The Leadership Brain For Dummies (eBook)

Marilee B. Sprenger (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2009 | 1. Auflage
360 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-0-470-60004-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Discover how scientific knowledge of the brain can make you a
better leader

Based 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
leader

The Leadership Brain For Dummies positions current and
aspiring leaders to be at the very top of their leadership
game.

Autor

Marilee Sprenger is an international educational neuroscience consultant and an adjunct professor at Aurora University, where she teaches brain-compatible strategies and memory courses.

Inhalt

Introduction.

Part I: Leadership Is All in Your Head.

Chapter 1: Connecting Brain Science to Leadership
Principles.

Chapter 2: The Science behind the Brain.

Chapter 3: Discovering the Elements of Learning and Memory.

Chapter 4: Leaders Are Made, Not Born.

Chapter 5: Linking Leadership and the Brain.

Part II: Tapping Into the Brain of a Leader.

Chapter 6: Becoming the Leader You Want to Be.

Chapter 7: Harnessing Multiple Intelligences.

Chapter 8: Assessing and Applying Your Emotional
Intelligence.

Chapter 9: Thinking Your Way to the Top: Decision-Making.

Part III: Working with the Brains You Have.

Chapter 10: Enabling Your Current Employees to Excel.

Chapter 11: Hiring the Best Brain for the Job.

Chapter 12: Optimizing Working Conditions.

Chapter 13: Understanding Male and Female Brains at Work.

Chapter 14: Making Teams Work.

Chapter 15: Overcoming the Digital Divide.

Part IV: Training and Developing Brains.

Chapter 16: No Train, No Gain: Understanding the Value of
Training.

Chapter 17: Ensuring that Employees Are Fit to Be Trained.

Chapter 18: Holding Sticky Training Sessions.

Chapter 19: Changing Minds: Training by Redesigning Brains.

Chapter 20: Conducting Meetings That Matter.

Part V: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 21: Debunking Ten Brain Myths.

Chapter 22: Ten Tips for Brain-Based Leadership.

Chapter 23: Ten Ways to Build a Better Brain.

Index.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.12.2009
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft ► Wirtschaft
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
• Schlagworte: Business & Management • Führung • Führung • Management f. Führungskräfte • Management f. Führungskräfte • Management / Leadership • Wirtschaft u. Management
• ISBN-10: 0-470-60004-7 / 0470600047
• ISBN-13: 978-0-470-60004-7 / 9780470600047