Manuals / Emotional Intelligence / Chapter 7

C · Pressure · advanced · Week 3 · Chapter 7 of 8

EQ in incidents & conflict

Incidents amplify emotion. Roles, facts, next actions beat blame. Park interpersonal repair until the fire is contained — then repair.

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Incident language

Replace “who broke it” with “what do we know / what next.”

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Rewrite 3 blamey lines into useful incident updates.

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Chapter learning outcomes
  • Incident tone
  • Blame vs systems
  • After-action repair

Clear these before you leave