- A MORE EFFECTIVE WAY OF WORKING
People shouldn't have to think alike to work well together.
Different perspectives are a valuable part of what people bring to an organization. But these differences are why emotionally challenging situations arise everyday and all day long throughout the workplace.
-A COMMMON REALITY IN TODAY'S WORKPLACE
Emotionally Challenging Situations Consume More Time and Energy Than They Should.
Emotionally Challenging Situations Consume More Time and Energy Than They Should.
Emotionally challenging situations are part of everyday work. But when difficult emotions like anger and anxiety become involved (whether our own or someone else’s), situations that should be easily managed can quickly become much harder to navigate.
People react, shut down, avoid the issue, or struggle to know what to do next.
But those aren’t the only costs.
When the focus shifts to controlling these difficult emotions, defending a position, or simply getting through the interaction, something else can get lost: the valuable information behind the differences themselves.
People bring different expertise, experiences, expectations, concerns, priorities, ideas, and perspectives to the situations they encounter. Those differences can:
When people aren’t equipped to navigate the emotions that arise around those differences, organizations can lose both time and energy—and the value those differences could have contributed.
People react, shut down, avoid the issue, or struggle to know what to do next.
- Friction develops between co-workers
- Conversations become unproductive
- Misunderstandings persist
- Decisions become harder
- Conflict escalates or resurfaces
But those aren’t the only costs.
When the focus shifts to controlling these difficult emotions, defending a position, or simply getting through the interaction, something else can get lost: the valuable information behind the differences themselves.
People bring different expertise, experiences, expectations, concerns, priorities, ideas, and perspectives to the situations they encounter. Those differences can:
- Challenge assumptions
- Reveal risks or concerns
- Surface different priorities
- Generate new ideas
- Improve decisions and outcomes
When people aren’t equipped to navigate the emotions that arise around those differences, organizations can lose both time and energy—and the value those differences could have contributed.
- THE MISSING KNOWLEDGE
Most People Were Never Taught How Emotions Actually Work.
We've been taught to control challenging emotions - not to understand how they function or what they may be signaling. As a result, we often miss useful information, react instead of respond, and spend more time and energy on issues that should be easier to resolve.
- THE SOLUTION
Practical Emotional Literacy™
Practical Emotional Literacy™ is a non-theraputic, practical, evidence-informed discipline that provides the working knowledge about emotions that most of us were never taught.
Practical Emotional Literacy™ teaches how emotions function, why they become active, what different emotions are signaling, and how to use that information to navigate situations more effectively and create better outcomes.
Practical Emotional Literacy™ teaches how emotions function, why they become active, what different emotions are signaling, and how to use that information to navigate situations more effectively and create better outcomes.
- BUILDS ON AND STRENGTHENS EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
Practical Emotional Literacy™ Fills a Foundational Gap.
Emotional Intelligence is commonly organized around important capabilities such as self-awareness, self-regulation, social awareness, and relationship management.
Practical Emotional Literacy™ addresses something those capabilities do not teach: the practical working knowledge of how emotions themselves function and how to use the information they provide when navigating situations.
Practical Emotional Literacy™ fills a foundational gap in how people are taught to work with emotions.
See How PEL Relates to Emotional Intelligence >
Practical Emotional Literacy™ addresses something those capabilities do not teach: the practical working knowledge of how emotions themselves function and how to use the information they provide when navigating situations.
Practical Emotional Literacy™ fills a foundational gap in how people are taught to work with emotions.
See How PEL Relates to Emotional Intelligence >
-REAL VALUE FOR ORGANIZATIONS
Better Equipped People. Better Outcomes.
Better Equipped People. Better Outcomes.
Organizations get more value from what their people bring to the table without losing time and energy to unnecessary friction.
Instead of simply reacting, shutting down, avoiding emotionally challenging situations, or focusing on getting emotions under control, people can understand why an emotion became active, consider the information it may be bringing to their attention, and choose how to respond.
When people experience the same situation differently, potentially useful concerns and perspectives are more likely to become visible and available for consideration.
At the same time, issues are less likely to persist, escalate, resurface, or require intervention.
Instead of simply reacting, shutting down, avoiding emotionally challenging situations, or focusing on getting emotions under control, people can understand why an emotion became active, consider the information it may be bringing to their attention, and choose how to respond.
When people experience the same situation differently, potentially useful concerns and perspectives are more likely to become visible and available for consideration.
- Difficult conversations can become more productive
- Assumptions can be challenged
- Disagreements can be worked through more effectively
- Decisions can benefit from information that might otherwise have been overlooked.
At the same time, issues are less likely to persist, escalate, resurface, or require intervention.
---BUILT FROM REAL EXPERIENCE
A Unique Perspective.
A Practical Discipline.
A Unique Perspective.
A Practical Discipline.
A Practical Discipline.
I'm Lisa Welsher, founder of Practical Emotional Literacy™. With 30+ years in management consulting, a rigorous evidence-informed study of emotions and a lifelong ability to turn complexity into practical frameworks. I created Practical Emotional Literacy™ to help organizations equip people to work with tough emotions rather than against them.
Learn more about my story >
Learn more about my story >
-LET'S CREATE BETTER OUTCOMES
Equip Your People for What Really Matters.
Equip Your People for What Really Matters.
People shouldn't have to think alike to work well together.
When people learn to work with difficult emotions rather than against them, they become better equipped to understand what needs attention, navigate emotionally challenging situations more effectively, and create better outcomes
When people learn to work with difficult emotions rather than against them, they become better equipped to understand what needs attention, navigate emotionally challenging situations more effectively, and create better outcomes