The Leadership Brain for Dummies {BBS} torrent

Discover how to train your brain for leadership

Based upon the latest breakthroughs in neuroscience and advances in brain-based education, this friendly guide shows you how you can train your brain to successfully influence, lead, and transform any team or organization. You get practical, hands-on information for assessing your strengths and weaknesses as a leader, adopting a style of leadership that suits your mental and emotional characteristics, and leading your team to its fullest potential.

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Leadership is all in your head — get a handle on the science behind the brain to understand how it makes connections, how it changes, and the principles of the brain\'s need for learning and productivity
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Tapping into the brain of a leader — discover your unique intellectual strengths to help determine the style of leadership that\'s best for you and for the situation at hand
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Thinking your way to the top — become a leader who can harness emotions as well as facts to make the right decisions in the workplace
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Working with the brains you have — find out how to enable your current employees to excel, hire the best brain for a job, optimize working conditions, and make teams work under any conditions
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Training and developing brains — change your employees\' minds (and skill sets) through effective training and development

Open the book and find:

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Ways that leadership is linked to the brain
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What the brain needs for you to lead well
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How to assess your leadership style
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Understand and utilize the different types of intelligence
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How music, lighting, temperature, and naps affect productivity
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The differences between male and female brains
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Advice on building better business relationships
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The truth about ten persistent brain myths

Learn to:

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Assess your strengths and weaknesses as a leader
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Understand your brain and harness its power to lead
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Make meetings matter by using brain-compatible techniques
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Utilize brain science to train employees effectively

About the Author

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

* Paperback: 360 pages
* Publisher: For Dummies; 1 edition (January 26, 2010)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0470542624
* ISBN-13: 978-0470542620