Category Archives: Neuroscience

The Management Model You Can’t Manage Without – Part 2

“Brain science’s transformation of management isn’t just about another new technique or model. It’s about shifting our paradigm to incorporate the hard data of science and fundamentally changing the way we think about business.”                                   Charles S. Jacobs, Management Rewired Neuroscience … Continue reading

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The Management Model You Can’t Manage Without – Part 1

In his book, Your Brain at Work, author David Rock gave organizational leaders an essential model for understanding human dynamics at work. Forget the “toolkit.”  This model is the foundation that holds everything affecting performance in place. Managers, leaders and … Continue reading

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Even 5 Minutes of Meditation Can Change the Way You Work

  How about 5 minutes a day of rest in 2012? 10 minutes of peace? 15 minutes of renewal? 20 minutes of rejuvenation? You can have it all.  Meditation can change the way you work – and change your life … Continue reading

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The Ultimate Diet for a New Year – The 7 Day Mental Cleanse

    It’s diet season, right? Put down that muffin and pick up that kale. There’s no shortage of articles, ads and advice on shedding those extra pounds.  Even if you don’t achieve your weight goals (and I wish you … Continue reading

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Do You Want Red, White or Pink Wine? Talking Emotional Literacy

   “The publication of Daniel Goleman’s Emotional Intelligence in 1995, marked a turning point in popular culture. Finally, emotions were deemed critical to human intelligence. Ironically, the book presents a model of emotional intelligence that is founded in the subordination of emotions … Continue reading

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The Bullies Among Us

 In every nook and cranny of the workplace – private, public and non-profit – bullies are dominating their co-workers, often with the tacit and explicit approval of management. I feel compelled to write something about these toxic behaviors that are … Continue reading

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Listening to Empathy: A Response to NYT David Brook’s Limits of Empathy

 “The existentialists have constantly reminded us that what is worth understanding and knowing is our existence, the human condition, and that engagement and involvement are superior to a detached stance. Our mirror neurons show that we are not alone, but … Continue reading

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Collaboration: The Essential Emotions

  Successful collaboration is built on a high level of emotional literacy. Without the capacity to generate and sustain certain feelings, our ability to collaborate authentically with others isn’t possible. By the time we reach adulthood, our emotional repertoire has … Continue reading

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Be Here NOW – Getting Off Auto-Pilot

  What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow: Our life is the creation of our mind.” ~ BUDDHA While the Buddha may have said that over 2,500 years … Continue reading

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