Dealing with Feeling Workplace Anxiety and Everyday Leadership with Dr. Heidi Brooks
Dr. Heidi Brooks joins Dr. Marc Brackett on Dealing with Feeling to explore how emotionally wise leadership transforms workplace culture—and why the "human side of work" is often the missing ingredient in performance, feedback, and well-being.
They discuss everyday leadership, emotional wisdom, and how human connection shapes the workplace. Together, they explore what it takes to build environments where learning is normalized, collaboration is more courageous, and anxiety doesn't become the default.
In this conversation:
- How emotionally wise leaders shape group dynamics in everyday moments
- Why "head down" productivity can quietly increase workplace anxiety
- What it means to lead in public—and how vulnerability supports growth
- How feedback, learning, and failure can be redesigned to help people thrive
About the guest: Heidi Brooks is a Senior Lecturer in Organizational Behavior at Yale School of Management.
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Explore Marc Brackett's work at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, where he serves as founding director, and learn more about RULER—an evidence-based, systemic approach to SEL developed at Yale that supports leaders, educators, students, and families in building emotional intelligence and creating healthier school climates.
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