Lauren shares how policies and procedures act like an organization’s neural pathways, shaping safety, trust, and overall regulation. Punitive or confusing policies create anxiety, while clear and compassionate ones build stability and support.

She explains the difference between stress-driven and safety-driven policies and offers simple steps to make them more regulating. Lauren encourages listeners to reflect on their own policies and take one small step toward a safer, more supportive workplace.

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Other related resources from Five Ives: 

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• Why Traditional Employee Wellness Programs Fail (And What Works Instead)
• Survive Mode: Recognizing When Your Organization is in Crisis
• What are the Five Ives?

Podcast:

• Meetings that Calm, Not Drain
• The Regulated Organization: What it Means to be a Regulated Organization
• Retain: Sustaining Staff, Culture, and Capacity
• Reinforce- Ensuring that Change becomes Cultural Muscle Memory  
• Reset: Moving from Relief to Real Transformation
• Stage 1: Relieve — Stabilizing in Survival Mode
• Why Women in Leadership Micromanage
• Understanding Burnout & Turnover in Trauma Impacted Organizations
• The Regulated Team: Creating Cultures that Breathe
• Hive- The Last Stage of the Five Ives
• Thrive- The Fourth Stage of the Five Ives
• Strive- The Third Stage of the Five Ives
• Revive- The Second Stage of the Five Ives
• Survive- The First Stage of the Five Ives

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