Your Brain and Business The Neuroscience of Great Leaders
, by Pillay, Srinivasan S., M.D.- ISBN: 9780137064441 | 0137064446
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 2/21/2011
Srinivasan S. Pillay, M.D., is a certified master executive coach, brain-imaging researcher, and Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at
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
Relevance of Neuroscience to the Business Environment | p. 1 |
What Is ôBrain Scienceö? | p. 3 |
The Development of Brain Science | p. 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 Face | p. 9 |
A Map of Where the Book Is Going and What the Coach Will Take Away from It | p. 20 |
Conclusion | p. 21 |
References | p. 22 |
How Does Positive Thinking Affect the Business Brain? | p. 25 |
The Context | p. 260 |
The Impact of Negative Emotions on the Brain | p. 27 |
The Concepts | p. 28 |
Concept 1 | p. 28 |
Concept 2 | p. 30 |
Concept 3 | p. 31 |
Concept 4 | p. 31 |
Concept 5 | p. 32 |
Summary of the Concepts as They Are Relevant to Coaches, Managers, and Leaders | p. 33 |
The Impact of Negative Thinking on the Brain | p. 35 |
Concept 1 | p. 36 |
Concept 2 | p. 37 |
Concept 3 | p. 39 |
Concept 4 | p. 39 |
Why Should Leaders Be Optimistic? | p. 40 |
The Concepts and Their Applications to Coaches, Managers, and Leaders | p. 41 |
Concept 1 | p. 41 |
Concept 2 | p. 42 |
Why Positive Emotions Matter | p. 46 |
The Psychology of Mindfulness | p. 48 |
The Psychology of Compassion | p. 51 |
Conclusion | p. 54 |
References | p. 55 |
The Neuroscience of Social Intelligence: Guiding Leaders and Managers to Effective Relationships | p. 59 |
The Neuroscience of Empathy in Business | p. 61 |
Concept 1 | p. 62 |
Concept 2 | p. 63 |
Concept 3 | p. 63 |
Beyond Empathy: The Neuroscience of Perspective-Taking in Business | p. 65 |
Concept 1 | p. 65 |
Concept 2 | p. 66 |
The Neuroscience of Fairness | p. 67 |
Concept 1 | p. 68 |
Concept 2 | p. 68 |
Concept 3 | p. 68 |
Concept 4 | p. 69 |
Concept 5 | p. 69 |
The Neuroscience of Trust | p. 71 |
Concept 1 | p. 73 |
Concept 2 | p. 73 |
Concept 3 | p. 73 |
Concept 4 | p. 74 |
Summary of Concepts | p. 75 |
The Neuroscience of Vicarious Reward | p. 76 |
The Neuroscience of Community and Citizenship | p. 77 |
The Neuroscience of Persuasion | p. 79 |
Concept 1 | p. 79 |
Concept 2 | p. 79 |
The Neuroscience of Attachment | p. 80 |
Concept 1 | p. 80 |
Concept 2 | p. 81 |
Concept 3 | p. 81 |
Concept 4 | p. 81 |
Concept 5 | p. 81 |
Conclusion | p. 84 |
References | p. 85 |
Of Innovation, Intuition, and Impostors: Intangible Vulnerabilities in the Brains of Great Leaders | p. 91 |
The Neuroscience of Innovation | p. 92 |
The Neuroscience of Intuition | p. 98 |
The Neuroscience of Body Language and Its Application to Thought | p. 101 |
The Neuroscience of the ôImpostor Syndromeö | p. 104 |
The Neuroscience of Mirrored Self-Misidentification | p. 105 |
The Neuroscience of the Summit Syndrome | p. 107 |
The Neuroscience of Resilience | p. 109 |
The Neuroscience of Expert Performance | p. 111 |
The Neuroscience of Advice-Giving | p. 113 |
Conclusion | p. 115 |
References | p. 115 |
The Challenge Prior to Change: How Brain Science Can Bring Managers and Leaders from Idea to Action Orientation | p. 121 |
Why Is Change Such a Challenge in the Human Brain? | p. 122 |
Competing Forces | p. 122 |
Biased Choice Value | p. 126 |
Conditioning | p. 128 |
What Is Happening in the Brain When Conditioning Occurs? | p. 130 |
The Entrapment of Context | p. 132 |
Motivated Reasoning | p. 134 |
The Fundamental Concepts in Change: A Working Model | p. 137 |
The Neuroscience of Commitment | p. 139 |
Imagery vs. Observation | p. 142 |
Action-Oriented Questions | p. 144 |
Noise Reduction | p. 147 |
Stimulate Short-Term Memory | p. 148 |
Address the Emotional Elements Affecting the DLPFC | p. 149 |
Conclusion | p. 151 |
References | p. 151 |
From Action Orientation to Change: How Brain Science Can Bring Managers and Leaders from Action Orientation to Action | p. 155 |
Organizational Context for Change | p. 156 |
Model of die Relevance of Brain Science to Understanding Change | p. 157 |
Relationship of the Neuron to Brain Change | p. 158 |
Evidence that Brain Change Is Possible in Adulthood | p. 158 |
Task Switching and the Brain: Relevance to Change | p. 160 |
Memory and the Brain: Relevance to Change | p. 165 |
Ironic Process Theory | p. 167 |
Action and the Brain: Relevance to Change | p. 170 |
Emotions and the Brain: Relevance to Change | p. 175 |
Conclusion | p. 179 |
References | p. 179 |
Coaching Brain Regions | p. 183 |
Review of Brain Regions and Their Basic Functions | p. 185 |
The Thinking Brain | p. 185 |
The Feeling Brain | p. 187 |
The Brain's Reward System | p. 188 |
The Brain's Action System | p. 189 |
The Insula | p. 190 |
Summary | p. 191 |
Regional Brain Interventions: Targeting Mechanisms for Coaches | p. 193 |
Thinking Brain | p. 193 |
The Feeling Brain | p. 204 |
The Reward Brain (Ventral Striatum) | p. 209 |
The Action Brain (Motor and Premotor Cortex) | p. 210 |
The Insula | p. 211 |
Conclusion | p. 214 |
References | p. 215 |
Coaching Brain Processes | p. 217 |
An Approach to Mirror Neuron Interventions | p. 218 |
An Approach to Cognitive Perspective Taking | p. 223 |
An Approach to Increasing Innovation | p. 227 |
An Approach to Working with the Impostor Syndrome | p. 230 |
An Approach to Managing Emotions | p. 233 |
DLPFC (Short-Term Memory) Intervention | p. 234 |
MPFC (Accountant) Intervention | p. 234 |
ACC (Attention Monitor) Intervention: SAFE-Frame | p. 235 |
Corpus Callosum (Brain-Bridge) Intervention | p. 236 |
Motor (Action) Intervention | p. 236 |
Reward (Basal Ganglia) Intervention | p. 237 |
Amygdala Intervention | p. 237 |
An Approach to Managing Cognitive Flexibility | p. 238 |
An Approach to Managing Breach of Trust | p. 241 |
ACC Intervention | p. 242 |
Amygdala Intervention | p. 243 |
Ventral Striatum, VTA, and Septal Nuclei Intervention | p. 243 |
vmPFC Intervention | p. 244 |
An Approach to Managing Ambiguity | p. 244 |
Alternative Brain Probing (ABP): Brain-Based Insights into Alternative Strategies to Use When Encountering Resistance | p. 249 |
Conclusion | p. 250 |
References | p. 251 |
Index | p. 255 |
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