The Trauma-Informed Leadership Blog

Happy end of the year trauma-informed innovators! As we approach the end of the year, we’re going to take a break from our usual blogs to honor the time we are in right now. This will be the last blog...

Last week, I introduced the second pillar in the “Four Pillars of Trauma-Informed Leadership™”, Trust. Trust can be defined as, “Choosing to risk making something you value vulnerable to another perso...

Over the past couple of weeks, we did a deep dive into the first pillar of trauma-informed leadership, safety. Over the next three weeks, we’re going to dive into the second pillar in the “Four Pillar...

Over the last couple of weeks, we have talked more in depth about psychological safety and why it’s important for our teams.  I’m guessing it sounds amazing – I can have my team be more engaged, more ...

Last week, I did a deep dive into the first pillar of Trauma-Informed Leadership, Safety.  As leaders, before we can truly create safety on our teams, we need to integrate this knowledge personally by...

This week, we are going to take a break from our series on psychological safety to talk about how to be a trauma-informed leader during tumultuous times. For many of us, the results of the presidentia...

A couple of weeks ago, I introduced the Four Pillars of Trauma-Informed Leadership™: Safety, Trust, Autonomy, and Connections and Relationships. Now we are going to do a deep dive into each of these p...

Last week, we talked about some immediate steps that you can take when you are feeling stressed or personally triggered during a specific situation at work. While these immediate steps are helpful,...

One of the things that I have noticed throughout the literature on leadership is that it is focused on things like being an effective leader or stepping up to the plate to support your staff members. ...

Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve defined trauma-informed leadership and talked about why it’s important to be a trauma-informed leader – especially in today’s work climate. At this point, you migh...

When I was a young leader, I was determined to be the very best leader possible. I had a fantasy that I was going to make everyone happy AND incredibly productive.  In this fantasy, everyone would lik...

Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve discussed what it means to be a trauma-informed leader and how it important it is to effectively engage and support your teams while also creating a culture of acc...