The Steadfast Leader: Control Anxiety, Make Confident Decisions, and Focus Your Team Using the New Science of Leadership

CHAPTER 3

Recruiting and Retaining Your Staff

Now that we’ve explored the application of the Polyvagal Theory in various leadership styles, we’ll turn our focus to the recruitment and selection processes and the underlying biases that prevent leaders from recruiting the right workers. Consequently, we’ll explain how a balance of rational and nonrational decision-making can be achieved considering the three states outlined by the Polyvagal Theory: (1) socialization, (2) mobilization, and (3) immobilization. After a brief visit from Oliver Green, we’ll look at the main factors that should be considered when selecting candidates. Then, we’ll clarify how leaders can create organizational cultures that contain less drama, stress, and trauma. It’s ...