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May 2021
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How “emotional” should you be at work?

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How emotional is the right kind of emotional in the workplace? It’s not an easy question to say or to answer. Society no longer expects us to be robots in the office, thank goodness. But there’s still a stigma around sharing our emotions.

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Host: Casey Donovan @caseydonovan88
Content: Amy Molloy @amy_molloy
Executive Producer: Elise Cooper
Editor: Adrian Walton 

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