85% of employees are disengaged at work. Staff leave because they don't feel seen, heard, or appreciated. Who knew the answer to this lies in a show called Ted Lasso? Ted's leadership style is vital for companies because it demonstrates the effectiveness of a more holistic and inclusive approach to being a leader. It combines empathy, intuition, and collaboration, which creates a compassionate work culture. He balances it with cultivating assertiveness, decisiveness, and accountability, which leads to a more productive and results-oriented work culture. Ted Lasso also embraces play as crucial to building camaraderie and a solid foundation for AFC Richmond. In this workshop, we will explore how play and positive psychology are essential to building psychological safety in this surreal new reality of work. We will analyze through the lens of Ted Lasso what currently needs to be added to your workplace that would create the culture your staff is looking for to feel comfortable playing. Finally, we will determine the initial steps you need to take to create a "stay curious" environment where staff can do their most vibrant work.

1. How Ted Lasso's Leadership
Style Can Help You Build
Psychological Safety
Jeff Harry
Positive Psychology Play Speaker
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Attunement

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Attunement

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6. What Does
Equity In
Action Look
Like
N.I.C.E. Vs.
K.I.N.D.
Workplaces
Defining
Psychological
Safety & Play
What We Will Cover Today
How To Build
Psychological
Safety
Immediately
Psychological
Safety In
Action &
Accountability

7. Work Sucks…
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8. Work Sucks, But It Doesn’t Have To
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What Is Psychological Safety?
A Place Where Employees
Feel Seen, Appreciated, & Heard

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Questions Worth Asking #1
When Have You Felt Seen,
Appreciated & Heard At Work?

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Questions Worth Asking #1
When Have You Not Felt Seen,
Appreciated & Heard At Work?

12. Nobody wants to work anymore…
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13. Nobody wants to work anymore…
with them.
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14. Culture of Fear

15. Humans
Want To Be
Treated
Like
Humans

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Work Culture Is Defined By
The Worst Behavior Tolerated
- John Amaechi

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Do Your Managers
Enjoy Leading People?
Questions Worth Asking #2

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Work Culture Is Defined By
The Worst Behavior Tolerated
- John Amaechi

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What Is The Best Behavior
Not Being Recognized?
Questions Worth Asking #3

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Feeling Seen

23. Play Is Any Joyful Act
That Has No Specific
Purpose or Result…
Where You Are Fully
Immersed In The Moment
What Is Play?

24. What Is Play?
Play Is The Opposite
of Perfection
Play is rooted in
curiosity,
experimentation, a
sense of wonder

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How Can You Remove PERFECTION
From Your Workplace & Replace It With
Experimentation & Play?
Questions Worth Asking #4

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Questions Worth Asking #5
What is the work your staff does where
they forget about time?
What is the work they’d do even if
they weren’t get paid for it?
What Is Your Staff’s
Zone of Genius/Flow?

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Play Experiment #1
How many people's lives have you
impacted in positive way last year?
(Directly & Indirectly)
Explore Your Why

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Play Experiment #1
Think of your most memorable &
meaningful moment last year where you
impacted someone in a positive way
(Felt the most connected to your the field)
Explore Your Why

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D O S E

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Feeling Appreciated

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Play Experiment #2: Help Your Staff Feel
Appreciated

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Leadership Archetypes

35. The "Boss" Archetype
• Logical reasoning
• Delegates authority well
• Gifted At problem solving
• Decisive
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36. The "Coordinator"
Archetype
• Sequences things & organizes
• Gifted at performing detailed procedures
• Dependable, practical, predictable
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37. The "Innovator" Archetype
• Visionary & entrepreneurial
• Energized by exploring &
creative problem solving
• Sees the big picture, not the
minute details
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38. The "Nurturer" Archetype
• Specializes in connection &
harmony
• Sensitive & sentimental
• Memory is based on feelings
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39. Stage Front
Back Of The Room
The "Nurturer"
Archetype
The "Innovator"
Archetype
The "Coordinator"
Archetype
The "Boss"
Archetype

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Learn About Each Other
What Resonated With You
About This Archetype?

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Learn About Each Other
What Are Your Strengths You
Don’t Feel Are Appreciated
By The Opposite Archetype?

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Learn About Each Other
What Are The Strengths
You Appreciate About The
Opposite Archetype?

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Feeling Heard

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Why Is Belonging & Equity So Important?
To Cultivate The Greatest Ideas
& Foster The Best Talent

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What Happens When A Workplace
Celebrates Belonging?

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What Happens When A Workplace
Celebrates Belonging?

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How Are Belonging & Equity Connected?
Equity Is The Action
That Creates Real Belonging

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Defining Equity
Source: flexability.com/opinion/2020/equity-at-work

49. Defining Equity
Source: hiresuccess.com/resources/ways-to-increase-diversity-in-the-workplace

50. What Is A Culture of
Equity?
A Culture of Equity Is Made Up of:
• You identify the problem
• You take responsibility for addressing it
Source: https://www.solvingdisparities.org/tools/roadmap/creating-a-culture-of-equity
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51. Questions Worth Asking #6:
Where Does Your Team Stand When It Comes To Equity?
Active
Participation
Denying/Ig
noring
Recognition/
No Action
Recognition/
Action
Educating
Yourself
Educating
Others
Supporting/
Encouraging
Initiating/Pr
eventing
Inequity Equity
Source: stepupprogram.org/docs/handouts/STEPUP_Action_Continuum.pdf

52. Active
Participation
Denying/Ig
noring
Recognition/
No Action
Recognition/
Action
Educating
Yourself
Educating
Others
Supporting/
Encouraging
Initiating/Pr
eventing
Inequity Equity
Source: stepupprogram.org/docs/handouts/STEPUP_Action_Continuum.pdf
Questions Worth Asking #6:
Where Does Your Team Stand When It Comes To Equity?

53. Play Experiment #3:
What Traits Does Your Team Currently Have?
Source: sophia-leadership.com/masculine-feminine

54. Play Experiment #3:
What Traits Are You Missing From Your Team?
Source: sophia-leadership.com/masculine-feminine

55. Play Experiment #3:
Traits Teams Need For Success
Source: sophia-leadership.com/masculine-feminine

56. Cultivating Balanced Leadership

57. Questions Worth Asking Within Your Team
1. When Have You Felt Seen, Appreciated, or Heard?
2. What Is The Best Behavior Not Being Recognized?
3. How Can You Remove PERFECTION From Your
Workplace?
4. What Is Your Staff’s Zone of Genius?
5. Where Does Your Team Stand When It Comes To Equity?
6. How Does Your Team Show Up For One Another?
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58. Building Psychological Safety Play Experiments
1. Explore Your & Your Staff’s Why
2. Help Your Staff Feel Appreciated
3. Identify Traits Your Team Has & Determine What’s Missing
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59. What Will You Do To Build
Psychological Safety?
What First Action Are You Willing
To Take To Ensure Your Staff
Feel Seen, Appreciated, & Heard?
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60. Who Will Decide The Future of Work?

61. Old School
Leadership
Individualism
Control
Ego
Competition
Human-Centered
Leadership
Shared Humanity
Inspiration
Intuition
Collaboration
Who Will Decide The Future of Work?
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62. Thanks So Much For Playing!
jeff@rediscoveryourplay.com
Access To
Studies & Bonus
Gift
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