Out Of This World Emotional Engagement In The Workplace
Emotional intelligence is a vital consideration in the workplace for many reasons but there are two that really stick out.
Emotional engagement in the workplace. Employee engagement is the emotional commitment the employee has to the organization and its goals. When it comes to managing others being a team player and functioning successfully in the workplace. Focus On Emotional Engagement Not Entertainment Gamification in the workplace engages employees on an emotional level.
Emotional intelligence sometimes referred to as EQ emotional quotient describes a persons ability to recognize understand manage and reason with emotions. Feeling emotionally safe means employees feel able to speak up and communicate openly. One of the pioneers in the field Harvard Business School professor Amy Edmondson has shown its a critical factor for understanding phenomena such as employee voice teamwork and team and organizational learning.
Gamification motivates while games simply entertain. There are too many distractions at the expense. Employees at all levels feel equipped to cope with their emotions and confidently express their concerns.
We asked a group of managers about workplace emotion and their answers were mostly negative. We engage in emotional contagion says Sigal Barsade a Wharton management professor who studies the influence of emotions on the workplace. Anne Kreamer author of the novel Its Always Personal says By denying the range of emotional expressiveness intrinsic and appropriate to the workplace we find ourselves at a loss for how to handle this brave new boundary-less world In my experience being able to express all emotions within an office environment directly reflects.
Employee engagement is all about the emotional affinity employees feel for a company. Games however only engage players on a whimsical level. At the same time it promotes positivity bias.
It is linked to higher job satisfaction for those with high EIEQ as well as employees who work with or are managed by those with high EIEQ. Build a culture of trust. The Emotionally Intelligent Way to Engage Employees.