Why this matters
Unfortunately for all of us, no one comes out of formal education – irrespective of how extensive or on what topic it may have been on – with any wealth of knowledge regarding the topic of emotions and behaviours.
This wasn’t too big of a hindrance in the “before times”, when our work lives didn’t call for having a sharp and engaged amount of emotional intelligence. But it no longer works in today’s environment, where every walk of life requires some type of human interaction and collaboration.
To help with this, this is the first of several plays in the “EQ Quick Wins” series designed to give the least confident of us the means to quickly engage in the human work.
How to run it
- 1
The facilitator asks everyone to take a short EQ test and remember their score by sending the link in advance (eg. [arealme.com](https://www.arealme.com/eq/en/)).
- 2
5 minutes \- Start the session with going around the room to share the score and how everyone feels about their EQ in general.
10 minutes \- Read the following facial expression descriptions and ask everyone on camera to take turns to enact one and have the next person guess what it was.
15 mins \- Talk about Mirroring — the behaviour in which one person unconsciously imitates the gesture, speech pattern, or attitude of another. But it can also be done intentionally, to establish and deepen rapport and connection.
4 more steps in the facilitator kit
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What next
Continue with the other EQ Quick Wins Series and return to this one with every new team member.
Facilitator Kit — Runbook
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