Your Brain at Work

This podcast is taken from our regular webinar series, Your Brain at Work Live. You can find the video version at this link: https://hub.neuroleadership.com/ybaw-s8-e8 The NeuroLeadership institute offers powerful enterprise solutions for organizations, including TEAM: The Neuroscience of Psychological Safety. If you're interested in learning more about psychological safety, or embedding the habit...

Over a decade ago, we wondered: how can we scale what we've learned about coaching, continuous improvement and the science of motivation for the enterprise context? That question led us to introduce the Growth Mindset thinking framework to large-scale organizations. Now, we aid millions in practicing shared everyday habits that turn challenges into opportunities and problems into progress. In this...

In this week's episode, we'll explore the deeper neuroscience of empathy and the role it plays in making organizations run effectively. Our special guest is the author of the recent national book release, How Jack Welch Gutted the Heartland and Crushed the Soul of Corporate America – and How to Undo His Legacy. In this discussion, we will dive into how a generation of leaders may have lost their e...

You've identified a need for change, have defined your key habits to build that change, and deployed a great change program. Now, what? Join us to learn more about making change stick and the essentials of sustainment. In this episode, we'll discuss what sustainment is, how to scale your sustainment efforts, and examine how clients have used sustainment to manage change over time.

On June 19th, 1865 enslaved African-Americans in Galveston, Texas were told they were free. A century and a half later, people in cities and towns across the US continue to celebrate the occasion. But what does it really mean for us today in Corporate America? In this episode, our panelists of esteemed guests offered three Juneteenth takeaways for African-Americans and Corporate America today.

As companies navigate the complex world of hybrid work, our research shows that cultivating a sense of autonomy and fairness across your organization can significantly improve employee commitment and performance. But while it can be easy to understand this in theory, in practice, many leaders find it difficult to adjust to new management habits. In the next installment of our growth mindset series...

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Jyoti Mehra (CHRO, Gilead Sciences) joins Frank Gonzales (Deputy Director - ODEO NASA) to discuss key factors to consider in mulling a return, as well as the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.

The past four years haven't just changed where and how we work; we've also seen significant change in how we're thinking about diversity, equity and inclusion. Increasingly, leaders and teams expect workplace cultures where every contributor can speak up, thrive and feel they truly belong. In this episode, Dr. David Rock is joined by Janet M. Stovall, our newly-minted Global Head of Diversity, Equ...

Strange but true: google the SCARF model and you find more links online than Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. NLI co-founder David Rock walks through how the model was developed, what it does, why it is so sticky, and what’s next for this impactful framework.

When driving organizational change, it’s key to consider approaches that will resonate widely and stick with people for the long term. Fluency, amount, coherence and time (F.A.C.T.) are the critical drivers of sustained and inclusive growth. In this episode, NLI’s experts share perspectives on building organizations from first-hand experience, while answering questions to highlight best practices...

In this special episode, recorded on Earth day 2022, we explore regenerative mindsets with Jaime Cloud (of the Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education) and learn actionable ways to make sustainability habitual.

In this episode, experts from across our organization assembled to illustrate how organizations can execute impactful culture change at speed and scale.

"If you have a brain, you have bias." That phrase is more than a tagline for the NeuroLeadership Institute's model for overcoming bias at scale. It's also a far-reaching truth with profound implications about who we are and how we navigate the world. In this episode of Your Brain at Work Live, Dr. David Rock (Co-Founder and CEO, NLI) joins Evynn McFalls (VP Marketing, NLI) to reveal the origins of...

In this episode, we’re joined by two special guests: Gwen Young (COO, The Women Business Collaborative) and you—by way of the perspectives you shared in our community surveys! We sat down with Shelby Wilburn (Community Manager and Host, NLI) and Joy VerPlanck, DET (Senior Insights Strategist, NeuroLeadership Institute) to surface intersectional insights about gender equity around the world. The pa...

As the weather is getting warmer and COVID-19 cases are low in the US, many leaders are itching to get people back into the office. But should they? In this episode, we'll share the latest data and insights on the remote, hybrid, or in-office situation. If your organization is on the path to going hybrid or back to the office full-time, watch as we follow the science on how to do it well. Could th...

Over the past few years, we've learned that downtime is a necessity for avoiding burnout. But there are several factors that make prioritizing our downtime difficult. Key areas that don’t get enough focus are deeply held unconscious biases about gender, race, and identity that affect us all. In this episode, we look at how these biases and expectations impact our ability to get the rest we need. W...

Rapid #change at scale is absolutely possible. Sara Bowen, VP of Global #DEI at Boeing, knows this first hand. #Boeing set out to create a culture in which every employee feels safe to speak up and believes that their voice matters. Two years of hard work culminated in "Seek, Speak, and Listen" Boeing’s new behavior change model that their CHRO recently characterized as the most significant cultur...

In this Season 7 Premiere episode, Dr. David Rock and John Edwards recap some of the landmark insights that came out of the 2022 NeuroLeadership Summit in February. These insights include: - How to shift from depletive to a regenerative style of managing people - Why empathy is no longer a nice-to-have but a business imperative - Why to be an ally you have to have an aversion to inequity - How rap...

Microsoft has undergone a massive culture transformation in recent years with “growth mindset” being the driving force behind every major decision and change they’ve made. The goal for senior leadership from the outset was to evolve from a culture of “know-it-alls” to a culture of “learn-it-alls.” They sought to enrich how they engaged their 181,000 employees around the world and encourage continu...

Calls for empathetic leadership are on the rise in organizations. A new survey connects lack of empathy to the reason 54% of people recently quit their jobs. Empathy is a nuanced and often misunderstood term. When actually, compassion is what teams need. Compassion is when one's desire to help becomes an impactful response. It's the difference between telling someone you care and actually showing...

When people work together as a team, there are several “group dynamics” that determine how well they’re able to synergize, make decisions, and get things done. The factors that determine whether a team has a positive (or poor) group dynamic include power, relationships, status, fairness, the ability to put the interests of the group ahead of one's own, and more. How does your organization go throu...

As offices continue to open up, a study, recently conducted by Future Forum, found that only 3% of Black professionals want to return to the office full-time. Looking deeper, this statistic is a reflection of the depth and breadth of microaggressions that occur in the workplace and the psychological harm Black professionals experience. Which brings larger questions of this impact to light. What ra...

With the backdrop of an ongoing pandemic, monthly resignations hitting all-time highs, and mounting reports of job burnout – nearly everyone is feeling the pressure right now. Some organizations may react to this moment by "bearing down" and pushing people harder. However, this is a major driver of the problem in the first place. Human cognitive capacity- at both the individual and organizational...