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Emotional Hygiene When Leading Through A Crisis

(For leaders, managers & supervisors)

With an explosion of virtual work, uncertainty, and fear, our people need an even higher level of trust, centredness, and calm...

But how do you be the voice of reason when you are in fear? When you don't have the answers? When you are worried about your own family and loved ones? Your brain cannot be in a state of fear and creativity at the same time. When we operate from a place of fear, we lose access to our higher-order thinking and problem-solving capacities. We need to stay in our executive brain centres to be at our best.

Be a Contagious Leader of Hope

As leaders, we need to help our people to be in the right emotional states to be able to respond with all the intellectual and empathic resources possible. We are contagious. Everything we say, do and FEEL leaks out and affects how those around us feel. Your thoughts, your words, your actions can cause hysteria or hope.

Here are some comments from the live participants:

"Thank you! You were able to put everything together. It was like you were reading my mind!"   -  Karen

"Definitely on point. Just what I needed to hear. I'll be acting team leader for 5 weeks from next Monday, so I'll need to step up when I'm already feeling quite anxious myself."  -  Jaki 

"Thanks, Anneli. The leadership points you make about how we (and others) operate when in an environment of fear, and how that places us into the 'respond not react' mindset, is so important - beyond the current crisis we face. Thanks." -  Tharren

Social Distancing Etiquette: The Good, The Bad And The Downright Awkward!

• Are you having trouble keeping people at arm’s length?

• Lost for words when people don’t respect your need for space?

• Not sure how to ask for what you want without offending your friends, family and even strangers?

• We are so wired to handshake, high five and hug the people around us that the new social distancing rules can be hard to remember with people you know well, or worse, hard to reinforce with those you know well, let alone strangers. 

• What if you are the only one in your friendship circle, social group, or extended family that wants to keep people at arm’s length?

• How do you hold the boundary, without bruising the relationship?

• And then there’s the strangers we stand next to in the shopping line. What if they don’t give us the space we want? What do we say to them without being rude?

This is a practical conversation about how to navigate the new rules of social connection and face-to-face interactions. Together, we need to create a new ‘normal’. But how do we do that, when it feels so awkward? 

Yes, we've been told to keep 1.5 metres apart, but some people still have to go to work, and most of us will need to go to the shops to get supplies at some stage. Then there's the friendly neighbour who drops in for a chat, or the special occasion you still want to celebrate with extended family. At some point, we still have to interact with others. 
 
So, what do we do if people aren't abiding by the social distancing guidelines, like you are? How do we tell people we like, to back off...without offending them? Not to mention complete strangers? 

What the participants said: 

"Fantastic! Thanks Anneli. Loved the ‘word from the sponsor, too’ 😉"   -  Tracy  
 
"Fun! Thanks, Anneli. Ditto Tracy’s comments."  -  Linda 

"Love your humour today Anneli!"  -  Disa

"Clapping, thank you so much!" - Oona

"What a great webinar! Thank you for that Anneli. Outstanding! You are the best!!" - Petra

"Thank you Anneli, it was great!" - Gabriela

How To Have Hope When There's No End In Sight

• How to go from feeling hopeless to feeling hopeful 

• How to stay updated but not deflated 

• How to avoid getting hooked by the drama 

• How to manage your emotional state to keep moving forward 
  

Staying up to date, without being weighed down by the negative, is a challenge for some in the current COVID-19 climate. With a constant stream of media attention, it’s hard to stay informed and yet remain hopeful and upbeat, particularly when there is no clear end in sight. Staying connected to the news, the commentary, and the constant stream of drama – be it facts or falsehoods – can keep us locked in a negative emotional state and impact our ability to be resilient, resourceful, and a role model of hope for those around us. 
  
Feeling bad, sad or concerned is, of course, ok.  In fact, at times it’s expected. But the danger is that we get lost in the swirl of emotions around us, and we get caught up in the negative states of our immediate environments. We need to be able to weather this emotional storm and keep our heads above water, with strategies that are simple, practical and enduring.  

Here’s what attendees had to say: 

“I loved this session - already feel more hopeful :)”  - Karen 

”Thank you Anneli. this was a really great session”  - Heidi 

Thanks Anneli, such great words”  - Linda 

“Let me congratulate and praise you on the three webinars you have sent out these past few weeks and particularly the one today and the timeliness and value of your message. I have enjoyed them immensely and I feel that what you have shared will be inspirational to those who been able to watch either live or the recorded version.”  - Brian  

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