The Leader Who Doesn't Do Emotion at Work (Taaka Awori & Mr. Daniel Pobee)

Send us Fan Mail 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤? We often hear that emotions don't belong in the workplace. Be professional. Stay calm. Don't take things personally. Don't be emotional. But the reality is, you don't leave your emotions at the door. In this Nuts and Bolts episode, Taaka Awori is joined by Mr. Daniel Pobee for a conversation on difficult emotions in the workplace, and what happens when leaders suppress, withdraw from, or displace them instead of working through them. The conversation goes beyond the usual conversation about emotional intelligence to explore something more personal: what our emotional patterns reveal about how we were raised, what we have learned to suppress, and what we carry with us into leadership. They also unpack 7 practical tools for managing difficult emotions: naming it to tame it, the sacred pause, modeling emotional honesty, doing the deeper inner work, treating emotions as teachers (the Rumi "Guest House" framing), and finding a safe, trusted space to process. Quote to sit with: "The problem is not the emotions. The problem is when the emotions manage you and you don't manage the emotions." Resource mentioned: The Rumi poem "The Guest House", a reflection on meeting difficult emotions with curiosity and allowing them to reveal what they may have to teach us. 🔔 Subscribe so you don't miss the rest of the season.