Being an emotionally intelligent leader means self-awareness and an understanding of your flaws and how others perceive you. As an emotionally intelligent leader, you’re transparent and speak the truth to those around you and you're the first to acknowledge mistakes. It also means you are perceptive and allow others to be heard first before responding—all necessary characteristics to leading a strong and productive team.

Author Bio

Coral Chung is an entrepreneur, former strategy consultant and technology executive. Coral is the Co-Founder & CEO of SENREVE, a direct-to-consumer luxury brand for the multi-faceted modern woman. SENREVE launched in November 2016 with a line of luxurious handbags and has been called an “it” bag brand by fashion/luxury publications and worn by celebrities, influencers, and top female executives.

Coral started her career at Bain, where she advised Fortune 500 companies on retail strategy. Coral has always been passionate about luxury retail and consumer brands, which led her to work with Prada’s COO and CEO of Americas on marketing, commercialization, distribution related projects prior to its IPO. Coral was most recently a Principal at Medallia, a leader in SaaS/big data analytics, where she worked with leading luxury and global retail brands like Apple, Sephora, and Nordstrom.