Every leader walks into a meeting with more than their experience, credentials, or strategy. They walk in with a nervous system. Long before someone speaks in a budget meeting, pushes back in a negotiation, or reacts to critical feedback, an internal pattern is already running in the background; one that was built long before their first job. This pattern comes from attachment psychology. Originally developed by John Bowlby, attachment theory explains how early relationships

You've just wrapped an all-hands meeting. You kept it real, shared the challenges ahead, and used phrases you thought would energize the...