Create better collaboration with brain-smart leadership
What if there was a simple recipe for more understanding, better communication and stronger collaboration at work?
The good news: There is – and the key is in the brain.
As Judith E. Glaser puts it:
“Corporate culture is built on relationships, and relationships are built on our conversations. Everything happens through dialogue.”
Why we underperform when threatened
When employees are dictatorially controlled, receive information without explanation, or experience exclusion, cortisol levels rise. Cortisol creates stress, a sense of threat, and causes the brain to go into “fight, flight, or freeze” mode. The result is poorer performance and reduced creativity.
Security – the path to peak performance
On the positive side, there are oxytocin and dopamine – hormones that create security, well-being and trust. They are released when we experience appreciation, inclusion, development and when we celebrate successes. This gives us access to the front part of the brain – the one that controls decision-making, problem-solving and innovation.
Five keys to better corporate culture
Do you want to create more collaboration and engagement? Start with dialogues that build:
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transparency – clear information and open processes
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Relationship building – time for human meetings
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Understanding – listen to different perspectives
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Shared vision of success – everyone knows where you are going
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Empathy – genuine concern for each other
Shortly said
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Harms cooperation: Criticism, control, withholding, exclusion, judgment.
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Building the collaboration: Celebrate successes, include, develop, share knowledge, show appreciation.
Yesbox helps you succeed
With our digital tools for Work Pulse and Dialogues You gain insights into how the organization is doing – both above and below the surface. This gives leaders the right conditions to create security, increase engagement and unleash the full potential of employees.