Emotional Leadership is the awareness and understanding of the importance of emotions at work. Building genuine connections by allowing others to bring their whole selves to work (and life). Discover from some of our ECD Practitioners and Consultant why emotions matter to the way they lead their people and teams.Â
Rehumanising WorkÂ
Hi, Jeremy here! Welcome to another edition of my monthly digest. This goes out to over 40,000 leaders worldwide, connected by our shared passion for creating more emotionally aware leaders and teams.
This month, you'll discover:
- 1 ECD Activity:Â Self-Awareness Buidling
- 2 pieces of content to inspire: How Your Life Is Shaped by the Emotions You Want to Feel &Â How to Deal with Constantly Feeling Overwhelmed
- 1 Tool/Activity Worth Testing:Â Strategy Deck Cards by Seth Godin
- ECDTV Episode: Emotional Leadership
Scroll down to discover more about rehumanising the places we work and live...
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1 ECD Activity: To ExperimentÂ
Self-Awareness
Want to discover the emotions you need to express to thrive? Don’t be fooled by the simplicity of this activity, and don’t worry if it feels too basic—it’s amazing how quickly it gets deep and powerful:
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Spread the Cards: Layout The ECD feelings cards (back and white) and ask yourself the beautiful ECD question: "What emotions do I need to express most often to be successful?"
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Choose Emotions: Pick 5–7 black cards that resonate with how you need to feel and express.
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Rank Your Top 5: Prioritise the most essential emotions for need to feel and express most consistently for your success.
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Reflect & Share: Write down or share why each emotion matters and share your top 5.
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Set Intentions: Plan simple actions to express these emotions daily.
ECDÂ Know Yourself Handbook
The Know Yourself Handbook is a core part of almost every Emotional Culture Deck Toolkit. It helps people reflect on and choose the emotions they need to feel—and avoid, or manage, feeling—to be their best at work (and life). During 1:1s or workshops, people use it to identify and write down their key emotions and think about how those feelings affect their success and behaviour.Â
2Â 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.Â
1 Tool:Â To TryÂ
The Strategy Deck by Seth Godin
The Strategy Deck is a custom set of cards that offer more than 5,000,000 combinations to help unlock the value in your work.
Check it out here >
Something I've been pondering...
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"We often assume that the hardest part of change is the change itself, but in reality, it’s the uncertainty that follows that unsettles people and disrupts organisational cultures. Change introduces unknowns—new roles, shifting processes, and future outcomes—and it’s the uncertainty around these unknowns that weighs most heavily on people."
ECDTV.
New ways. New ideas. New answers. New perspectives. Watch the latest ECDTV videos here...
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