A Brain-Based Approach to Leadership

A unique new series of free telecalls.

Leaders today face unprecedented levels of complexity in managing conflicting pressures from key stakeholders, employees, shareholders and the markets within which they do business. The demands placed upon them are tremendous.  How can leaders respond effectively in a world turned upside down?

Leaders who have an understanding of the brain and how it works, their own and others, can make better decisions, solve more problems more efficiently and effectively, collaborate better with others, be more effective at driving change and ultimately stay cool under pressure.

These four 60 minute telecall events explore some of the surprises emerging from neuroscience about the brain and what these insights mean for people who need to master the challenges of leadership and navigate their organisations forward in these turbulent times.

Please note: Teleseminar dial in details will be sent to those who register 3 days prior to the event taking place.

Teleseminar 1: Solving tough problems – Innovative thinking for creative solutions

Thursday 27th August, 2009

Times:
Sydney: 1.00pm - 2.00pm
Auckland: 3.00pm - 4.00pm
Singapore: 11am - 12.00pm

What can we learn from neuroscience about our thinking at work?  Would it be useful to know how better to use our brains when we have tough problems to solve in the workplace?

This 60 minute teleseminar will take you on a fascinating journey to find out:

• Why thinking has limits
• How to maximize limited thinking resources
• When you need to stop thinking
• How to bring an insight when you need one
  
  
  

About the Presenter: Maryanne Perry

Maryanne is a Business, Team & Personal Coach, Professional Trainer, Facilitator and Keynote Speaker with an extensive background in education, training and development. Maryanne worked in Education for 25 years and for the last eight years has run her own successful coaching business. Maryanne was awarded ‘Coach of the Year 2008’ and ‘Trainer of the Year 2008’. As a Corporate Associate for Results Coaching Systems, Maryanne has developed internal coaching programs for both medium to large sized organisations, training with senior managers and executives.

Teleseminar 2: Staying Cool Under Pressure

Thursday 10th September, 2009

Times:
Sydney: 1.00pm - 2.00pm
Auckland: 3.00pm - 4.00pm
Singapore: 11am - 12.00pm

Many individuals and organisations are today encountering unique pressures that they may have never before encountered in their lifetime.

In this 60-minute telecall you will discover how best to help yourself and those around you understand how unconscious and instinctive reactions to challenging scenarios can reduce our ability to make rational and sensible choices.

More importantly, you will learn about the practical, in the moment steps you can take to stay cool under pressure and achieve the outcomes you want.

About the Presenter: David Rock, Chief Executive Officer Results Coaching Systems

David Rock is one of the thought leaders in the global coaching profession. He is the founder of Results Coaching Systems, which is helping organisations such as Ericsson, EDS and American Express build coaching cultures. He is the author of three books, recently 'Quiet Leadership' and the forthcoming 'Coaching with the Brain in Mind' and 'The Brain at Work'.

He is on faculty at CIMBA, an international business school in Europe, and a guest lecturer at Oxford University in the UK. David is also the founder of the NeuroLeadership Institute a global initiative bringing neuroscientists and leadership experts together to build a new science for leadership development.

Teleseminar 3: How to Collaborate and Influence Successfully in these Turbulent Times

Thursday 24th September, 2009

Times:
Sydney: 1.00pm - 2.00pm
Auckland: 3.00pm - 4.00pm
Singapore: 11am - 12.00pm

Creating and sustaining employee engagement during periods of challenge and uncertainty is tough. Yet a highly engaged workforce is essential to successfully navigating today’s rapidly changing business environment.

In this 60-minute telecall you will:

• Discover how to help yourself and those around you understand how the current financial crisis may be triggering instinctive and counterproductive reaction
• Learn how these instinctive reactions can dramatically reduce personal and work effectiveness.  
• Use what we have discovered from neuroscience to counteract the impact of change and uncertainty on workforce engagement and productivity
• Take away the innovative and practical SCARF model that can be used to enhance collaboration and influence during these turbulent times. 
  
  

About the Presenter – Ruth Donde

Ruth Donde is the Regional Manager for Workplace Initiatives for RCS Australia & New Zealand along with being a Results Coaching Systems global consultant. Ruth has worked on several workplace coaching projects, including project and account management, consulting, design and delivery. Ruth has written several papers on the subject and presented at many conferences Internationally on workplace coaching and our brain based approach. In 2008, Ruth was awarded “RCS Associate of the Year".

Teleseminar 4: The Only Constant in Our Lives is Change! Heraclites (c.535BC-475BC)

Thursday 8th October, 2009

Times:
Sydney: 1.00pm - 2.00pm
Auckland: 3.00pm - 4.00pm
Singapore: 11am - 12.00pm

Change. The very sound of the word can create anxiety and discomfort, sometimes even fear. New research about our brains is now revealing exactly why change is so hard - and what we can do to harness it for insight, creativity, and performance, in the workplace and beyond.

As the prevalence of change has grown, so have tools to help manage it, including coaching. Coaching has emerged as one of many effective tools for supporting individual change and to drive wide scale organizational change.

Learn some of the key principles of driving change in this 60 minute telecall. 

About the Presenter: Josephine Thomson

Josephine Thomson is one of Australia’s top coaches and holds the Master Certified Coach Credential from the International Coach Federation.

Josephine's extraordinary talent in helping people reach their true innate potential and to find passion and meaning in what they do has seen her phenomenal rise to the top of her field.   

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