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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