E27: Dan Newby is Founder of the School of Emotions. He is a champion for Emotional Literacy, and Emotions-Centered Coaching, a methodology he developed. His passion is helping emotional literacy become common sense and making emotions a tool for daily use.

He previously served as CEO of Newfield Network Coach Training School in Boulder, Colorado.

He has authored four books on emotional literacy and its application to coaching.

Dan holds a bachelor’s degree in education from Drury University in the U.S.

His coach training was with Newfield Network where he also studied Integral and Somatic Coaching. He is trained as a Clifton StrengthsFinder Coach through the Gallup Organization in London and holds a PCC Certification from ICF backed by more than 7000 hours of coaching.

Dan’s LinkedIn Profile LinkedIn profile at https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-newby-77911137/

School of Emotions https://schoolofemotions.world/

Material Resources

• The Unopened Gift: A Primer in Emotional Literacy, Co-authored with Lucy Núñez. https://www.amazon.com/Unopened-Gift-Primer-Emotional-Literacy/dp/0692855785#ace-g2342880709
• The Field Guide to Emotions: A Practical Orientation to 150 Essential Emotions Co-authored with Curtis Watkins. https://www.amazon.com/Field-Guide-Emotions-Practical-Orientation/dp/1732450927
• 21 Days to Emotional Literacy: A Personal Journey Co-authored with Lucy Núñez. https://www.amazon.com/21-Days-Emotional-Literacy-Companion/dp/1732450900

Courses

• Emotions and Coaching - a six-module online training course to build emotional literacy in coaches, available at www.studyemotions.com
• Pilots’ Emotional Fitness and Aviation Safety Leadership – an online training course for airline pilots and crews to help build their emotional competence, available at www.safetyrelations.com

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE:

• The funny experience of how Dan and I originally met.
• How Dan’s upbringing across three continents informed his experience as a leader and coach.
• The moment of desperation that led to Dan deepening his learning around emotions.
• A helpful way to define "emotions" that delivers tangible results
• Why emotional literacy is so important and the terrible cost of emotional ignorance.
• The two big misunderstandings about emotions.
• Advice for leaders who think their employees are “too emotional”.
• How leaders can generate helpful emotions in their team.
• Using the power of emotions to tackle COVID19 and tricky situations at the office.
• The most common emotions in the workplace and what to do with them.
• An exercise to harness the power of your own emotions.
• The best way to kick start a conversation around emotional literacy at the office.
• What happened when we put Dan on the Emotions “Hot Seat”.
• The ultimate emotional distinction that helps you prioritize.
• Music and exercise recommendations to shift your emotional state.

HIGHLIGHTS:

How does the world change once people become emotionally literate:

• Other people start to make much more sense.
• Enriches the world.

QUOTES:

“Every emotion, I would claim, has a purpose.”

“Dignity is about me, how I take care of me.”

“You can only care for a certain number of things.”

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