“Don’t take this personally, it’s just business.” “Leave your personal problems at home.” “We need a higher level of professionalism.” Heard these where you work? There’s an air in many organizations that the workplace has no room for emotions; things should be professional and not personal. It promotes a cold, sterile environment where peak performance is entirely mechanical. Unfortunately, that’s neither where most people work nor where they want to work. It describes a dis-engaged, compartmentalized environment with no feeling. A workplace that does not take feelings into account is ineffective and uninviting.