Conscious and Trauma-Informed Leadership: An interview with Kelly L. Campbell

The Modern Therapist's Survival Guide with Curt Widhalm and Katie Vernoy

Conscious and Trauma-Informed Leadership: An interview with Kelly L. Campbell

Curt and Katie interview Kelly Campbell about her work with leaders. We explore the ways in which trauma can impact leaders, their teams, and their organizations. We also look at what trauma-informed leadership coaching can look like, including overarching goals for trauma-informed and high conscious leadership.

Transcripts for this episode will be available at mtsgpodcast.com!

In this podcast episode, we explore trauma-informed leadership

While writing her book, Kelly Campbell reached out to Curt and Katie to connect with a previous interviewee, Dr. Sidney Stone -Brown. We loved that she is talking about trauma-informed leadership, so we invited her to come on the podcast to talk with us about it.

What is trauma-informed leadership coaching?

· Recognizing that past traumas can impact how someone leads a group

· Identifying impacts of trauma on a client’s ability to perform the tasks of leadership

· Working to shift dynamics within leaders (and their teams) based on impacts of past trauma

What are the common impacts of trauma on leaders and their leadership skills?

· People-controlling behaviors (like micromanagement)

· People-pleasing behaviors (like not holding people accountable)

· Lack of trust

· Impostor Syndrome

· Attrition of employees

· Lower profitability (as a lagging indicator)

What is the goal for trauma-informed leadership?

· High conscious leaders

· Vulnerability and trust

· Healing the impacts of trauma on the workplace

· Refraining from people-controlling or people-pleasing behaviors

· Modeling a new way of being to shift the company culture

· Self-advocacy, clear boundaries, and improved communication

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