Have you ever tried to lead your team, only to be met with disappointing results?

The problem might not be your leadership skills but rather the different ways your entrepreneurial brain operates in comparison to your team. In this insightful episode of the KeyHire Small Business Podcast, host Corey Harlock welcomes Marina Morgan, founder of the Morgan Group, to discuss the neuroscience behind entrepreneurial thinking and its impact on small business leadership growth and workplace culture.

The Core Problem: Neurological Disconnects in Communication

The central challenge for entrepreneurs is a biological disconnect when communicating with teams. Entrepreneurs possess unique neurological traits, with more neural pathways between their brain's reward and planning regions, enabling them to perceive possibilities that remain invisible to others.

Marina explains, "The first and most important, in my opinion, is the entrepreneur's sensitivity to the dopamine system. Your experience, the wave of dopamine, your pleasure, your enjoyment that you can feel when you achieve some results, is much higher than the average population." This fundamental difference affects how entrepreneurs communicate with their teams and sets expectations that may seem obvious to founders but not to employees.

Common Leadership Mistakes Made by Entrepreneurial Minds

1. Expecting the same level of motivation: Entrepreneurs experience a higher dopamine rush from achievement than the average person. This neurological difference leads them to anticipate the same enthusiasm from team members who do not receive the same chemical reward for their accomplishments.

2. Speed of thought and decision-making: Entrepreneurial brains typically process information at an accelerated rate. This can create frustration when leaders fail to recognize that team members require more time to visualize paths forward.

3. Misalignment between expressed values and actual leadership behavior: When organizational values don't match leadership behavior, team members receive mixed signals. This can erode trust, a critical factor in creating a positive workplace culture.

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