Respect For People, Emotional Safety, and Vulnerability-The Keys To Talking Emotional Health At Work

Your company has just announced a major restructuring. People seem to be behaving differently after the announcement. They are emotional. They are angry. Some are depressed, while others seem to be in denial.

Maybe you have an employee who has told you they are dealing with a significant health crisis either personally or of a family member. They, too, are behaving differently, exhibiting more emotions.

How do you handle these situations as a leader?

In both situations, the elephant in the room is 𝙂𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙛, and while you may believe the topics are too emotional, too personal, or too awkward to talk about, your people feel differently.

𝙂𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙛 is the emotional and sometimes physical response to an irreversible change in a person’s life.

We often feel it best for all involved if we ignore the reality of those changes and the emotions that comes with them.

Unfortunately, ignoring someone’s trauma, grief, or emotions only serves to make matters worse.

People want to discuss their emotional and mental health at work, as evidenced in the following clip.

However, only if the leader has created a culture of genuine Respect For People, Emotional Safety, and Vulnerability and is skilled at practicing Adaptive Leadership™.

Anthony Casablanca

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