Schurtz Shorts: Emotionally Sound Leadership: What to Share, What to Hold, and Why it Matters
Emotions are complex. For leaders, they’re even more so.
Left unfiltered, they can become dangerous—for both the leader and the people they lead.
Over-filtered, they create distance—leaders risk becoming hollow, disconnected versions of themselves.
In this episode, with the wisdom and clarity of Jennifer Abrams, we explore a framework that helps leaders navigate that tension with intention. Together, we examine what it looks like to show up emotionally in ways that are authentic and responsible—ways that strengthen trust instead of eroding it, and offer humanity without causing harm.
We wrestle with essential questions every leader must consider:
Is the emotion I’m expressing professionally sound?
Does it offer helpful context or does it risk becoming emotionally polluting?
Is this emotion clarifying, grounding, or inadvertently damaging?
This episode invites leaders to step into the complicated middle space—where emotion isn’t avoided or unleashed, but stewarded. Where humanity and leadership can coexist.
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