What if your ability to lead under pressure has less to do with having all the answers and more to do with how your nervous system responds? In this episode, Christina sits down with Alan McLaren to explore the connection between leadership, emotional intelligence, and nervous system regulation. They unpack what really happens when we’re under pressure and how becoming more self-aware can change the way we communicate, build trust, and lead others. Alan shares practical insights on how leaders can reprogram their responses to high-pressure situations, create stronger human connections, and move beyond simply managing people to truly understanding them. If you’re a leader, entrepreneur, or high achiever who wants to perform at a high level without losing connection, trust, or yourself in the process, this conversation is one you’ll want to hear.
What if your ability to lead under pressure has less to do with having all the answers and more to do with how your nervous system responds?
In this episode, Christina sits down with Alan McLaren to explore the connection between leadership, emotional intelligence, and nervous system regulation. They unpack what really happens when we’re under pressure and how becoming more self-aware can change the way we communicate, build trust, and lead others.
Alan shares practical insights on how leaders can reprogram their responses to high-pressure situations, create stronger human connections, and move beyond simply managing people to truly understanding them.
If you’re a leader, entrepreneur, or high achiever who wants to perform at a high level without losing connection, trust, or yourself in the process, this conversation is one you’ll want to hear.
About Alan McLaren
Alan McLaren is Co-Founder of STRATA where he works with CEOs and senior executives on their Leadership Signal: how they are experienced in the rooms that carry consequences.
His work focuses on what happens when pressure changes how a leader lands and why important decisions can stall even when the strategy is sound. By helping leaders surface and calibrate the patterns that show up under pressure, Alan helps them build trust faster, create stronger alignment and move consequential decisions forward with less friction.
Alan is a five-time CEO and former International Chair of YPO. He has worked with more than 600 CEOs across 18 countries.
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