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Lumina Emotion

Emotional intelligence: how emotions shape a leader’s decisions, relationships and resilience, and what triggers them.

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What it is

Lumina Emotion is a leadership development tool designed to build a leader’s emotional intelligence (EQ) by exploring how emotions influence decision-making, interpersonal relationships and resilience.

Emotional intelligence is key to effective leadership, above all in complex, high-stakes environments, where managing one’s own emotions and empathizing with others has a direct effect on team morale and productivity.

What it measures
Emotional intelligence (EQ): how emotions influence decision-making, interpersonal relationships and resilience, including the emotions a leader experiences most often and their triggers.
When we use it
In the coaching process and in leadership development, for leaders in complex, high-stakes environments.
Where it sits
This instrument is used inside the coaching process. The full coaching process

What it gives a leader

  1. Developing self-awareness for authentic leadership

    Lumina Emotion helps a leader recognize the emotions they experience most often, along with the triggers beneath them, which makes it easier to manage their emotional responses consciously.

  2. Building emotional agility and resilience

    The assessment shows how a leader responds to different emotional states and guides them in adapting their reactions to what the moment needs, in calm and in high-stress conditions alike.

  3. Enhancing interpersonal awareness and empathy

    Lumina Emotion guides a leader in recognizing and valuing the emotional states of others, which strengthens their ability to empathize and connect meaningfully.

  4. Strengthening decision-making and self-regulation

    Lumina Emotion supports a leader in balancing their emotional responses so that they can make clear-headed, rational decisions, even in difficult or ambiguous situations.

  5. Aligning leadership style with emotional intelligence

    Lumina Emotion helps a leader recognize when certain emotions influence their behavior too strongly and make their leadership style inconsistent.

Lumina Emotion equips a leader with the emotional intelligence to inspire and motivate, to handle stress well and to create a supportive, resilient workplace: a leader who manages their emotions thoughtfully, connects with others authentically and drives positive outcomes for their team and their organization.

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What does Lumina Emotion measure?

Emotional intelligence (EQ): how emotions influence decision-making, interpersonal relationships and resilience, including the emotions a leader experiences most often and their triggers.

When is Lumina Emotion used in coaching?

In the coaching process and in leadership development, for leaders in complex, high-stakes environments.

Who is executive coaching for?

CEOs and senior leaders, and their teams. Each of the three coaches held senior operating roles before coaching, so the conversation is with someone who has sat where you sit.

How do I start?

With a short note through the form on this page, saying what you are facing. A coach replies personally.

Is executive coaching confidential?

Yes. All coaching conversations are completely confidential. Information is shared only with explicit written consent, and written agreements protect your privacy and intellectual property. The one exception is a legal obligation to report an immediate risk of harm.

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