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The 8th Habit Personal Workbook: Strategies to Take You from Effectiveness to Greatness By Stephen R. Covey
BOOK: "Stephen Covey has long been a sure-footed guide to those desiring to better themselves. The 8th Habit shows how to climb to the summit of fulfillment and achievement."
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How to Grow Leaders: The Seven Key Principles of Effective Leadership Development By John Eric Adair
BOOK: We are moving from management to business leadership. As the market for good leaders who can achieve results increases, so-called leadership development programs have proliferated...
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Managing with the Brain in Mind By David Rock
Naomi Eisenberger, a leading social neuroscience researcher at the
University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), wanted to understand what
goes on in the brain when people feel rejected by others. She designed an
experiment in which volunteers played a computer game called Cyberball
while having their brains scanned by a functional magnetic resonance
imaging (fMRI) machine. Cyberball hearkens back to the nastiness of the
school playground.
“People thought they were playing a ball-tossing game
over the Internet with two other people,” Eisenberger explains. “They could
see an avatar that represented themselves, and avatars [ostensibly] for two
other people. Then, about halfway through this game of catch among the
three of them, the subjects stopped receiving the ball and the two other
supposed players threw the ball only to each other.” Even after they learned
that no other human players were involved, the game players spoke of feeling
angry, snubbed, or judged, as if the other avatars excluded them because they
didn’t like something about them.
This reaction could be traced directly to the brain’s responses. “When people felt excluded,” says Eisenberger, “we saw activity in the dorsal portion of the anterior cingulate cortex — the neural region involved in the distressing component of pain, or what is sometimes referred to as the ‘suffering’ component of pain. Those people who felt the most rejected had the highest levels of activity in this region.” In other words, the feeling of being excluded provoked the same sort of reaction in the brain that physical pain might cause. (See Exhibit 1.)
Eisenberger’s fellow researcher Matthew Lieberman, also of UCLA, hypothesizes that human beings evolved this link between social connection and physical discomfort within the brain “because, to a mammal, being socially connected to caregivers is necessary for survival.” This study and many others now emerging have made one thing clear: The human brain is a social organ. Its physiological and neurological reactions are directly and profoundly shaped by social interaction. Indeed, as Lieberman puts it, “Most processes operating in the background when your brain is at rest are involved in thinking about other people and yourself.”
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How Brain Science Can Change Coaching By Ray B. Williams "Coaching has evolved into a much more sophisticated profession based on knowledge from many other disciplines. Now brain science research has potential for having the greatest impact on coaching individuals and leaders in organizations."
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A New Neuroscience of Leadership: Bringing Out More of the Best in People by Robert K. Cooper, Ph.D. We know that leaders at all levels of an organization need vision, strategic focus, and a bias toward action. But to shine in today's complex and changing world, leaders also need new insights and skills that upend conventional thinking about human potential, trust, energy, initiative and commitment.
“On Becoming a Leader” by Robert Gunn
Personal wake-up calls point to the kind of changes one must make on the somewhat mysterious quest to be a leader. free
“Leading from Within” by Robert Gunn
Understanding the role of thought enables leaders to attend to mood and improve team productivity. free
“Who's Leading Now?” Alicia M. Rodriguez
What does it take for an organization to develop leadership capabilities for the future? free
“Being Here” by Edward Teach
Making big changes in a business is always difficult. Can managers make it easier by mastering the art of “presence”? free
Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain: How a New Science Reveals Our Extraordinary Potential to Transform Ourselves
BOOK: A fascinating exploration of neuroplasticity and the ways your mind can change your brain.
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