Speaker 1: Helping leaders motivate their people to a higher level of
Speaker 1: performance through strong human relations, team building, and goal achieving.
Speaker 1: This is the seven Minute Leadership Podcast with your host
Speaker 1: Paul Fellovledo. Hello everyone, and welcome to the Seven Minute
Speaker 1: Leadership Podcast. It's episode four forty five and today we're
Speaker 1: going to explore a topic that might not be talked
Speaker 1: about enough. The science behind leadership. Leadership isn't just art,
Speaker 1: instinct or charisma. It's also rooted in psychology, neuroscience, and
Speaker 1: behavioral science. And the leaders who understand this gain and
Speaker 1: edge because they can make decisions not just on gut feelings,
Speaker 1: but on proven, tested, inmeasurable principles. And there's a misconception
Speaker 1: about leadership too. Many leaders treat leadership like its magic,
Speaker 1: a mysterious skill that either you have or you don't.
Speaker 1: But the truth is leadership follows patterns. People respond to
Speaker 1: certain behaviors, certain communication styles, in certain decision making approaches
Speaker 1: because their brains are wired to When you understand why
Speaker 1: people follow, why they resist, and why they change, you
Speaker 1: stop guessing and start leading with purpose. This is the
Speaker 1: science of leadership, using evidence based principles to guide how
Speaker 1: you influence inspire and manage people. Next, we have to
Speaker 1: talk about the psychology of influence. Psychology tells us people
Speaker 1: are influenced through trust, consistency, and perceived competence. That's not
Speaker 1: motivational fluff, that's peer reviewed research. Trust. If people believe
Speaker 1: you have integrity and you're transparent, they will give you
Speaker 1: room to life leaed them. Consistency. Our brains are wired
Speaker 1: to prefer predictability. Leaders who say one thing and do
Speaker 1: another cost stress in their teams. And last is perceived competence,
Speaker 1: even if you're not the smartest in the room. Showing
Speaker 1: that you know your role and can solve problems builds authority.
Speaker 1: Understanding these three pillars makes your leadership more predictable in
Speaker 1: a good way. People will know exactly how you operate
Speaker 1: and that stability is gold. Next is neuroscience and decision making.
Speaker 1: The brain is and how do I want to say? This?
Speaker 1: Constantly processing whether something is a threat or a reward.
Speaker 1: This is called the SCARF model from neuroscience, and it
Speaker 1: stands for status, certainty, autonomy, relatedness, and fairness. When leaders
Speaker 1: unintentionally threaten any of those areas, like removing autonomy or
Speaker 1: creating uncertainty, they trigger a stress response in their teams,
Speaker 1: performance drops, creativity drops, and engagement drops on the flip side,
Speaker 1: When you protect and promote these five areas, you're creating
Speaker 1: a high performance environment where people feel safe to think big,
Speaker 1: share ideas, and solve problems. And then there's behavioral science
Speaker 1: and motivation. Behavioral science tells us people are more likely
Speaker 1: to engage in behaviors when they can see progress, they
Speaker 1: know the purpose behind their work, and they feel recognized
Speaker 1: and valued. That's why the best leaders set clear, achievable goals,
Speaker 1: connect those goals to the bigger mission, and take time
Speaker 1: to acknowledge wins. The reward pathway in the brain thrives
Speaker 1: on dopamine and dopamine spikes when people feel they're moving
Speaker 1: forward in that it matters. So why does all of
Speaker 1: this matter? If you ignore the science, you're playing leadership
Speaker 1: on hard mode. You'll make avoidable mistakes, you'll lose people
Speaker 1: you could have kept, and you'll wonder why your team
Speaker 1: isn't clicking when, in reality, the answer is buried in
Speaker 1: human psychology, neuroscience, and behavior. And when you do understand
Speaker 1: the science, you can anticipate resistance before it happens. Shape communication,
Speaker 1: so it's received, not just sent. Build trust and loyalty faster,
Speaker 1: and make better, faster decisions under pressure. Science doesn't make
Speaker 1: leadership robotic, it makes it reliable. So I know that
Speaker 1: one was pretty deep. But here's my challenge to you.
Speaker 1: Spend seven intentional minutes today learning one new piece of
Speaker 1: science about leadership. Read an article on decision fatigue, watch
Speaker 1: a video on the psychology of trust, look up the
Speaker 1: scarf model, and write down one way you can apply
Speaker 1: it this week. The point is the more you understand
Speaker 1: how people actually work, the more effective you'll be as
Speaker 1: a leader. Because leadership isn't magic. It's a blend of art, art,
Speaker 1: and science. And the leaders who understand all three aren't
Speaker 1: just good leaders, they're game changers. This has been the
Speaker 1: seven Minute Leadership Podcast, and I thank you for listening.
Speaker 1: For more Paul Fell of Alito Podcasts, visit paulfellowalito dot com.