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?

In this video, I discuss some of the tips that have been useful to some of the leaders I have been working with: