What do you get when you bring the world’s top business thinkers and neuroscientists working together? An exciting new field of study called NeuroLeadership, a term coined by David Rock in 2006. This week I attended an event for Women in Organizational Development where, Jennifer McCusker presented on this topic. Like myself, my peers were astounded at some of the findings, many of which challenged conventional thinking about things like paying attention and reading emotions in others.\n\nNeuroLeadership is an emerging field of study focused on bringing neuroscientific knowledge into the areas of leadership development, management training, change management, education, consulting and coaching.\n\nThe NeuroLeadership movement is intended to help individuals and organisations of all types fulfill their potential through better understanding how the human brain functions at individual, team and systemic levels.\nThe Four Domains of NeuroLeadership\n\nThere are four domains of focus that appear to be emerging as the central organizing principles for the NeuroLeadership field:\n
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- Decision making and problem solving
- Staying cool under pressure
- Collaborating with others
- Facilitating change
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\nTheir findings confirm that our brains are not hard wired for multi-tasking or paying attention for a significant amount of time. I can not begin to do this new field justice as I need to further educate myself further. So to find out more go to their website http://www.neuroleadership.org/. The implications may change the way we relate and interact in business and in life in ways we would have never dreamed.
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