Leaders
“Leadership is not about being in charge. It’s about taking care of those in your charge”
— S. Sinek
Are your employees disengaged?
Is your team under performing?
Are you overwhelmed with workplace drama?
Do you feel isolated as a manager ?
Our approach harnesses the power of relationship neurosciences to help your team deliver.
The neurosciences are very clear: our brains and nervous systems require safety in order to thrive. Human beings are hardwired to connect from the cradle to the grave.
This is not sentimentalism or “fluff”, this is a biological imperative for our mammalian brain validated by all the scientific research on attachment.
As a leader, people look up to you for predictability, consistency, vision, clarity and reassurance. They also want to feel valued, understood, trusted, treated fairly, and genuinely cared for by you.
Without this essential emotional nourishment, the brain’s threat detection system gets activated and gears us up for metabolically draining coping strategies.
This results in disengagement -people are “switched off” and seem uninterested- or downright hostile behaviors with people fighting, criticizing each others, and not taking responsibility for their actions. Employees brain capabilities diminish as they become narrowly focused on their self preservation rather than expansive and creative.
What do you do to make your employees feel safe?
Answer the following as honestly as you can:
Do you greet your employees when you walk in the office?
Do you recognize their efforts and hard work?
Do you show up consistently and regularly?
Do you communicate clearly and transparently?
Are you open to your employees feedback and do you seek it?
Do you inquire about how your employees feel?
What does it feel like for people to be led by you?
The way people feel determines how they behave. We help you create conditions that foster safety.
Leadership coaching with Lighthouse Coaching involves the following:
It starts with you: identifying your own triggers and understanding situations and people that tend to pull into reactivity
Exploring your own internal and external processes as a leader: what do you do when you feel threatened as a leader? Do you become avoidant and hide, or do you become more controlling and threaten to deliver?
Helping you get in touch with your own vulnerability: being willing to show people that you don’t have all the answers, that you are disappointed with them for a poor outcome or afraid with them that you might not deliver on a project shows care and concern for the team. It indicates that you are in it with them and that you are human and approachable.
Communicating authentically and with care: putting the WE at the US at the center of conversations and interactions. Sharing your own load also invites them to feel allowed to do the same. You don’t have to do it all alone.
Get in touch if you are interested in working with me.