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To help people who help people, the organization needs to be healthy and have practices in place that consider the trauma of those they serve. Lauren Spigelmyer and Jessica Doering have helped thousands of people who help people all over the world. Each week they'll explore tools, insights, and stories to help you lead and live with more clarity, calm, and connection. If you’re looking for support as you grow your organization’s capacity for caring for staff and the community, we would love to be part of that journey.
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How Regulated Leaders Make Better Decisions in High-Stress Systems
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In this final episode of the Leading Under Pressure series, Lauren reframes authority as nervous system stability rather than intensity or control. She explains how regulated leaders build trust through emotional predictability, consistency, and co-regulation instead of urgency and reactivity.
Sustainable authority, she argues, is not about being the strongest personality in the room, but the most steady, creating resilient teams where people can perform, speak honestly, and thrive long term.
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Other related resources from Five Ives:
Blog Post:
- Why Traditional Employee Wellness Programs Fail (And What Works Instead)
- Survive Mode: Recognizing When Your Organization is in Crisis
- What are the Five Ives?
Podcast:
- Leading Through Conflict Without Escalation
- A Fresh Look at the Five Ives Framework in the Workplace
- Boundaries as Leadership Infrastructure
- Clarity as a Safety Cue
- When Leaders Become the Stressor
- Episode 2: Authority Without Fear
- Episode 1: What Stress Does to Decision Making
- The Pause Between Now and Next
- Leading From a Regulated Core
- When Culture Dysregulates
- Growth & Feedback Without Fear
- Onboarding as Co-Regulation
- Policy as a Nervous System
- The Regulated Organization: What it Means to be a Regulated Organization
Our Online Programs:
- Behavior Breakthrough
- Policing Under Pressure
- Board Governance Training
- University of Pennsylvania Behavior Breakthrough Accredited Course
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- Five Ives Website
- The Behavior Hub blog
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