R&E Monthly 1:2:1 Newsletter
Welcome to another edition of our monthly 1:2:1 broadcast by Jeremy Dean founder of R&E. Your ultimate monthly guide to more human & successful workplaces.
This broadcast goes out to you and over 25,000 other leaders like you around the world who are interested in simple ways to humanise the workplace.
In your August 1:2:1:
- 1 ECD Prototype: ECD Pictionary
- 2 pieces of content to inspire: The Power of Emotions at Work by Karla Mclaren, Motion Changes Emotion by Dr Paul Wood
- 1 Tool Worth Testing: A Practical Guide to Feedback
- ECDTV: Tax Management New Zealand Success Story
R&E Update
Last Chance to Join The ECD Online Masterclass
Registrations close Sept 1, 2022.
Here are seven reasons why you should join The Online Masterclass Course – shared by seven people who completed the Masterclass Course at the end of last year:
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"The program has given me the confidence to embark on my emotional awareness journey."
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"I've become aware of how emotional culture makes a real difference in teams and individuals."
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"It's a great course! The method is a revolution and it’s so easy to use them - playing ECD cards opens people’s minds and hearts."
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"It’s a great tool to talk about the fundamental human factor – feelings and emotions not only on the high management level in corporations but also on the level of the relations with your friends and your beloved people at home and that’s awesome."
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"Amazing course that gave me the tools and evidence behind various strategies to introduce the concept of emotional culture to my workplace and the confidence to implement change to better our job satisfaction, teamwork, performance and to reduce burnout."
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"Loved the online masterclass. I was hesitant at first because I wanted to attend the face-to-face masterclass, but the online class had a warmth and community feel beyond my expectations. Jeremy is a gifted presenter and demonstrated the thinking behind each step of the workshop process masterfully. The flexibility of the game is really inspiring."
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"The ECD Online Masterclass Course has been fantastic. It's helped me to understand how the game can help myself, my team and my organisation to develop a positive emotional culture while exposing me to the versatility of the game for other uses such as stakeholder engagement, employee and customer experience, and comm's strategy development. The flexibility of the online course combined with the ability to go back and rewatch sections has been awesome as I have been able to fit it into my busy schedule when I have had small breaks. Jeremy has been a fantastic teacher and I can highly recommend the ECD Online Masterclass to those wishing to develop knowledge and skills in leading positive culture change."
1 ECD Prototype
Activity
Anna Clayton & Claire Marriott from Goodstart Early Learning in Australia designed a brand new ECD activity – ECD Pictionary.
Designed to increase emotional granularity – built for online meetings with your team! What a blast!
This was an absolute joy. I love love love when leaders in our Elephant Rider Community hack the deck and create fresh ways to play with The ECD!
Let us know what you think!
2 Pieces of Content To Inspire
Here are two bits of content that I hope will help you see the world in a slightly different way. To provoke you to do the work that matters to humanise the workplace. Hope you enjoy.
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"Have you ever heard the expression "check your emotions at the door"? This is, unfortunately a common and hilarious attempt by companies to suppress any sort of discomfort at work and only display pleasantness no matter how people are really feeling. Many are calling this norm "toxic positivity." This negatively impacts psychological safety which ultimately leads to a loss in productivity, diminished creativity and crushing job dissatisfaction. “The foundational problem is that we [throw] emotions out of the workplace, when in fact, emotions contain the information we need to make our workplaces work,” says Karla McLaren. "
– 9 min 15 sec watch
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2. Motion changes emotion by Dr Paul Wood
"Reduce fear, anxiety, frustration, anger and worry through effortful movement (self-generated optic flow). Help others reduce their distress through a walk and talk."
– 1 min 36 seconds watch
1 Tool Worth Testing
Feedback made easy. Made by SYPartners
In any collaborative work, feedback is essential. But how do you do it—and do it well?
A Practical Guide to Feedback helps readers navigate any feedback conversation with tact and ease.
This reversible tool is two books in one: Learn how to give feedback, then flip it over to learn how to get feedback.
Filled with applicable tips and methods, A Practical Guide to Feedback is a must-have tool for creatives looking to improve their work and their teams.
Check it out here >Community Blogs
5 things I have learnt about emotions – Anna Clayton
Over the past 6 months, I have explored the huge colourful world of emotions. Here are 5 things I have learnt on my journey...
Lesson 1 & 2: Emotional granularity could be the key to managing life
Harvard psychologist Susan David wrote that people who increase their emotional granularity ”do much, much better at managing the ups and downs of ordinary existence than those who see everything in black and white”. At first, I didn’t understand what David was getting at, let alone believe it. How can articulating the exact feeling you are experiencing help you manage life’s ups & downs better?
'Good-Feel Goals: The secret to achieving your goals'​motions – Claire Marriott
As we continue to try and navigate these unprecedented times, we can firmly hold onto strategies such as the setting of smart goals. This gives the organisation, its respective individuals, and teams something concrete to work towards and help them steer through. When it comes to goal setting though how might we do this better? we talk about SMART and motivating goals yet how often do we really connect in with our emotions and how we feel about our goals.
Something I've been pondering...
The feedback we give to others is merely a projection of ourselves onto others. Do you agree?
Upcoming Events
Wellbeing Deck Meetup – October 19, 2022
Meetups are 60-minute virtual events where we get to meet each other and learn from each other. So you're always meeting new people who adopt and use The Wellbeing Deck.
We invite a Wellbeing specialist along as a guest to share their wellbeing story, insights and lessons with us all. Plus we play with the game together. So bring your cards!
Global Elephant Rider Meetup – November 15
Come along and hear ECD Bright Spot Stories from Kayleigh Woodings about how she uses The ECD & CXD with her clients.
Elephant Rider Meetups are 60-minute virtual events where we get to meet each other and learn from each other. So you're always meeting new Elephant Riders.
ECDTV.
New ways. New ideas. New answers. New perspectives.
Watch the latest ECD TV videos here...
Amanda Thorpe
Head of People and Culture, TMNZ
Hear from Amanda Thorpe, Head of People and Culture, about how she's injected The Emotional Culture Deck into Tax Management New Zealand to improve employee engagement, motivation, team connections and mitigating overwhelm, and burnout and creating a better environment to have difficult conversations.
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