leading with connection - a neurobiological approach

The conversation with Mel from Body Intuition Collective delves into the importance of interoception and its impact on women in leadership roles, particularly during perimenopause. Mel emphasizes the need for leaders to connect with their bodies and listen to the signals, offering practical solutions for managing stress and burnout.

Takeaways

• Interoception: Understanding and listening to the body's internal signals
• Leadership and Perimenopause: Challenges and solutions for women in leadership roles

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The conversation explores the importance of psychological safety in leadership, emphasizing the essence of connection, intention, and trust-building. It delves into the impact of gaslighting, fixed mindset, and confrontational conversations, while highlighting the role of rituals and growth mindset practices in fostering psychological safety. Additionally, it addresses psychosocial hazards and the significance of leadership training and measurement in creating psychologically safe workplaces.

Takeaways

• Psychological safety is critical for leadership and team performance
• Leadership involves intention, consistent messaging, and trust-building
• Leaders need to listen, be curious, and ask exploratory questions
• Rituals and growth mindset practices contribute to psychological safety

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Ben Kirkbride shares his insights on leading with connection, emphasizing the importance of genuine curiosity and understanding people at the core. He discusses the challenges of leading through compliance and the need for creating a psychologically safe space. Ben also highlights the struggle of leadership and the importance of consistency at the edges. His key takeaway is to ask one genuine question about how someone is doing in the next team interaction, practicing curiosity before connection and connection before direction.

Takeaway

• Curiosity before connection, connection before direction

The conversation covers the challenges of adapting to the changing workforce and the importance of effective communication and engagement with younger workers. It explores the need for leaders to understand the evolving needs of employees and the impact of personal lives on work performance. Additionally, it emphasizes the significance of compassionate leadership and the need for a mindful and adaptable approach to engagement.

Takeaways

• Adapting to the Changing Workforce
• Effective Communication and Engagement

Tenneile Manenti

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https://www.mindlogistics.com.au/

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Using the ART of Connection Framework to help explore what leaders could do and what not to do when leading others at work and Charlotte leaves you with one practical takeaway for you to try yourself.

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Charlotte share the theory behind social connection and loneliness at work. Understand how her ART of Connection Framework is founded on social connection theory.

Explore the science, the stories, and the strategies behind social connection at work.

Build quality connections at work to increase psychological safety, act as a stress buffer and shield your people from psychosocial hazards.

I’m your host, Charlotte Jameson is a Wellbeing, Leadership and Culture Specialist with 20 years of experience of sharing positive psychology and neuroscience within corporates.

This podcast will uncover practical strategies to strengthen relationships at work in different ways. I will share my work in the ART of Connection which has a neurobiological focus, that is a focus on our nervous systems and toning our vagus nerve. I will be sitting down with leaders in the field – discovering what do to and what not to do in order to keep people accountable, while maintaining psychological safety and I will be joined by academics in the field who will share they research and insights with us.

Learn the human skills needed to lead high performing and mentally well teams.

Welcome to….Leading with Connection.