feelings at work: exploring emotional diversity in the workplace

Working with Jochen Menges and his team at the University of Zurich Center for Leadership in the Future of Work and building on our previous research around emotionally intelligent leadership, we’re going to be exploring emotional diversity and how we feel at work.

We want to understand what's needed to make sure that everyone is able to feel positive in their work, and to endorse the idea of emotional diversity and leadership strategies that support and honour this.

  • The study will last 4 weeks, kicking off in mid-January

  • The process will involve journaling in response to a daily prompt, for a minimum of 5 minutes. There will be some additional quantitative measurements taken at the beginning and end

  • Everyone who participates will receive a feedback report on their emotional fit and the key observations from the research.

  • You can participate either as an individual or as a team of people, (which would allow some added exploration of the concept of "leader/team emotional fit")

  • There will be an option to take part in a small workshop with other study participants to reflect on the experience and the emerging insights, prior to the findings being formally released.

If you’re interested in taking part, please complete this form

Many organisations aspire to create happiness at work. But, the feelings that underpin happiness vary from person to person. Some people's happiness involves feeling proud, for others it's about feeling calm, others inspired, others safe. Our study, Feelings at Work, looks at how people want to feel at work, how they actually do feel at work, and the extent to which those feelings align.