Draft table of Contents
1 Why Emotional Fitness brings success.
An overview of working practices in different contexts and how they support or hinder the well-being of individuals, together with the impact on those individuals, the teams and the organizations.
2 Power Listening. If you want to be a great communicator, listen up.
Brief background to some of the theories about what motivates and inspires people to be the best they can be, what makes a great communicator and how people feel empowered.
Why and how Power Listening was developed and what's different about it.
3 Learning is Earning. How Learning from Experience brings wealth to everyone.
Some background to adult learning and why most training doesn't work.
The penalties of not learning from experience. The working norm.
The excuses for not learning.
Let's make it easy to learn, starting with what happened today.
Developing an index of experience - an exercise.
The Learning from Experience model.
The five stages of Learning from Experience
How Learning from Experience made huge differences to staff turnover and saved millions in one organization.
How it brought new confidence and motivation to individuals.
Learning from Experience exercises for the reader.
4 Treasure Seeking. Tap the talent in your team at every meeting.
Take a look at the team. What do you know about the talent that exists? How much of it do you see?
The Meetings, Bloody Meetings syndrome.
"We tried teamwork once. It didn't work." How to stamp out any possibility of creative talent emerging.
A new look at teamwork and at meetings - introducing the Group Dialogue.
Group Dialogue exercises for the reader.
5 The Energy Equation. Using the Workscale to transform negative into positive.
How emotional energy has an impact on the work environment. Examples from the field.
Satisfactions and frustrations - the background and source of the development of the Workscale.
Using the Workscale as an Emotional Fitness coaching tool with individuals and teams.
Combining Workscale, Power Listening and Group Dialogue.
Workscale exercises for the reader.
6 Inside Story. How our emotions shape our image of reality.
The experience of Emotional Fitness Storytelling.
Examples of Storytelling in the workplace.
Connecting Learning from Experience and Storytelling.
Storytelling exercises for the reader.
7 The Emotional Fitness Coach. The self-learning guide for leaders and managers.
Q&A section to take account of different contexts and circumstances.
Step by step guide for managers contemplating taking on the role of an E-Fit coach and facilitator.
Pitfalls and objections and how to overcome them.
Support and resources for coaches.
Examples and case studies.
Exercises and feedback for the reader.
8 Actions Speak Louder. Now you know; what do you do?
A practical primer on setting up and maintaining an E-Fit programme.
Preparation.
Starting out.
Establishing agreements.
First sessions.
Evaluation and feedback.
Integrating coaching into normal management practices.
Measuring the impact of Emotional Fitness interventions
9 Spreading the Emotional Fitness Bug.
Don't keep it to yourself - the value of sharing the benefits.
Developing a wider vision.
Talking and writing about Emotional Fitness