In this episode, we address the growing importance of mental health at work, especially in the wake of rising post-pandemic stress. Join us as we explore three key areas where leaders can make a difference:

1. The Rising Tide of Workplace Stress (3:05 – 5:42)
   • Workplace stress is surging, with 41% of employees at peak levels. Relational conflicts compound stresses, making emotional well-being a top priority.
2. Emotional Well-being as the Foundation (5:42 – 16:14)
   • Emotional well-being underpins mental health. Disengagement often signals poor mental health, stemming from disconnection with colleagues or managers.
3. The Power of Secure Relationships (19:24 – 31:51)
   • Secure relationships are essential for well-being and productivity. Leaders can foster trust, open communication, and emotional safety to create a supportive work environment.

Conclusion: Mental health isn’t just about programs—it’s about building strong connections. By prioritizing emotional safety, leaders create workplaces where trust, engagement, and success thrive.

The Leader in You is the go-to podcast for anyone who wants to create a workplace culture where you can thrive.

Envision a future where you are more grounded, confident, and in sync with your team.

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Dr. Lola Gershfeld, a distinguished organizational psychologist, has dedicated her career to delving into the intricate layers of employee engagement, team dynamics, and workplace conflicts. She is the author of Emotional Connection and The Connected Culture, which aims to build strong and connected relationships, improve team dynamics, and prevent workplace conflicts.

This episode is dedicated to professionals who strive to create secure relationships within their teams and with their patients.

With a very special guest, Mary Koloroutis, we talk about “Fostering Healing Connections: Relationship-Based Care® in Leadership.”

Mary is the past CEO of Creative Health Care Management (CHCM), where she facilitated remarkable results, including improved patient engagement, clinician satisfaction, and a more resource-efficient work environment. As a leader at CHCM, Mary excelled in staff and team development and work process improvements.

With CHCM, Mary engaged leaders throughout organizations by providing relationship-based consultation services, innovative education programs, and some of the industry's most celebrated products.

Her work is grounded in the Relationship-Based Care® Model, focusing on leveraging the power of relationships to create healing environments where patients and families truly feel cared for.

She is also the co-creator, author, and editor of the Relationship-Based Care® series and co-author of "See Me As A Person: Creating Therapeutic Relationships with Patients and Their Families."

We are thrilled to have Mary Koloroutis with us to discuss the importance of creating secure relationships within teams and patients and why attachment and emotional connection are key for leaders in fostering these relationships.

Relationship-Based Care® is a product and service of Creative Health Care Management. For more information, visit www.chcm.com.

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Dr. Lola Gershfeld, a distinguished organizational psychologist, has dedicated her career to delving into the intricate layers of employee engagement, team dynamics, and workplace conflicts. She is the author of Emotional Connection and The Connected Culture, which aims to build strong and connected relationships, improve team dynamics, and prevent workplace conflicts.

Every now and then, someone comes along who completely transforms the way we understand interactions, relationships, and the conflicts within them. Traditionally dominated by classical behavioral approaches and changing mindsets, Dr. Sue Johnson viewed relationships not as bargains but as bonds.

Inspired by John Bowlby, the father of attachment theory, Sue blazed a trail that revolutionized the field of relationships. This transformation began in the 1980s.

Today, no relationship model has more robust outcome studies than Sue’s work on emotionally focused therapy (EFT) for couples. Sue has authored many books, including Hold Me Tight and Love Sense.

Lola and her husband, Jack, attended the Hold Me Tight workshop years ago and noticed a correlation between patterns in couple relationships and patterns in workplace conflicts. Lola then began applying some of these techniques and strategies within teams and boards and saw transformative changes.

Lola then flew to New York to study with Sue Johnson. Based on Sue's work and research in attachment and emotionally focused models, Lola developed the Emotional Connection process, or EmC, to apply in work and team relationships.
EmC has now been integrated into over a thousand cases to reduce workplace conflict, improve team dynamics, and transform company culture with outstanding results.

On April 23, 2024, we received the sad news that Sue Johnson had passed away at age 76. To honor her immense influence on the development of the EmC process, we dedicate this podcast to Dr. Sue Johnson.

The Leader in You is the go-to podcast for anyone who wants to create a workplace culture where you can thrive.

Envision a future where you are more grounded, confident, and in sync with your team.

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Dr. Lola Gershfeld, a distinguished organizational psychologist, has dedicated her career to delving into the intricate layers of employee engagement, team dynamics, and workplace conflicts. She is the author of Emotional Connection and The Connected Culture, which aims to build strong and connected relationships, improve team dynamics, and prevent workplace conflicts.

This episode of The Leader in You Podcast marks the third anniversary of the book Emotional Connection: The EmC Strategy. Co-authors Dr. Lola Gershfeld and Ramin Sedehi discuss the profound role emotional connection plays in effective leadership.

Ramin reflects on his personal journey to becoming a visionary leader and his partnership with EmC, emphasizing that leadership is more about being in service to others and seeing the unseen rather than acquiring it off the shelf.

Lola shares her motivations for co-authoring the book, which arose from her experiences with miscommunication and conflict in the workplace. She describes her realization that emotional connection can prevent isolation and conflict, likening the importance of secure relationships in the workplace to family dynamics.

In this episode, we talk about:

• [02:54] Inspiration behind the Emotional Connection book
• [18:26] Defining the term “emotional connection”
• [24:40] The A.R.E. acronym - the key question in attachment relationships
• [36:00] Ways to apply emotional connection in leadership
• [51:15] Hopes and goals for Emotional Connection in organizations

Connect with Ramin Sedehi:
LinkedIn: Ramin Sedehi

The Leader in You is the go-to podcast for anyone who wants to create a workplace culture where you can thrive.

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Dr. Lola Gershfeld, a distinguished organizational psychologist, has dedicated her career to delving into the intricate layers of employee engagement, team dynamics, and workplace conflicts. She is the author of Emotional Connection and The Connected Culture, which aims to build strong and connected relationships, improve team dynamics, and prevent workplace conflicts.

In this insightful podcast episode, Jenna Wohlwend and Lola Gershfeld are joined by Haley Cooper, CEO of Savvy Fundraiser, to explore the unique challenges faced by nonprofit organizations.

Through engaging in conversation, they delve into the importance of emotional connection, effective communication, and conflict resolution within nonprofit teams.

Drawing from their experiences, they share valuable strategies for fostering collaboration, advocating for professional development, and driving organizational success.

Tune into the episode to learn the transformative power of building authentic relationships, fostering emotional connection, and prioritizing personal growth within nonprofit organizations.

In this episode, we talk about:

• [00:00] Introduction
• [06:12] Common challenges with nonprofits
• [12:48] Surprises working with nonprofits
• [17:09] Areas the team starts to get stuck
• [18:25] Having difficult conversations
• [20:59] Steps to overcome challenges
• [30:33] Areas that leaders can improve

Connect with Haley Cooper:

Linkedin: Haley Cooper
Instagram: @thesavvyfundraiser
Visit her website: www.thesavvyfundraiser.com

The Leader in You is the go-to podcast for anyone who wants to create a workplace culture where you can thrive.

Envision a future where you are more grounded, confident, and in sync with your team.

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Dr. Lola Gershfeld, a distinguished organizational psychologist, has dedicated her career to delving into the intricate layers of employee engagement, team dynamics, and workplace conflicts. She is the author of Emotional Connection and The Connected Culture, which aims to build strong and connected relationships, improve team dynamics, and prevent workplace conflicts.

This episode of The Leader in You Podcast discusses the benefits of intensive team sessions to improve productivity and trust.

Dr. Gershfeld explains that when toxicity or finger-pointing occurs, addressing the underlying relationship disconnect is key to repairing those relationships and changing negative patterns that the company may be stuck in.

In this episode, we talk about:

• [01:47] What are intensive team sessions?
• [04:55] How is it different from regular conflict resolution training?
• [09:40] What is the benefit of using intensive?
• [21:43] Key takeaway

The Leader in You is the go-to podcast for anyone who wants to create a workplace culture where you can thrive.

Envision a future where you are more grounded, confident, and in sync with your team.

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Dr. Lola Gershfeld, a distinguished organizational psychologist, has dedicated her career to delving into the intricate layers of employee engagement, team dynamics, and workplace conflicts. She is the author of Emotional Connection and The Connected Culture, which aims to build strong and connected relationships, improve team dynamics, and prevent workplace conflicts.

In this podcast episode 27, titled "Not Feeling Great at Work? Understanding Emotions and Relationships," Jenna and Dr. Lola explored the profound impact of emotions and relationships on individuals' well-being and productivity in the workplace. They discussed why some people may not feel great at work, touching on feelings of unappreciation, rejection, undervaluation, and being underestimated.

In this episode, we talk about:

• [01:55]The role of emotions at work.
• [04:09]Attachment theory and emotions.
• [19:10]Empathy and positive affect
• [26:50]Three Phrases for Leaders

The Leader in You is the go-to podcast for anyone who wants to create a workplace culture where you can thrive.

Envision a future where you are more grounded, confident, and in sync with your team.

CONNECT:
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Connect with Dr. Lola Gershfeld:

Linkedin: Dr. Lola Gershfeld
Instagram: @drlolaemc

Dr. Lola Gershfeld, a distinguished organizational psychologist, has dedicated her career to delving into the intricate layers of employee engagement, team dynamics, and workplace conflicts. She is the author of Emotional Connection and The Connected Culture, which aims to build strong and connected relationships, improve team dynamics, and prevent workplace conflicts.

In this episode of the "Leader in You" podcast, Jenna and Dr. Lola explore the impact of childhood behaviors in the workplace and challenge the notion that emotions should be suppressed professionally.

They discuss the importance of understanding and embracing emotions, shedding light on the negative effects of demeaning comments and the need for a balanced approach to emotional expression. The podcast emphasizes the role of co-regulation, creating a safe space for emotional communication, and the transformative potential of acknowledging and valuing emotions in the workplace.

In this episode, we talk about:

• [01:16]Childhood behaviors in adulthood.
• [02:31]Negative effects of comments.
• [07:02] How to improve emotional communication?
• [15:41]Creating a supportive work environment.

The Leader in You is the go-to podcast for anyone who wants to create a workplace culture where you can thrive.

Envision a future where you are more grounded, confident, and in sync with your team.

CONNECT:
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Connect with Dr. Lola Gershfeld:

Linkedin: Dr. Lola Gershfeld
Instagram: @drlolaemc

Dr. Lola Gershfeld, a distinguished organizational psychologist, has dedicated her career to delving into the intricate layers of employee engagement, team dynamics, and workplace conflicts. She is the author of Emotional Connection and The Connected Culture, which aims to build strong and connected relationships, improve team dynamics, and prevent workplace conflicts.