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Don't Let Stress Hijack You Or Your Organization

Guest post by: Phil Johnson

Article Overview: In a challenging economic climate there are many people operating day-to-day in what amounts to a chronic, low grade amygdala hijack. Awareness is the first step in dealing with these attacks.

Don't Let Stress Hijack You Or Your Organization

WISDOM is developed within a neural network called the basal ganglia located in a very primitive part of our unconscious brain. It extracts decision rules from our past actions. What actions worked well and which did not. Our accumulated life wisdom is stored in this primitive circuitry. Emotionally intelligent leaders rely heavily on these “gut instincts” when making important decisions.

NEGATIVE ENERGY causes us to be more pessimistic and become disengaged when facing challenges. It is also disruptive to the team which lowers everyone’s effectiveness. When you experience an “amygdala hijack” you can not focus on job demands you can only think about what is troubling you. During these attacks we revert to well rehearsed victim habits and beliefs. Our body gets flooded with the stress hormones cortisol and adrenaline as we go into “fight or flight” mode. The amygdala often overreacts in ways we later regret. In a challenging economic climate there are many people operating day-to-day in what amounts to a chronic, low grade amygdala hijack. Awareness is the first step in dealing with these attacks. If you do not notice that you are in the midst of a hijack you have no chance of getting back to emotional balance until the hijack has run its course. Hijacks can last for seconds, minutes, hours, days or weeks. By using the Master of Business Leadership Tools, Habits and Insights to challenge what you are telling yourself you can stop the hijack from continuing.

POSITIVE ENERGY promotes creativity, the “Aha!” moment. This involves a new neural connection as a new association emerges and a new idea enters our consciousness. Every day the brain generates stem cells that migrate to wherever it’s needed in the brain. Alpha brain activity is connected to spontaneous discovery. The creative process involves immersing yourself in the problem and then letting go and relaxing. Emotional intelligence inhibits amygdala driven fear impulses increasing enthusiasm, energy and engagement. A study by Barbara Fredrickson at the University of North Carolina found that people and teams that flourish have a ratio (5:1) of at least five positive emotional events for every negative one (amygdala hijack). “Mindsight” is the term Dr. Daniel Siegel uses to describe the mind’s ability to see itself. Our awareness of another person’s inner reality and our own are both acts of empathy. Interpersonal neurobiology creates emotional contagion. “Mirror neurons” in the brain act like Wifi transmitters within the group or organization. The most emotionally expressive individual creates the mood within the group.

VISION AND THE MOTIVATION TO TAKE ACTION

When we are doing work that challenges us personally to use our best talents and is aligned with our sense of purpose we are highly engaged, enthusiastic, energized and persistent. Working with other emotionally intelligent individuals that share a common Vision creates even higher levels of energy and flow toward better results. Flow is also referred to as the optimal performance zone where neural harmony is obtained. It is a state of maximum cognitive efficiency where you are using whatever talents you may have at peak levels. Gallup’s employee engagement studies have shown that in these type of organizations there is a 10:1 ratio of engaged to disengaged employees. Further, there is an 8:1 ratio of engaged to disengaged customers.

Warm regards,

Phil Johnson, President MBL Inc.

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