The SCARF Model

The People Leaders Podcast

When we are young, we learn things like manners, social cues and social values and incorporate them into our daily actions to the point that we don’t even think about them. How useful would it be to have a collaboration and influencing framework, a tool to improve your social awareness to the point that advanced leadership skills become second nature to you? Today we’re going to explore one such model, the SCARF® model.The SCARF Model was developed by David Rock in 2008 and is described as a brain based model, as it leverages detailed neuroscience research.Episode HighlightsSCARF centres around three core themes or ideas. Our rough translation of those themes is...The 5 domains of human social experience in the SCARF ModelStatus - In a nutshell, the Status domain means that we are constantly evaluating our own importance relative to others.Certainty - As you’d expect, the social dimension of certainty is about being able to predict the future, or at least to have a sense of assurance about what the future holds. In some cases, certainty can give us pleasure, but more often than lot, it’s a lack of certainty that brings us pain.Autonomy - In simple terms, the more choices you can give people, then the higher their level or feeling of autonomy is likely to be. More autonomy is pleasurable, less autonomy is painful.Relatedness essentially equates to a sense of belonging and safety. Are you friend or foe? Do I feel a part of this group or not? Ultimately, do I feel safe or do I feel threatened?Fairness - In the workplace, this boils down to the concept of having fair exchange between people, having the same set of rules and expectations of each other.How do you apply the SCARF model?Useful [e-mail] Leaders Website - https://peopleleaders.com.au/People Leaders on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/people-leaders-pty-ltd/?trk=cws-cpw-coname-0-0Jan Terkelsen on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/janterkelsen/Michelle Terkelsen on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-terkelsen-creating-high-performing-teams-a992744/People Leaders Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/PeopleLeaders/People Leaders Twitter - https://twitter.com/PeopleLeadersPeople Leaders Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/people.leadersSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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