Experience and training at Stago
On February 4, 2021, we had the pleasure of hosting a motivation and emotions workshop at Stago. Founded in 1945, Stago is a leading company in the In Vitro Diagnostics (IVD) sector. They specialize in thrombosis and hemostasis studies and will soon expand their fields of action. Within the group, Diagnostica Stago, the leader in Hemostasis knowledge, announced the opening of its Spanish subsidiary 9 years ago to market its wide range of products (reagents, systems, and services).
Motivation and emotions workshop
The main goal of the workshop was to care for, resource, and motivate the company’s professionals and teams at this time of year. We wanted to help them build self-confidence and find a new way to connect during the sales process. The pandemic added another challenge: accumulated physical and mental fatigue. On top of that, they could not rely on close, in-person support from their colleagues!
This context encouraged the HR manager to look for new emotional education proposals that went beyond the standard approach. And she found us :).
The motivation and emotions workshop with Stago: one goal, two parts
For us at the School, addressing motivation as suggested could only take one path: purpose. We had already done this on other occasions during our journey with WHI Institute. So, we set out to guide the entire team to reconnect with their purpose, focusing on a vocation of service.
There are many ways to approach this goal. However, in our experience, the 7 voices dynamic worked as a team is one of the most powerful. The team agrees on the topic to address. From there, they explore the case from seven different perspectives. This allows them to see the situation holistically. When this happens, the team absorbs the situation. With proper guidance, they gain understanding and confidence to face their chosen challenge.
During this process, however, many mental-emotional patterns also appear. They bring out behaviors that make us lose focus on what really matters. I am supporting a client in their decision-making within a specific problem. If this is true, I must be one with the client and connect deeply. But this cannot happen if my own mental-emotional patterns get in the way.
For this reason, before the 7 voices dynamic, we shared the awareness circle. For us, this circle is the cornerstone of all our work. It is not a mystery we invented and patented, as its content originates in ancient civilizations. However, having experienced its transformative effect firsthand allows us to guide people to shift their perspective on events.
Basically, it consists of self-observation and understanding how the belief-thought-emotion triangle works. It helps verify that if I do nothing to break this chain, I will always get the same results in life.
The true importance of this workshop at Stago today
As mentioned, the goal of this motivation and emotions workshop might not surprise you. Every manager wants their team fully motivated and committed, especially technical or sales teams. However, you can approach this from many angles, or rather, from different depths.
The true importance here lies beyond everything we have written. It is that Stago recognized where their people were and put them first. They made everyone a priority. Of course, they still do their industry-specific technical training. In fact, before our workshop, they were doing activities that reminded me of our years working on real business cases.
But Stago dared to offer a truly human space in an environment where it might seem out of place. This small opening will bear fruit. Perhaps in the long term, or perhaps immediately. Only time will tell, but a seed has been planted.
Workshop experiences at Stago
The workshop’s “back office” surprised us with its excellent organization. The technical and creative deployment to coordinate the 5 branches across Spain was highly impressive. Here are a few photos as a sample:
So far, we have completed the first part of the workshop. We began by experiencing emotions and gradually entered the “awareness circle.” We analyzed them and explored their connection to our ideas and expectations.
What happened? What usually happens: a debate arose. This occurs precisely because of our patterns. They try to avoid what we “dislike” and increase what we “like.” Both aspects are dominated by the mental-emotional field, causing us to lose much of our vital energy.
On the other hand, debate is completely normal in this process of self-awareness. It shows our reluctance to change our perspective and references. It also reveals how closely emotions are tied to our identity and self-image.
But there they are: the seeds have been planted in this challenging context.
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