Leadership Today - Practical Tips For Leaders
Business:Management
Summary
This week we explore research into why sleep matters so much for our emotional state, and tips for better sleep.
Transcript
Welcome to episode 170 of the Leadership Today podcast where each week we bring research to life in your leadership. This week we explore research into why sleep matters so much for our emotional state, and tips for better sleep.
We all know that sleep matters for our general health and wellbeing. Getting 7 to 8 hours of high quality sleep a night makes a big difference in our ability to concentrate, be resilient, and relate well with others. REM sleep, characterised by rapid eye movements and dreaming, is thought to be particularly beneficial for memory consolidation and emotional processing. Recent research suggests that REM sleep assists with the consolidation of positive emotions associated with safety, while suppressing the influence of negative emotions associated with danger. It’s thought this process helps people to maintain a healthy balance in their focus on safety and danger. A lack of REM sleep can tip this balance too much toward a focus on danger, and a range of anxiety-related disorders can result. Having an appropriate emotional balance will help greatly in the daily stresses of leadership.
Given sleep is so important, how do we make sure we’re getting enough? Here are seven tips:
Getting enough sleep is an important element of effective leadership. The better you rest and restore, the better prepared you are to lead others. Have a great week.
Reference
Mattia Aime, Niccolò Calcini, Micaela Borsa, Tiago Campelo, Thomas Rusterholz, Andrea Sattin, Tommaso Fellin, Antoine Adamantidis. Paradoxical somatodendritic decoupling supports cortical plasticity during REM sleep. Science, 2022; 376 (6594): 724
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Episode 162 - Cross-Cultural Leadership
Episode 161 - Letting Go and Moving On
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Episode 159 - Delegating for Development
Episode 158 - Connecting - Collaboration and Support
Episode 157 - Developing - Building Capability and Capacity
Episode 156 - Inspiring - Aligning Motivation
Episode 155 - Reflecting - Where it All Begins
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