Skills to Build Stronger Work Relationships

Introduction

• Talking about your feelings at work
• Emotional push-ups

1. Why Invest in Work Relationships?

• Who you are anywhere is who you are everywhere
• Boundaried vulnerability

2. Taking Responsibility for Your Part

• Take care of yourself for others
• Building self-awareness

3. Building Empathy

• What is empathy and why is it difficult?
• Create an emotional fitness survey

4. The Power of Play

• Foster a safe space for play and connection
• Flex your play muscles

5. Giving and Receiving Feedback

• The importance of giving and soliciting feedback
• How to receive tough feedback gracefully

6. How to Have a Healthy Conflict

• Conflict to a relationship is like exercise to a muscle
• How to repair after conflict

7. Getting on the Same Team

• Move from “me vs. you” to “us vs. the problem”
• Start using remojis, learn each other’s language

Conclusion

• Emotional fitness starts with you