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 July 1:2:1:

  • 1 ECD Prototype: Stakeholder Relationships Activity
  • 2 pieces of content to inspire: About why emotions matter in the workplace
  • 1 tool worth testing: The Culture Design Canvas
  • ECDTV: John Kirwan Foundation Success Story

R&E News

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1 ECD Prototype 
Activity

 
Have a play with this new ECD check-in activity in your next team meeting or 1:1. It goes a little something like this…

1. Think of your most important stakeholder.

2. Select 1-3 black cards and 1-3 white cards that best describe how your stakeholders feel right now.

3. Share a story about why your stakeholders might be feeling this way. 

4. What's one thing you can do today to help your stakeholders manage the undesired feeling?

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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1. All the Feels: How Companies Can Benefit from Employees’ Emotions

"Letting employees express their full range of emotions at work can result in better team-building and problem-solving, according to new research from Wharton’s Michael Parke."

Read more here >

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2. Why we need ’emotional diversity’ at work right now

"A truly human workplace is not one that wants to make us happy all the time, contends Tim Leberecht, the cofounder and CEO of the House of Beautiful Business."

 

Read here >

1 Tool Worth Testing


The Culture Design Canvas by Gustavo Razzetti

The Culture Design Canvas is a culture mapping tool to assess your current company culture, define your future state, and evolve workplace culture.

Check it out here >

Community Blogs

A Game for Family Businesses to Start Having Meaningful Conversations
– Leilanie Mohd Nor

Here are the top three biggest takeaways from my ECD workshop: "Bridging the Generational Gap Through Shared Aspiration for the Family Business" which was specifically designed to use The Emotional Culture Deck. The purpose of the workshop was to bridge the generational gap for shared aspirations of the family business. The goal was to get family members to share their thoughts and feelings between two generations, or within a generation...

Read more here >

Something I've been pondering...


It’s not possible to both be a perfectionist and follow the principle of 'progress over perfection.' But I’ve decided that it's possible to be a perfectionist only when it comes to following that principle.

Upcoming Events

Well-being 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!

Open to all | Register here >

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.

Global Elephant Rider Meetups are open to the public. Register now >

ECDTV.

New ways. New ideas. New answers. New perspectives.

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Other R&E News

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We hear you.

At riders&elephants we believe in people’s right to express themselves and to tap their emotions to challenge and shift behaviours. Our games help people speak their truth through simple, powerful words. It’s time to lay your cards on the table.

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