Leaders are often expected to control emotions, embody assertiveness, detachment, and autonomy, and be results-driven and resilient in highly stressful situations. However, this approach sometimes ...

Your emotions at work aren’t fixed, even when they feel completely overwhelming during high-pressure situations. We can change them (with some effort and practice) to improve our performance, enhance ...

I’ve been reading a lot recently about how we are “addicted” to our emotions. I hadn’t thought of emotions that way—as something one could become addicted to. But it's an interesting concept. We tend ...

Mental health challenges in the workplace are getting worse, not better. Employees’ mental well-being took a dramatic dip during the Covid pandemic and is still at risk due to ongoing stressors such ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Lucy Paulise is executive coach and author of Timebox, based in Texas. Emotional regulation is an executive function, the brain’s ...

Emotions at work are inevitable, global HR consulting firm McLean & Co. underscored in a resource released July 16. With ongoing economic uncertainty, a charged political landscape, heightened ...

Well before he had written a word about management, Peter Drucker learned just how high people’s passions can run at the office. It was the early 1930s, and the then-24-year-old Drucker had been hired ...

Strong emotions are inevitable in a stressful work world. And it can be difficult to control emotions—especially in tense situations at work. Maybe you’ve been so frustrated with a colleague that you ...

Checking in on your own emotions also can be beneficial. Although managers might be caught off guard by displays of emotion at work, they shouldn’t ignore or dismiss them, particularly amid the events ...

Despite decades of research proving their value at work, emotions remain one of the most undervalued—and misunderstood—resources available to leaders. Too many leaders still believe that emotions ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Liz Elting is a billion-dollar founder who covers women and business. Whether you’ve steeled yourself with a quick cry in a ...

Can a machine tell that you're mad just by looking at your face? Do your emails give away how stressed you are? Could a computer understand your emotions better than you? According to a wave of new ...