Your Brain and Business: The Neuroscience of Great Leaders
“If you’re interested in the hot topic of how neuroscience can make you a better leader, this is the book to read. Pillay offers solidly researched, practical insights into the many ways brain science can be used on the job: to improve relationships, negotiations, change management, and more. I found the advice for coaches particularly enlightening. Leaders at all levels and in all types of organizations will find this book a tremendously helpful resource.”--Jocelyn R. Davis, EVP, Research and Development, The Forum Corporation, and coauthor ofStrategic Speed: Mobilize People, Accelerate Execution “Pillay has a unique ability to link the science of how our brains work to very practical implications for leadership. The implications and applications go far beyond the business world and provide insights for better managing relationships in all spheres of our lives from an ‘inside out’ perspective, giving us a scientific basis for the value of introspection.”--Subhanu Saxena, member, Global Pharmaceutical Executive Committee, Novartis Pharma AG “This is an extraordinarily practical tool for coaches, and those going through coaching assignments, to understand how the brain can play a role in how you work with people and create a context for meaningful and sustainable change. As we learn from Dr. Pillay’s book, leadership effectiveness is influenced by the functioning of the brain and the translation of intangibles such as trust, fairness, and openness in everyday interactions with people and organizations. Neuroscience has provided additional ‘tools’ to understand the scientific basis upon which great leaders build effective and high-performing teams and businesses.”--Paolo Gallo, Chief Learning Officer, International Multilateral What does neuroscience have to do with leadership? Everything.Recent advances in brain science and neuroimaging can dramatically improve the way leaders work with colleagues to drive successful change. As the brain is increasingly examined in the context of personal and organizational development, remarkable insights are being uncovered: insights that are leading to powerful new strategies for improving business execution. InYour Brain and Business, Harvard psychiatrist, brain-imaging researcher, and executive coach Srinivasan S. Pillay illuminates the rapidly emerging links between modern brain science and the corner office. He reveals powerful ways that neuroscientific insights can be used practically by today’s executives and presents new lessons for coaches who want to help their clients overcome common leadership problems. Discover how leaders and coaches worldwide are already applying this knowledge to dramatically improve personal performance--and learn how you can do it, too. How positive thinking impacts the business brainBuilding on “strengths-based” approaches that encourage the brain to learnGuiding leaders and managers to more effective relationshipsApplying the fascinating neuroscience of social intelligenceInnovation, intuition, and impostorsOvercoming the intangible vulnerabilities in the brains of great leadersTransforming the idea of change into executionClearing the pathways from thought to “action orientation” to real actionCoaching the executive brainSpecific interventions that target different brain regions and processes