The Leadership Brain For Dummies^®

by Marilee B. Sprenger

• ISBN13: 9780470600047
• ISBN10: 0470600047
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2009-12-01
• Publisher: For Dummies

Summary

Discover how scientific knowledge of the brain can make you a better leaderBased upon the latest breakthroughs in neuroscience and advances in brain-based education, Leadership Brain For Dummies gives you the edge to influence, lead, and transform any team or organization.Drawing concrete connections between the growing scientific knowledge of the brain and leadership, this book gives you the skills to assess your strengths and weaknesses as a leader, adopt a style of leadership that suits your characteristics, determine the learning styles of individual employees, and conduct training sessions that can physically change brains. The author is an international educational neuroscience consultant and an adjunct professor, teaching brain-compatible strategies and memory courses. She is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, and the Learning and Brain Society Leadership Brain For Dummies provides practical, hands-on guidance for applying the information to make you a better leaderThe Leadership Brain For Dummies positions current and aspiring leaders to be at the very top of their leadership game.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Leadership Is All in Your Head

Connecting Brain Science to Leadership Principles

The Science behind the Brain

Discovering the Elements of Learning and Memory

Leaders Are Made, Not Born

Linking Leadership and the Brain

Tapping Into the Brain of a Leader

Becoming the Leader You Want to Be

Harnessing Multiple Intelligences

Assessing and Applying Your Emotional Intelligence

Thinking Your Way to the Top: Decision-Making

Working with the Brains You Have

Enabling Your Current Employees to Excel

Hiring the Best Brain for the Job

Optimizing Working Conditions

Understanding Male and Female Brains at Work

Making Teams Work

Overcoming the Digital Divide

Training and Developing Brains

No Train, No Gain: Understanding the Value of Training

Ensuring that Employees Are Fit to Be Trained

Holding Sticky Training Sessions

Changing Minds: Training by Redesigning Brains

Conducting Meetings That Matter

The Part of Tens

Debunking Ten Brain Myths

Ten Tips for Brain-Based Leadership

Ten Ways to Build a Better Brain

Index

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