Lauren shares how clear boundaries serve as vital leadership infrastructure, helping regulate teams, reduce anxiety, and prevent burnout. She explains how predictable limits build psychological safety and support creativity and sustainable performance, while unclear boundaries lead to over-availability, resentment, and exhaustion.

She also offers practical guidance on system-level boundaries like response times, recovery periods, escalation protocols, and shared agreements, encouraging leaders to start by tightening just one boundary to support long-term sustainability for both themselves and their organizations.

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Resources: 

Clockwork by Mike Michalowicz
Gino Wickman

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• Why Traditional Employee Wellness Programs Fail (And What Works Instead)
• Survive Mode: Recognizing When Your Organization is in Crisis
• What are the Five Ives?

Podcast:

• Clarity as a Safety Cue
• When Leaders Become the Stressor
• Episode 2: Authority Without Fear
• Episode 1: What Stress Does to Decision Making
• The Pause Between Now and Next
• Leading From a Regulated Core
• Designing Rhythms that Regulate
• When Culture Dysregulates
• Growth & Feedback Without Fear
• Onboarding as Co-Regulation
• Policy as a Nervous System
• Why Women in Leadership Micromanage
• The Regulated Organization: What it Means to be a Regulated Organization

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