"If attitudes are contagious, is yours worth catching?"

Derrick Brooks
USF Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the WorkPlace Moderator, Pro Football Hall of Fame Linebacker
Last night we had a great experience in the University of South Florida's new Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Work Place kickoff session. The session took place on YouTube and LinkedIn and included 105,000 session participants. Session 1 focused on Emotional Intelligence. While our team has participated in many sessions and workshops on emotional intelligence over the years, this is the first one that made an explicit connection to EQ with self and how that translates to a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace. What are we noticing at Setser Group in regards to EQ to help navigate DEI in the workplace?

Check out this week's truths, tools, and triumphs below to find out.
Truths
Watch this Ted Talk with Jodi-Ann Burey who outlines steps toward exposing privilege and achieving true equity on the job -- and implores those in leadership positions to accept responsibility for the EQ required to change. Have your team watch the Ted Talk this weekend and discuss over a lunch and learn on Zoom.
Tools
Project Implicit is a non-profit organization and international collaboration between researchers who are interested in implicit social cognition - thoughts and feelings outside of conscious awareness and control.

This week take an implicit bias test here.

Stop and jot some reflections. What are you feeling? What are you learning about your own EQ? Partner up with someone for a walk and talk or a walk and roll with colleagues. Share your perspectives with one another. Schedule time with a supervisor to share your learning or ask questions about what can be done in the workplace to combat unconscious bias and help people manage their emotions regarding it. 

Triumphs
This week consider the outcome of presenting a problem to three people of similar backgrounds versus the same problem submitted to a diverse team. How certain are you that the outcomes would be the same or different? Learn more here about what happens when organizations assess their emotional intelligence and begin to apply key learnings to diversify the workplace.

Go deeper by watching the video below of Jabil's team practicing inclusivity in the workplace.