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This episode explores stress management as a crucial leadership skill for SME leaders, featuring insights from Dr. Lauren Hodges on resilience and decision-making.

Stress management is one of the most important leadership skills for business owners, entrepreneurs, and SME leaders. In this episode, stress management, resilience, recovery, leadership performance, and stress resilience take centre stage as Brendan McGurgan is joined by human performance expert Dr. Lauren Hodges, author of Less Stress, More Calm. If you're leading a growing business, scaling a team, or feeling the pressure of constant decision-making, this conversation explores how stress management can become a competitive advantage instead of something that holds you back. Discover why stress isn't the enemy, why recovery is essential for growth, and how understanding your unique stress personality can transform your leadership. Lauren shares the science behind stress resilience, explains the eight stress personalities, and reveals practical ways leaders can build stronger habits, improve decision-making, and create sustainable business growth. Whether you're an SME founder, entrepreneur, executive, or business owner, these insights will help you lead yourself before leading others. In this episode: 00:00 Introduction 03:55 Why stress isn't the enemy 08:40 The growth formula…

People in this episode

Host: Brendan McGurgan

Guest: Dr. Lauren Hodges

Topics covered

• stress management
• leadership
• resilience
• business growth
• decision-making

Keywords

• stress management
• leadership performance
• stress resilience
• SME leaders
• decision-making
• recovery
• business growth

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Less Stress, More Calm

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