Today we will revisit the Emotional Brain to explore how our perceptions fit in.
Recall the Emotional Brain you were introduced to in the last session.
In this Session we are going to start with a focus on unpacking a small but key part of the Emotional Brain, the Amygdala.
The Emotional Brain is our meaning centre, it also happens to be located in the centre of our brain. This is the part of the brain that processes meaning. This actually is the part of the brain that will trigger the Survival Brain and fight flight responses that we learnt about in the previous session. This is because the Emotional Brain assigns meaning to what we are experiencing.
If we have established
that we are safe, the next hurdle for us to pass through is whether what we
are presented with has meaning to us in a way that is going to motivate the behaviours and actions that we would like to see; such as the behaviours we would like to see from our team members. The meaning we assign to situations, directly impacts our motivations or lack of. Meaning is closely related to our beliefs, which will be unpacked a whole lot more in later sessions.
The Emotional Brain assesses the meaning of
things and social situations – it basically filters 'what is the meaning to
me’.
REFLECTION
The Emotional Brain at Work
When your people are not meaningfully engaged you might see...
When your people are meaningfully engaged you might see...
Note down some BEHAVIOURS you have observed that may have been governed by the Emotional Brain.
Now note down some possible THOUGHTS & FEELS that might have led do these behaviours.