Increasing Certainty and Connection When your Team Feels Anxious
Over the past few weeks, I have heard from many leaders that leading through COVID19 has become more challenging. As a senior or mid-level leader, the COVID19 pandemic is truly challenging their ability to lead. We are all working remote and there are so many unknowns and fears.
Neurologically when we are facing a threat to our way of being we crave certainty and connection more than anything and this is exactly what we can’t have right now. What can you do as a leader to help combat the feeling of threat amongst members of your team and organization?
New Year, New Relationship with your Boss
If your manager makes you want to go home and scream into a pillow every single night, or you’ve taken up kickboxing just so you can picture your manager’s face on the bag, then keep reading.
So sounds like you are suffering from a toxic relationship with your boss. You are not alone—a EY study (detailed in the Harvard Business Review) recently reported that 58% of people trust strangers more than their own boss! That’s right, they trust a random person off the street more than they trust the guy responsible for their development, compensation, and day-to-day happiness. Pretty scary!