Productive teams are made up of pursuers and withdrawers. The question is do you know what they each need?You can contact us at [email protected] you can follow us on our Facebook page @pushtheleadingedgeYou can follow Ryan on Facebook @ryanranaprofessionaltraining and on his website ryanranatraining.com.You can follow James on Facebook and Instagram @dochawklpc. You can also check out his website dochawklpc.com.

Identifying the Leader’s Attachment Style: Understanding your Energy and MotivationAttachment is about how you respond to distress, and the adaptive patterns of how you react are your attachment style. Attachment style is an energy that is both internal and external of how you respond to your team and organization. This episode is explicitly about studying your energy and motivation, and the energy and motivation of the people you lead. Distress triggers energy in your body to resolve the...

In this episode we discuss the importance of a leader being able to go back and forth between the two motivational forces. Leadership requires constant attunement as leaders AdaptabilityStructure ClarityHow clear your team is a direct reflection of the leadership. Does everyone know their seat on the bus? Clarity creates safety.CohesionDo people know what, why, and how of their role and how their role matters to the mission of the organization?How organized is your team?You become a reactive...

In this episode, we discuss the other side of leadership—the attunement/relational side. The attunement aspect is about getting on the same emotional channel with those you lead to know where they are and how you need to connect with them at the moment.  7 Walk Away PointsThink about how you utilize your time to give enough touches (points of relational contact) with the people on your team. It is essential to keep a balance between structure and attunement. For every coach (structure), there...

Good leadership requires tapping into two different forces, structure, and attunement, that will need to be flexed as situations and relationships demand. Leadership is inherently unbalanced and requires the leader to be able to flex between these two forces. In this episode, we talk about the structural side of leadership. Structural Side 7 TakeawaysYour ability to set the structure and get more from people is rooted in who you are as a person and not just what you do as an occupation. Your...

The Leading Edge: Transforming Leadership Through Attachment Science Welcome to the Leading Edge: Transforming Leadership Through Attachment Science. In this episode, we take time to express our gratitude for some of the people who have played a role in helping us develop as people and therapists.Good leadership requires tapping into two different forces, structure, and attunement, that will need to be flexed as situations and relationships demand. Leadership is inherently unbalanced and...

The Leading Edge: Transforming Leadership Through Attachment Science Welcome to the Leading Edge: Transforming Leadership Through Attachment Science. In this episode, we take time to express our gratitude for some of the people who have played a role in helping us develop as people and therapists. We want you to let you in on a personal aspect of who we are and our leadership experience before we begin this podcast journey together.  Thank you for listening. We hope this experience helps you...