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 helps 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?
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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 emotionally intelligent workplaces
✔ 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
Leadership retreats
Culture transformation initiatives
Team development programs
Future of Work conferences
Organizations seeking to improve well-being, engagement, retention, and performance
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The most successful organizations of the future will not be those that create the happiest workplaces.
They will be those that create workplaces where people can experience the emotions they need to do their best work and become their best selves.
The Emotional Fit Workshop helps organizations make that future possible.
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!