This article outlines a developmental framework for introducing systems psychodynamic concepts in the context of leadership development. The model focuses on two key aspects of the leadership role needed in today’s organizations. These are the ability to Read what is less obvious and below the surface in organizational systems, and the ability to manage what is Carried by those in leadership roles. These abilities inform choice of behaviours and intervention by leaders in their organization systems. We argue for the need for appreciation of the systems psychodynamics within organizations and identify the difficulties in including these aspects in leadership development programmes. This article provides a case study of a leadership development programme where we use the ‘Reading and Carrying’ model as a bridge to understanding the emotion/ality that impinges on the leadership role. We discuss the difficulties that learning about emotion in and of the system can bring, by looking at the emotion raised in the learning experience.

A Framework for Learning about Emotion and Emotionality in Organizational Systems as a Core Aspect of Leadership Development..

The emotions can be investigated through a questioning of the individual's feelings in a certain context, or when submitted to certain working situations. The main objective of this work is to determine how emotional experiences affect learning in professionals working at a hospital institution. The study is characterized as a quantitative study, and the type of strategy adopted is the exploratory one, using a questionnaire as the data collection tool. The research was carried out with a sample of 348 employees of the institution, and the data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and factorial analysis. The results show that the main causes of emotional suffering which affect the learning of employees are: Professional errors, career disappointments, and personal trauma, in that order.

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Ingri Terezinha de Medeiros Pozzobon

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Reflexos das experiências emocionais na aprendizagem profissional: uma análise em um hospital público