EMOT007 - Bridge Analytic and Empathetic Thinking: Apply Neuroscience for Better Leadership
How to use your brain to be both efficient and ethical
Great leaders use their whole brain but, in the same way great athletes use their body, effort is focused where it is needed while other parts remain at ease. In this program, you’ll learn the art and science of seamlessly transitioning between the two poles of thought represented by analytic and empathic thinking–and you’ll understand how to avoid getting stuck in a single line of thought–or having a limp in your thinking– as average leaders so often do.
While you may already be familiar with some useful concepts from neuroscience, such as the amygdala hijack, you will expand your repertoire through this workshop, gaining a comprehensive palette of brain-based concepts and the ability to see the role the brain plays in a variety of workplace problems, from people pleasing and disorganization to bureaucratic creep, alienation, and ethical lapses. Through experiential exercises, you will unlock lessons from neuroscience and enhance your ability to socially engage and motivate others, avoid cognitive biases, stay on task, and maintain ethical awareness.
Topics
- Mental breath: Engaging more of your brain to be effective
- Limping mind: Identifying problems arising from overusing one way of thinking
- Common hurdles: Overcoming the paradox of threat, empathic burden, and bureaucratic thinking
- Creative tension: Leveraging strengths and avoiding pitfalls of each way of thinking
Learning Outcomes
After attending this program, you will be able to:
- Select the right type of thinking to maximize leadership effectiveness.
- Engage others to create motivation and remove blocks.
- Know when an empathetic pause is needed to clear the emotional air, then...
- Spring into analytic action to create focus, clarity, and determination.
Who Should Attend
Leaders at all levels who need to balance competing demands, including:
- Transitioning from a technical individual contributor role
- Building empathetic skills without losing focused excellence
- Seeking more orderly direction for creativity and empathy
Corporate Executive Education Packages
Package Pricing: 1 class day per participantApplies Towards the Following Certificates
- Emotionally Intelligent Leader Certificate : Electives