Agenda

09:00 – 9:15: Welcome, introduction and aspirations 

The field of Neuroscience will be introduced plus an overview of the day. The 10 main challenges that leaders face today will give an idea of how leaders can benefit from understanding and applying Neuroscience of Leadership.

9:15 - 10:30:  THINK

Participants will get an understanding of key anatomy of the brain structures related to decision-making and between thinking and emotion structures. We cover the “threat-reward” response and why change is hard and creates threat, as well as how to maximise our creative and cognitive problem-solving to solve everyday challenges.

We will also cover:

• When do we have insights?

• Emotions and your thinking

• Multi-tasking

• Strategic Thinking

10:30-10:50: Morning tea - 20 minutes

10:50am - 12:30pm: REGULATE

Regulate and Renew: self-management, emotion regulation and our ability to handle stress are key skills for successful leaders. Strategies to regulate emotions and help others do this are an important part of creating the right leadership environment for effective development conversations. 

Participants will learn to recognise the brain’s emotional triggers, response to stress and build resilience. They will learn strategies to regulate emotions, build a mindful approach to meetings, conversations and decisions at all levels and further build on their emotional intelligence. They will get an understanding how they can manage "ambiguity and uncertainty and deal with setbacks and unexpected twists and turns associated with modern life and work!

This will include:

• Breathe, Label, Re-appraise

• Mindfullness and brain-breaks

12:30pm -13:15pm : Lunch – 45 minutes

13:15pm -15:30pm: ENGAGE & ADAPT

Participants will gain an understanding of what it takes to engage others, how emotion contagion impacts engagement and how to influence individuals & teams to change and improve performance levels. Communication and stakeholder management become more effective using the learned neuroscience theory and examples. 

We will also introduce the neuroscience-based A.C.C.E.S.S. ™ Social Motivators Model as a tool to use to help leadership in all areas – down, up and across.  The ACCESS model is based on empirical Neuroscience research and summarizes the themes of 'minimizing threat, and ‘maximizing reward'.

We will also cover how to lead teams effectively through change, support new performance habits and adapt to changes more easily by utilising the brains ability for “neuroplasticity”. Recognising the resistance to change and the key strategies that support change (neuroplasticity)

15:30pm - 15:50pm: - Afternoon tea - 20 minutes

15:30pm – 16.45pm: DEVELOP 

Leaders and Directors will understand the way to develop others and help others through change through a brain-based coaching approach, effective questioning, support, effective regular feedback technique,

insight generation as well as growth- mindset; the keys to the brain’s ability to learn and perform at higher levels

This will include:

• growth vs. fixed mindset

• coaching conversations for managers

• ask/tell model

• grow/wise model

• smart and safe questions

16:45 Closing