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Information about the private emotional states of my team members is precisely the sort of information I'm supposed to be guarding, and work is not a safe space
by kian 7y ago
Information about the private emotional states of my team members is precisely the sort of information I'm supposed to be guarding, and work is not a safe space for opening up. If they wish to share frustrations with process, the state of their morale, etc, in a group setting, there is no problem. But frankly, if they found out I was keeping a log of how they were feeling day to day over the course of working with me, I would hope they would have the self-respect to confront me and then leave.
It's inappropriate to keep emotional dossiers on your co-workers and I can't imagine that "for their benefit" is anywhere near the median use case for a tool like this.
What guarantees would someone have that this information would not be shared, intentionally or not, with interested third parties in the future?
- altras 7y agoThanks for taking the time to write and authentically share your point-of-view :bow: ️ I deduce that you don't have some process in your team for increasing the team's EQ other than 1:1 conversations? But you have a process for sharing frustrations/morale/etc. in your group? Do you do it usually in your weekly meetings or it piles up and it's discussed in some kind of reflection meeting? for the record: I agree that if there's no consensus from the team to volunteer to create habits for psychological safety, it will become a recipe for disaster if it's made mandatory. People will leave, lie or disengage totally.