Emotional Fit
The goal is not just to feel good, but to feel right
The Missing Piece of Workplace Performance
Stop trying to make everyone happy.
Start helping people feel what makes them thrive.
Most organizations have a blind spot.
They invest heavily in engagement, well-being, culture, and purpose. They offer benefits, perks, flexible work, recognition programs, and leadership training. Yet employees still feel disconnected, exhausted, or misunderstood.
Why?
Because people do not all want to feel the same way at work.
Some want to feel inspired. Others want to feel calm. Some thrive when they feel challenged and energized. Others do their best work when they feel secure, respected, or focused.
Our research across tens of thousands of employees worldwide shows that people differ dramatically in how they want to feel at work—and that individuals perform better and experience greater well-being when their actual emotional experiences align with their desired emotional experiences.
We call this Emotional Fit.
Emotional Fit Workshops
Emotional Fit at work is a team task. It’s not the leader’s responsibility to create the right feelings in the team—every team member needs to be involved. Jochen Menges has designed a signature tool—the Emotional Fit Dartboard—that takes teams on a multi-step journey to identify the emotions that matter most to them, assess how often they experience those emotions at work, and pinpoint the gaps that may be limiting performance, motivation, collaboration, and well-being.
The workshop creates powerful moments of insight:
Why does one employee crave excitement while another seeks calm?
Why do some team members flourish under pressure while others struggle?
Why do seemingly successful workplaces still leave people emotionally unfulfilled?
“Jochen led a highly engaging and thought-provoking workshop for our senior leadership team, creating space to step back from the day-to-day and think differently about the future we want to shape. His Emotional Fit approach—and in particular the Emotional Fit Dartboard—gave us a powerful and practical way to reflect on the emotional conditions that enable people and teams to perform at their best. Jochen combines deep expertise with an inspiring, high-energy, human-centered style of facilitation that generated rich discussion, fresh perspectives, and strong engagement across the group.”
Nicolas Fischbach, Senior Director, Engineering – Google ATS SRE
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✔ Greater self-awareness about their emotional needs at work
✔ A deeper understanding of the emotional diversity within their team
✔ Insight into the emotional conditions that support their best performance
✔ Practical strategies for creating more emotional fit at work
✔ A shared language for discussing emotions, motivation, well-being, and culture
✔ A sense of team spirit where everyone is responsible, not just the leader
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Executive teams
Functional teams
Project teams
Global teams
Multi-team organizations
Multi-stakeholder groups
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as a scheduled team activity
during a strategy day
at a team-building event
during leadership retreats
as part of culture transformation initiatives
at internal conferences
at thought leadership events
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Higher performance
Clearer communication
Less conflict
More engagement
Increased innovation
Higher retention
Improved well-being
Lower absence rates
Join the Emotional Fit Movement
To find out more about how you can feel, do, and ultimately be your best, at work and in life, follow Jochen on LinkedIn where he shares science-based updates on emotional fit. Stay tuned, because big news is coming soon!