The Non-Anxious Leader Podcast

Edwin Friedman's last book, A Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix, challenges us to lead differently. Here's how. Show Notes: A Failure of Nerve, Revised Edition: Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix by Edwin Friedman Read the Full Transcript on The Non-Anxious Leader website. Subscribe to my weekly ⁠Two for Tuesday⁠ emails.

I'm not a fan of New Year's resolutions. I AM a fan of getting better each year. Here's why and what has helped me. Show Notes: Get a FREE copy of One New Habit, One Big Goal: Change Your Life in 10 Weeks. Get information and register for the FREE Friedman's Failure of Nerve Book Study. Read the Full Transcript on The Non-Anxious Leader website. Subscribe to my weekly ⁠Two for Tuesday⁠ emails.

Explore the shift in parenting styles towards over functioning and its negative impact on children's resilience. Understand the behaviors of over functioning and under functioning through real-life examples and stories. Learn about the importance of self-differentiation and maintaining healthy emotional space. Discover how avoiding overfunctioning and underfunctioning can lead to a more mature leadership system.

Explore the impact of leadership and social norms on organizational culture. Learn about the toxic culture at GM and the transformative leadership of Mary Barra. Discover the importance of trust in leadership and the five actions leaders can take to foster a healthy culture.

Guilt is not necessarily a bad thing. Knowing when it is or isn't can help you better self-differentiate. Show Notes: About Guilt - Emotional Intelligence for Life (ei-forlife.com) by Miriam Bross Read the Full Transcript on The Non-Anxious Leader website. Subscribe to my weekly ⁠Two for Tuesday⁠ emails.

Seventy-six percent of people nearing the end of their lives say their biggest regret was living their lives according to other people and their expectations. This is surrounding togetherness pressure. Here’s what you can do about it. Show Notes: My apologies, as there are two spots in the episode where one channel drops out briefly. The experience of regret: What, when, and why by Thomas Gilovich and Victoria Medvec Episode 24: The Top Five Regrets of the Dying (and How to Avoid Them) Anxious Church, Anxious People: How to Lead Change in an Age of Anxiety by Jack Shitama Read the Full Transcript on The Non-Anxious Leader website. Subscribe to my weekly ⁠Two for Tuesday⁠ emails.

Self-differentiation doesn’t happen automatically. It’s even harder during the holidays when surrounding togetherness pressure can be high. This episode covers a four-step process that can help you remain a non-anxious presence when you express what you believe, feel, want and need. Show Notes: Alison Cook, Ph.D. Read the Full Transcript on The Non-Anxious Leader website. Subscribe to my weekly ⁠Two for Tuesday⁠ emails

Explore the concept of challenge over comfort in relationships, the shifting dynamics in a marriage due to alcoholism, managing the challenges of raising heavy sleeper children, and the importance of non-anxious leadership in dealing with resistance and demands in families, congregations, and organizations.

Explore the concept of symmetry in family systems theory and how it affects system anxiety. Learn how symmetry can help manage anxiety in congregations and nuclear families. Analyze a case study on intergenerational communication patterns. Understand the intergenerational transmission of anxiety and its impact on family relationships.

Relationship systems get stuck when surrounding togetherness pressure makes it difficult for people to disagree. Here's what that looks like and how non-anxious leaders can create a culture of healthy disagreement. Show Notes: Emotionally Intelligent People Use a Brilliant 2-Word Phrase to Speak Up and Get Results by Justin Bariso Solomon Asch Conformity Line Experiment Study by Saul Mcleod, PhD Read the Full Transcript on The Non-Anxious Leader website. Subscribe to my weekly ⁠Two for Tuesday⁠ emails.