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Introduction. <p>Part I: Leadership Is All in Your Head.</p> <p>Chapter 1: Connecting Brain Science to Leadership Principles.</p> <p>Chapter 2: The Science behind the Brain.</p> <p>Chapter 3: Discovering the Elements of Learning and Memory.</p> <p>Chapter 4: Leaders Are Made, Not Born.</p> <p>Chapter 5: Linking Leadership and the Brain.</p> <p>Part II: Tapping Into the Brain of a Leader.</p> <p>Chapter 6: Becoming the Leader You Want to Be.</p> <p>Chapter 7: Harnessing Multiple Intelligences.</p> <p>Chapter 8: Assessing and Applying Your Emotional Intelligence.</p> <p>Chapter 9: Thinking Your Way to the Top: Decision-Making.</p> <p>Part III: Working with the Brains You Have.</p> <p>Chapter 10: Enabling Your Current Employees to Excel.</p> <p>Chapter 11: Hiring the Best Brain for the Job.</p> <p>Chapter 12: Optimizing Working Conditions.</p> <p>Chapter 13: Understanding Male and Female Brains at Work.</p> <p>Chapter 14: Making Teams Work.</p> <p>Chapter 15: Overcoming the Digital Divide.</p> <p>Part IV: Training and Developing Brains.</p> <p>Chapter 16: No Train, No Gain: Understanding the Value of Training.</p> <p>Chapter 17: Ensuring that Employees Are Fit to Be Trained.</p> <p>Chapter 18: Holding Sticky Training Sessions.</p> <p>Chapter 19: Changing Minds: Training by Redesigning Brains.</p> <p>Chapter 20: Conducting Meetings That Matter.</p> <p>Part V: The Part of Tens.</p> <p>Chapter 21: Debunking Ten Brain Myths.</p> <p>Chapter 22: Ten Tips for Brain-Based Leadership.</p> <p>Chapter 23: Ten Ways to Build a Better Brain.</p> <p>Index.</p>

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

<p>Discover how to train your brain for leadership</p> <p>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.</p> <ul> <li> <p>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</p> </li> <li> <p>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</p> </li> <li> <p>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</p> </li> <li> <p>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</p> </li> <li> <p>Training and developing brains — change your employees' minds (and skill sets) through effective training and development</p> </li> </ul> <p>Open the book and find:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Ways that leadership is linked to the brain</p> </li> <li> <p>What the brain needs for you to lead well</p> </li> <li> <p>How to assess your leadership style</p> </li> <li> <p>Understand and utilize the different types of intelligence</p> </li> <li> <p>How music, lighting, temperature, and naps affect productivity</p> </li> <li> <p>The differences between male and female brains</p> </li> <li> <p>Advice on building better business relationships</p> </li> <li> <p>The truth about ten persistent brain myths</p> </li> </ul> <p>Learn to:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Assess your strengths and weaknesses as a leader</p> </li> <li> <p>Understand your brain and harness its power to lead</p> </li> <li> <p>Make meetings matter by using brain-compatible techniques</p> </li> <li> <p>Utilize brain science to train employees effectively</p> </li> </ul>

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