What is the value of connecting with your colleagues? In the end, you go to work to get things done and to earn a living, not to make friends.

While this may be true, we know nowadays that even if we don’t go looking for long-lasting friendships at work, being able to connect with others on a human level influences performance, engagement and workplace wellbeing.

In this episode we talk about what it means to connect with peers, managers, colleagues and subordinates at work, and we shine a light on how all connections start with the individual, allowing for emotional regulation with the other, and eventually affecting how (well) we work.

Listen in to understand where you may start re-/connecting.

LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanna-harkonen/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/natalie-jane-wood/

Websites:

https://innerwork.world/

https://engage2evolve.com/

Resources:

Carr, E. W. (2021, December 21). The value of belonging at work. Harvard Business Review. https://hbr.org/2019/12/the-value-of-belonging-at-work

IE Insights. (2023, February 16). The Wisdom of our Nervous System | IE Insights. https://www.ie.edu/insights/articles/the-wisdom-of-our-nervous-system/#

Stress is everywhere… and all of us have our opinions on how best  to deal with it.

But what exactly is stress?!?

In this episode's conversation we dig into how stress is not the same for everyone and how it is our biology that triggers the stress response in the brain and body.

We will discuss how you can lead yourself in moments of stress and beyond, thus  increasing your self-awareness of stress, which will allow you to enter a path of building more resilience - for yourself and others.

LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanna-harkonen/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/natalie-jane-wood/

Websites:

https://innerwork.world/

https://engage2evolve.com/

Resources / Further Reading:

Kim, J., Diamond, D. The stressed hippocampus, synaptic plasticity and lost memories. Nat Rev Neurosci 3, 453–462 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrn849

Palmer, S., Cooper, C., & Thomas, K. (2004). A model of work stress to underpin the Health and Safety Executive advice for tackling work-related stress. . . ResearchGate. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/335022296_A_model_of_work_stress_to_underpin_the_Health_and_Safety_Executive_advice_for_tackling_work-related_stress_and_stress_risk_assessments

Sapolsky, R. M. (1998). Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers, 2nd Edition: An Updated Guide To Stress, Stress Related Diseases, and Coping. W. H. Freeman.

We do not often consider our nervous system as wise - in fact, we spend little time thinking about our nervous system at all! In this episode we dive into how our autonomic nervous system often operates outside our conscious reasoning, which has a major  impact on how we view the world and how we react to it. 

We dive into the polyvagal theory and talk about what ‘nervous system safety’ means at work, leaving our listeners with insight on how the state of the nervous system influences relationships, performance, and overall work and life.  

LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanna-harkonen/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/natalie-jane-wood/

Websites:

https://innerwork.world/

https://engage2evolve.com/

Resources:

https://www.ie.edu/insights/articles/the-wisdom-of-our-nervous-system/