Download - No Mean Girls
EMO IQ
Inclusion
Habits
Self-
Esteem
A presentation bySarah Zink andShivaun Palmer
Where Does It Start?
• Socialization / Media
• Elementary School
• High School
• College
• Workplace
• Organizations
Who Are the Mean Girls?
• Look in the Mirror
• It’s not About Changing Others, its About Changing Ourselves
• Industry Verticals with the Highest Bullying Rates (as reported by the Workplace Bullying Institute):
• Government
• Medicine
• Education
Where do We Start?
• Increase our Emotional Intelligence
• Build our Self-Esteem
• Practice Inclusion
• Change our Habits
Increase our Emotional Intelligence
• Recognize What You’re Feeling• Fear
• Anger
• Understand Your Emotions• ‘emotional chain of events’
• Manage Your Emotions• You don’t have to like everyone, yet it strengthens you to learn
to work well with others
Build Our Self-Esteem
• The old “I’m OK, You’re OK” theory• When we accept ourselves, we can accept others
• When we SEE and appreciate our differences, we become stronger
• Step Away from the Fear of Loss• Status/position
• Friendships
Practice Inclusion
• Notice who you are Excluding
• Discover Why
• You don’t Have to LIKE People to Work Effectively
Change Your Habits
• Change Your Thinking: (Your Thoughts Go Forth In Actions)
• Judging
• “People Watching”
• Media Consumption
• Language of ‘Mean Girls’• “I’m just being honest.”
• “I’m not saying anything I wouldn’t say to her face.”
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