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"435dc91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"140\" height=\"171\" src=\"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/geordi.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-3421\" alt=\"Geordi\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f96afe4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f96afe4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-403df85 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"403df85\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is Emotional Intelligence?\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a0e881 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0a0e881\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Emotional intelligence is the ability to sense, understand and effectively apply the power and acumen of your emotions and the emotions of others in order to facilitate higher levels of collaboration and productivity.<\/em>\u00a0Since we\u2019re only human, we are best served by being aware of how our emotions can play a part in how things get done.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfb1b45 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bfb1b45\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc19f8f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cc19f8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A Word From Our Sponsor\u2026\n<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1480385 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1480385\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What\u2019s Your EQ?\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6473f91 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6473f91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our assessment partner, TTI Success Insights, supplies us with an EQ Assessment tool that we\u2019re using to help our coaching clients improve their emotional intelligence.\u00a0 If you\u2019re\u00a0<strong>not<\/strong> a Vulcan or an Android and want to lead others more effectively, consider boldly exploring this new frontier.\u00a0 It leads to 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Is Emotional Intelligence really <em><strong>The Final Frontier?<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 It\u2019s idea worth exploration in your quest to \u201c<em>live well and prosper\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-772f4ac elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"772f4ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md\" href=\"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/services\/emotional-intelligence-coaching\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Learn About Coaching to Develop Your I}EQ<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gene Roddenbery&#8217;s entertainment enterprise, Star Trek, allowed us to imagine exploring distant galaxies.  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