Business Security Weekly (Audio) Unexamined Leadership Behaviors as CEOs and CISOs Balance Cybersecurity Investments - Hacia Atherton - BSW #433
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Feb 4, 2026 Hacia Atherton, a high-performance culture strategist and author of The Billion Dollar Blindspot, shares how culture, psychological safety, and emotional intelligence quietly shape decisions like cybersecurity investments. She discusses self-leadership, measuring cultural signals that predict profit, soliciting real feedback, handling high performers who harm culture, and aligning cyber risk with business goals.
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Call Timeouts To Reduce Pressure
- When teams face pressure, call a timeout to breathe, move, or reset before decisions degrade.
- Use brief practices like box breathing and gratitude to lower cortisol and restore performance.
Leadership Is Moment-Based, Not Title-Based
- Leadership is not the same as title-based management and should be tied to needed strengths.
- Assign leadership in moments to those with the right character strengths, not merely the highest title.
Delegate To Strengths And Build Safety
- Delegate based on people’s character strengths, not their job title, to shift energy and outcomes.
- Create brave spaces with psychological safety so people will challenge leaders and propose solutions.
