Nervous System Health for Teams: The Manager’s Checklist
A Practical Guide to Prevent Burnout and Unlock Resilient Performance
Your team doesn’t just need your direction. They need your regulation.
The world’s most conscious leaders don’t just manage tasks—they manage energy. Teams take their cues from your nervous system. When you’re grounded, they stay steady. When you’re stressed, they absorb it.
Download this checklist to get the tools you need to spot stress early, reinforce resilience, and create the conditions for sustainable high performance.
Lead with Regulation, Protect Your Team’s Energy, Unlock Sustainable Results
Effective leaders don’t wait for burnout to metastasize. They spot the early signs of stress, stay attuned to their teams, and lead from clarity—not reactivity.
This checklist gives you the warning signs to watch for, the green lights to reinforce, and the resets to keep your team resilient.
What’s Inside the Manager’s Checklist
Indicators of Nervous System Health: The signals that show your team is thriving, connected, and sustainable.
Warning Signs of Stress & Burnout: How to recognize when your team is slipping into survival mode.
A Leader’s Self-Check: A quick reflection to ensure you’re grounded before guiding others.
When to Step In: Clear guidance on reinforcing habits, intervening early, or shifting systems when stress runs deep.
Who It’s For
This tool is for managers, HR leaders, and people-first organizations who want to:
Catch burnout early instead of scrambling after the damage is done;
Build resilient teams that can sustain performance without running on fumes;
Create cultures rooted in trust, connection, and balance rather than urgency and extraction; and
Lead with awareness, not autopilot, protecting both people and performance.
Why It Matters
When teams are regulated, they’re not just healthier—they’re more effective. Nervous system health directly impacts:
Focus & Creativity: Less distraction, more innovation.
Collaboration & Trust: Stronger teamwork and shared problem-solving.
Burnout & Retention: Lower turnover and higher engagement.
Sustainable Performance: Energy that lasts, not constant fire-fighting.
Backed by Research, Rooted in Leadership Practice
Our work is grounded in neuroscience, systems thinking, and decades of real-world leadership:
Polyvagal Theory – the missing link between stress, safety, and performance.
Adult Development Theory – helping leaders evolve beyond reactive management.
Trauma-Informed Leadership Practices – building cultures of safety and resilience.
Systems Thinking – recognizing burnout as a structural issue, not just an individual problem.
Your people are your organization’s most valuable resource—protect them.
Download the Nervous System Health Checklist for Teams today.
Burnout won’t resolve itself—but you can interrupt the cycle before it’s too late.