R&E Monthly 1:2:1 Newsletter
Welcome to another edition of our monthly 1:2:1 newsletter by Jeremy Dean, Founder of riders&elephants. Your ultimate monthly guide to more human & successful workplaces.
This broadcast goes out to you and over 38,000 other leaders worldwide interested in simple ways to rehumanise the workplace.
In your April 1:2:1 you'll discover:
- 1 ECD Activity: Positive Emotional Culture Crafting
- 2 pieces of content to inspire: Handling Negative Emotions in a Way that’s Good for Your Team, The Anonymous Feedback Trap
- 1 Tool/Activity Worth Testing: How Do I Feel? Cards
- Bonus ECDTV Episode: Elephant Rider Insights with Suzanna Rangi, Talent & Leadership Consultants
Scroll down to discover more about rehumanising the workplace...
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1 ECD
Activity
Here's an activity you can complete as a leadership team, or invite your people to answer with you to craft your team's emotional culture...
Use the ECD to answer this question: What emotions are most important to express often for our team to be successful?
Step 1: Select the five black ECD cards you believe if people express often, you will succeed as a team.
Step 2: Ask each person to describe why they selected those cards and why they believe they are important to your team's success
Step 3: List three-five rituals you can undertake as a team that will help your people experience these desired emotions on a regular basis
2 Pieces of Content
To Inspire
Here are two pieces of content that I hope will help you see the world slightly differently and provoke you to do the work that matters to humanise the workplace.
Leaders must regulate their emotions effectively to build a healthy workplace culture and motivate employees. Suppressing or fully expressing emotions is not ideal. Next time you find yourself feeling strong, negative emotions at work, try to think of the problem as a challenge, not the threat, and encourage your team to do the same.
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2. The Anonymous Feedback Trap: Why it Actually Undermines Psychological Safety
by Gustavo Razzetti
Let's flip how we ask for and collect feedback from our teams and people. Asking for anonymous feedback sends a subliminal message that sharing feedback around here is not safe and actually harms trust within teams. Thanks to Gustavo Razzetti for giving organisations a compelling reason to invite people to put their names to their feedback.
1 Tool/Activity Worth Testing
How Do I Feel? Cards by Rebekah Lipp and Craig Phillips
How Do I Feel? Cards are a set of cards that can be used to help young people identify and express their emotions. The How Do I Feel? Cards provide a simple, accessible tool for anyone looking to develop greater emotional awareness and improve communication.
Check it out here >
Something I've been pondering...
“Inquisitive ignorance is the art of accepting the discomfort of exploring what you know you don’t know yet."
ECDTV.
New ways. New ideas. New answers. New perspectives.
Watch the latest ECDTV videos here...
In this episode, learn from Suzanna Rangi, Talent Leadership Company, about her experiences using The Emotional Culture Deck to humanise the workplaces she serves. Suzanna first completed The ECD Masterclass in 2019 and has gone on to run over 25 Emotional Culture Deck Workshops.
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