As you read this, what mood are you in, right now?
It’s important to constantly reflect on your mood because moods are contagious.
Like the common cold virus, you can literally infect others with your mood – social scientists even have a name for this phenomenon. They call it Emotional Contagion.
And as CEO you have, because of your authority, a disproportionate effect on your entire organization’s mood.
You can literally change the energy that surging around your entire organization, depending on your mood.
For example, the mood you create in a board meeting WILL infect your executive team.
And they will leave that meeting and head into departmental meetings …
Where they will infect departmental heads …
Who will then meet with their team and pass on the mood?
Whether it’s a good or bad mood.
You get to choose.
Because I guess another meaning for CEO could be …
Chief Energy Officer.
The words you use, tone of voice, body language all convey a mood. And that mood can have a dramatic effect on how people perceive and are influenced by whatever message you are delivering as it cascades down through your organization.
In studies, mood has been shown to influence effectiveness and productivity by up to 10% …
Good mood = +10%
Bad mood = -10%
So, it literally could pay you, to pay attention to your mood AND those around you that have authoritative influence throughout your organization.