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Emotions and excellence: Why processing feelings is important for leadership

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Maja Djikic

We often reach adulthood without ever being taught how to process our emotions. But an unprocessed emotion never goes away; it simply festers and grows. 

Associate professor Maja Djikic joined the Executive Summary podcast to talk about how to identify if we're bad at processing our feelings, how we can get better at it, and what role organizations have in helping their leaders and teams understanding that skillset. 

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Maja Djikic is an associate professor of OBHR and executive director of the self-development laboratory at the Rotman School of Management.