Your Brain and Business The Neuroscience of Great Leaders,9780137064441

Your Brain and Business The Neuroscience of Great Leaders

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780137064441
ISBN10: 0137064446
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2011-02-21
Publisher(s): FT Press
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Summary

InYour Brain and Business,Harvard psychiatrist Srinivasan S. Pillay reveals how the latest research in neuroscience can help you lead, communicate, and collaborate more effectivelyhellip; drive change more successfullyhellip; move more rapidly from idea to executionhellip; coach colleagues or clients to unprecedented success! Your brain is your #1 asset: Optimize it to win!

Author Biography

Srinivasan S. Pillay, M.D., is a certified master executive coach, brain-imaging researcher, and Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at  Harvard Medical School. He is also the Founder, CEO, and President of NeuroBusiness Group--an executive coaching company with coaches trained in the application of brain science to profitability and personal satisfaction in the business environment. Dr. Pillay has taught these methods with very high acclaim to executives from many companies, including but not limited to some of the world's best consulting companies, The World Bank, The MITRE Corporation, Genzyme, Novartis, Arab Banks of North America, CEO Clubs of Greece and  Boston , Coca Cola, PepsiCo, and Microchip. He has worked with coaches in a teaching or collaborative capacity from The Forum Corporation, Mobius Executive Leadership, and Triad Consulting. In addition, he has been invited to present his work in Boston, New York, Los Angeles, London, Switzerland, Greece, and Singapore, and his most recent presentations have been to executives from Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. Dr. Pillay is also the author of Life Unlocked: 7 Revolutionary Lessons to Overcome Fear (Rodale, August 2010), and he also writes for The Huffington Post and Psychology Today.

 

He is extensively sought out as a speaker and by the media. Select media appearances related to his business experience include The Financial Times in Greece, Epoca Magazine in Brazil, Forbes Magazine, The Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Investors Business Daily, Atlanta Journal Constitution, and the Sarasota Herald Tribune. Aside from his work on applying brain science to improving business performance, Dr. Pillay is also regarded as an international expert in burnout, stress, and anxiety, having been the Director of the Outpatient Anxiety Disorders Program at Mclean Hospital, consistently ranked the top freestanding psychiatric hospital in the  United States  for the past 20 years. Dr. Pillay lives in Newton, MA, and works out of  Cambridge, MA .

Table of Contents

Relevance of Neuroscience to the Business Environmentp. 1
What Is ôBrain Scienceö?p. 3
The Development of Brain Sciencep. 4
How Does Brain Science Relate to the Personal, Managerial, and Organizational Problems That Coaches Face?p. 5
How Does the Application of Brain Science Help Coaches Deal with Their Clients More Effectively?p. 5
More Examples of How Brain Science Concepts Enhance Coaching When Dealing with Problems and Traps That Leaders Facep. 9
A Map of Where the Book Is Going and What the Coach Will Take Away from Itp. 20
Conclusionp. 21
Referencesp. 22
How Does Positive Thinking Affect the Business Brain?p. 25
The Contextp. 260
The Impact of Negative Emotions on the Brainp. 27
The Conceptsp. 28
Concept 1p. 28
Concept 2p. 30
Concept 3p. 31
Concept 4p. 31
Concept 5p. 32
Summary of the Concepts as They Are Relevant to Coaches, Managers, and Leadersp. 33
The Impact of Negative Thinking on the Brainp. 35
Concept 1p. 36
Concept 2p. 37
Concept 3p. 39
Concept 4p. 39
Why Should Leaders Be Optimistic?p. 40
The Concepts and Their Applications to Coaches, Managers, and Leadersp. 41
Concept 1p. 41
Concept 2p. 42
Why Positive Emotions Matterp. 46
The Psychology of Mindfulnessp. 48
The Psychology of Compassionp. 51
Conclusionp. 54
Referencesp. 55
The Neuroscience of Social Intelligence: Guiding Leaders and Managers to Effective Relationshipsp. 59
The Neuroscience of Empathy in Businessp. 61
Concept 1p. 62
Concept 2p. 63
Concept 3p. 63
Beyond Empathy: The Neuroscience of Perspective-Taking in Businessp. 65
Concept 1p. 65
Concept 2p. 66
The Neuroscience of Fairnessp. 67
Concept 1p. 68
Concept 2p. 68
Concept 3p. 68
Concept 4p. 69
Concept 5p. 69
The Neuroscience of Trustp. 71
Concept 1p. 73
Concept 2p. 73
Concept 3p. 73
Concept 4p. 74
Summary of Conceptsp. 75
The Neuroscience of Vicarious Rewardp. 76
The Neuroscience of Community and Citizenshipp. 77
The Neuroscience of Persuasionp. 79
Concept 1p. 79
Concept 2p. 79
The Neuroscience of Attachmentp. 80
Concept 1p. 80
Concept 2p. 81
Concept 3p. 81
Concept 4p. 81
Concept 5p. 81
Conclusionp. 84
Referencesp. 85
Of Innovation, Intuition, and Impostors: Intangible Vulnerabilities in the Brains of Great Leadersp. 91
The Neuroscience of Innovationp. 92
The Neuroscience of Intuitionp. 98
The Neuroscience of Body Language and Its Application to Thoughtp. 101
The Neuroscience of the ôImpostor Syndromeöp. 104
The Neuroscience of Mirrored Self-Misidentificationp. 105
The Neuroscience of the Summit Syndromep. 107
The Neuroscience of Resiliencep. 109
The Neuroscience of Expert Performancep. 111
The Neuroscience of Advice-Givingp. 113
Conclusionp. 115
Referencesp. 115
The Challenge Prior to Change: How Brain Science Can Bring Managers and Leaders from Idea to Action Orientationp. 121
Why Is Change Such a Challenge in the Human Brain?p. 122
Competing Forcesp. 122
Biased Choice Valuep. 126
Conditioningp. 128
What Is Happening in the Brain When Conditioning Occurs?p. 130
The Entrapment of Contextp. 132
Motivated Reasoningp. 134
The Fundamental Concepts in Change: A Working Modelp. 137
The Neuroscience of Commitmentp. 139
Imagery vs. Observationp. 142
Action-Oriented Questionsp. 144
Noise Reductionp. 147
Stimulate Short-Term Memoryp. 148
Address the Emotional Elements Affecting the DLPFCp. 149
Conclusionp. 151
Referencesp. 151
From Action Orientation to Change: How Brain Science Can Bring Managers and Leaders from Action Orientation to Actionp. 155
Organizational Context for Changep. 156
Model of die Relevance of Brain Science to Understanding Changep. 157
Relationship of the Neuron to Brain Changep. 158
Evidence that Brain Change Is Possible in Adulthoodp. 158
Task Switching and the Brain: Relevance to Changep. 160
Memory and the Brain: Relevance to Changep. 165
Ironic Process Theoryp. 167
Action and the Brain: Relevance to Changep. 170
Emotions and the Brain: Relevance to Changep. 175
Conclusionp. 179
Referencesp. 179
Coaching Brain Regionsp. 183
Review of Brain Regions and Their Basic Functionsp. 185
The Thinking Brainp. 185
The Feeling Brainp. 187
The Brain's Reward Systemp. 188
The Brain's Action Systemp. 189
The Insulap. 190
Summaryp. 191
Regional Brain Interventions: Targeting Mechanisms for Coachesp. 193
Thinking Brainp. 193
The Feeling Brainp. 204
The Reward Brain (Ventral Striatum)p. 209
The Action Brain (Motor and Premotor Cortex)p. 210
The Insulap. 211
Conclusionp. 214
Referencesp. 215
Coaching Brain Processesp. 217
An Approach to Mirror Neuron Interventionsp. 218
An Approach to Cognitive Perspective Takingp. 223
An Approach to Increasing Innovationp. 227
An Approach to Working with the Impostor Syndromep. 230
An Approach to Managing Emotionsp. 233
DLPFC (Short-Term Memory) Interventionp. 234
MPFC (Accountant) Interventionp. 234
ACC (Attention Monitor) Intervention: SAFE-Framep. 235
Corpus Callosum (Brain-Bridge) Interventionp. 236
Motor (Action) Interventionp. 236
Reward (Basal Ganglia) Interventionp. 237
Amygdala Interventionp. 237
An Approach to Managing Cognitive Flexibilityp. 238
An Approach to Managing Breach of Trustp. 241
ACC Interventionp. 242
Amygdala Interventionp. 243
Ventral Striatum, VTA, and Septal Nuclei Interventionp. 243
vmPFC Interventionp. 244
An Approach to Managing Ambiguityp. 244
Alternative Brain Probing (ABP): Brain-Based Insights into Alternative Strategies to Use When Encountering Resistancep. 249
Conclusionp. 250
Referencesp. 251
Indexp. 255
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