Neuroscience for Leaders

Practical Insights to Successfully Lead People and Organizations

Nikolaos Dimitriadis, Alexandros Psychogios

• Publisher: Kogan Page
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN:
  9781789662146
• Edition: 2
• eBook ISBN:
  9781789662153
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Leadership
• Index: Business

Unlock your potential with the latest neuroscientific insights and succeed as a leader in complex business environments.

As understanding of neuroscience increases, it is better understood how scientific insights can be applied to develop and enhance leadership. Neuroscience for Leaders captures the most up-to-date and important findings in neuroscience and links these to the business world. This guide offers a simple framework to put these principles into practice to make better decisions, take the right actions and find faster solutions.

Now in its second edition, this book presents a comprehensive approach to leading people and organizations based on academic research. The authors' 'Brain Adaptive Leadership' approach offers a step-by-step guide to enhancing the way leaders think, understanding and nurturing emotions, shaping automated brain responses and developing dynamic relationships. Examples, activities and practical suggestions are all designed to be clear and engaging. Neuroscience for Leaders is the essential guide for leaders who are ready to gain the business advantage scientifically.

Index

3D+3L approach, perceiving own emotions 126–28

Aaron, AP 126

ABC (authority/barometer/consistency), creating organizational values 32

abstract conceptual thinking

decision making without motivation to act 186–87

evolution 231–32

self-control 31

Achor, Simon 164

Ackerman, JM 207

action, feedback loops 277, 278

active listening 139

active/passive engagement in enquiry 66–67

adaptability, in a complex and unpredictable world 7–8

adaptive leadership style 10

adaptive unconscious 187–88

admiration, persuasion 271

adrenaline 35–36

adults, theory of mind compared to children 234–35

affect, Russell’s circumplex model of 134

affects/affective neuroscience see emotions

affordable loss, versus return on investment 105

aggression/aggressiveness

amygdala 70, 274

corporate culture 62–63

emotional combinations 157, 160

questioning 66

agreeableness, personality testing 159

AI see artificial intelligence

alert response, dealing with negative emotions 152

alpha waves 86–87

altruism 82, 226

Amaya, KA 202

American Psychological Association (APA) 45, 162

amygdala 6, 70–71

hijacking of executive brain functions 70, 71, 123

interconnectedness of brain sections 44

negative emotions and avoidance motivation 119

quieted when risk is low 104

role in arousal system 134

role in social behaviour 250–51

slow recovery from adversity 121

stimulated by feeling trapped or frightened 274

suppressing social intuition 123

theory of mind 233

trust regulation 250

analytical thinking see neocortex; rational and analytical thinking; thinking (Pillar 1)

anger

amygdala reactions 71, 250

anxious mood effects 131

as basic emotion 149–50, 151, 159

belonging to approach and avoidance systems 120

dealing with negative emotions 71, 152

emotion combinations 157, 160

opposite of fear 156

anguish 149

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Table of contents

• Praise for This New Edition
• Neuroscience for Leaders
• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Acknowledgements
• About the authors
• Introduction
• Thinking
• 01 Powerful brain, powerful leader
• 02 Clear mind, strong direction
• 03 Higher performance, more followers
• Emotions
• 04 More emotion, better decisions
• 05 Right emotion, right action
• Brain automations
• 06 Gut reaction, faster solution
• Relations
• 07 More connected, more successful
• 08 Brain communication, better persuasion
• Concluding remarks
• ue Epilogue
• Index
• Copyright Page