From the course: The Career Transition Playbook for Leaders

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Manage emotions

Manage emotions

From the course: The Career Transition Playbook for Leaders

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Manage emotions

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- Of all the experiences you are professionally trained to handle as a seasoned business leader, working with emotions is probably not one of them. Yet when you navigate a career transition, the underlying terrain is your own emotional landscape. And unlike handling the familiar territory of logic and order, you may experience times of fear and vulnerability. In this lesson, I'll guide you through managing unexpected and challenging feelings during a career transition so you can recognize and develop mechanisms to handle the anxiety and self-doubt that may come up. The number of emotions you may experience can feel overwhelming. There may be feelings such as fear when you step outside of your comfort zone, sadness when you leave colleagues or a familiar routine behind, and even anger and shame if the transition was not your choice. But the most prominent emotion for transitioning leaders is self-doubt. Self-doubt is the lack of confidence in yourself or your abilities. It's common to…

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