It’s the 10-year anniversary of Brené Brown’s book, The Gifts of Imperfection, which explores how to cultivate the courage, compassion, and connection needed to embrace your imperfections and to recognize that—no matter what—you are enough.
 
Sound too touchy-feely for you? The book has stood the test of time, with even more quantitative and qualitative data from the past decade supporting the power of Wholehearted Living—a way of engaging from a place of worthiness.
 
Head over to our blog to learn how this book’s key lessons are particularly important for today’s organizational leaders.

BRING FUN TO MEETINGS

In Debbie’s note, she offers that play is essential to organizational life. When we play, we are open to new possibilities and the sparks of new insights which can lead to new actions and outcomes. As we’ve mentioned, EMI takes time to intentionally stop and play. Also, when we work with our clients, we find fun and interesting ways to engage meeting participants.

Intentionally involving and engaging all participants in virtual meetings is critical. We have found an awesome field book, Gamestorming, that offers a set of tools and strategies to build teams, explore new ideas, identify and perform experiments, spark new insights, and create new plans in fun and engaging ways.
 
With a new fiscal year around the corner, it’s time to chart out new strategic plans. Let EMI help you create those plans. We’ll bring the fun to inspire, involve, and engage.

My Eyes Are Killing Me!

All this screen time—at work and for fun—hurts my eyes, which makes my headache and saps my energy. Are you feeling this way too?
Dr. Kara Hartl writes for HBR that it doesn’t have to be this way. 

Her pointers include:

Maintain a one-arm distance from your laptop while working.

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Tilt your screen slightly downwards to reduce glare. You can also use a blue-light-blocking screen cover for your laptop or wear blue-light glasses.

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If you use your devices at night, turn on the warm light-scale so the blue light doesn’t impact your sleep-wake cycle.

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Follow the 20-20-20 rule. When you’re working on a laptop, take a break every 20 minutes. Look at an object 20 feet away for 20 seconds to give your eyes a chance to relax.
 
And, as Debbie suggests in her note, step away and PLAY!
KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE

Not all styles learn the same way. It is best to have a snapshot of your intended audience when facilitating a workshop. 

—D—
Enjoys learning at a fast pace and knows what they want to learn.

—I—
Loses focus easily so visuals are a guaranteed way to get points across. 

—S—
Takes time to listen to all the details and asks questions about the process.

—C—
Prefers handouts explaining the session prior as well as Q & A time after. 
It’s hard for me to believe, but we’ve turned the calendar to August! Annual planning will be here before we know it. Are you ready? These last two years have been a rollercoaster for all organizations, no matter what sector you operate in.

Head over to our blog to learn 7 quick tips to help make the planning, implementation, and execution of 2022 goals a great success.


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