Activity mood assignment

1. Mood Check
Purpose:
This exercise is designed to help each team member understand his or her mood, as well as
identify the moods of others on the team. It also helps team members to be candid about
feelings, which can lead to building trust and openness.
Why Is This Important?
Moods of team members will impact the performance of the team. This exercise is great to use
at the start of a team meeting to gauge the feelings of the members and to set the stage for
members to express and reveal themselves by creating an open and honest culture. It's also
useful when new team members join a team, as it allows them to gain a better understanding
of their teammates.
Because
1. moods are contagious
2. moods affect how people relate to one another, and
3. moods affect the decision-making and energy of the team.
How:
1. First, set the stage by asking the group, “Have you ever experienced a time when you
were in a great mood and were able to fly through a stack of work? Or maybe the
opposite, you were feeling low and accomplishing even the simplest task seemed
overwhelming?”
2. Ask team members to draw on their personal experiences to think about how mood can
affect performance.
3. Print a A3 version of the Junto Institute’s: Emotion & Feeling Wheel and place it in a
visible location or projecting it on a screen or wall using an LCD projector. It should be
visible to all members of the team.
4. Give each team member a colored sticky dot.
5. Ask each team member to place the dot on the chart to indicate his or her present
emotion/feeling tone.
Key Reflection Points:
 As you look at where people have placed their dots, what patterns do we see?
 How might people's moods affect the team work for the day?
 How can moods affect our energy toward team goals?
 How can moods affect our decision making as a team?
 What can learn about the relationship between mood and individual/ team
performance?

2.  How can you increase your awareness of your moods and their impact on those around
you?
 What power do you have over your moods?
 What can you do to change your mood?