Importantly, our body’s stress response does not distinguish between types of threat; if it senses a reason to react, it will. As University of Queensland research fellow and founder of BioPsychAnalytics Consulting Jemma King, Ph.D., puts it, “Our evolutionary ancestors only missed sleep for good reasons, like to hunt or if they were being hunted. We still house the same stress responses and neural architecture in our modern skulls today.
Els van Der Helm, Ph.D., a sleep neuroscientist and author of a forthcoming book on sleep and performance for busy professionals, adds: “The combination of the ‘IQ’ and ‘EQ’ functions both deteriorating makes it even more tricky for leaders. It’s not just that you are having trouble weighing the pros and cons of a situation; it’s also harder to manage your own emotions and your interactions with others at the same time.
significantly lower levels of psychological safety in their teams on days when the leader had a high level of sleep debtThe team members did not have any way of knowing how well their boss slept the prior night, so what explains this correlation? “Humans are very good at subconsciously detecting the stress status of their team or clan members,” notes King. “Stress is highly contagious. If people detect cortisol, they become more vigilant, less open, and more reactive.
by supporting our body’s natural circadian rhythm. This helps us get more efficiently into the restorative REM and deep sleep states.Create an ideal sleep environment with a cold , dark, and quiet bedroom. Avoid screens as much as possible in the evening. Avoid high intensity exercise in the four hours before bedtime. Dr. King recommends, “be super disciplined about what you let into your brain and your eyes at night.
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