All Leadership is Change Leadership
Continuous and disruptive change is the new norm. Change is a constant in our lives and every role in the new world of work. Today, all leadership is change leadership.
So much change!
More responsibilities!
More expectations and relationships to manage!
So many challenges!
So much to do!
So much more to learn!
Everything, urgent and important!
And that doesn’t even include the changes in your personal life.
Do you sometimes feel overwhelmed by the amount of change coming at you?
Are you sometimes stuck in a runaway stress reaction?
Are you distracted by intense feelings and emotionally charged reactions to change (your own and other people’s)?
Even when change is strategically sound, well planned, and carefully implemented it can disrupt the workplace and destabilize people. Even the changes we choose can be hard.
Well, the truth is our brains really don’t like change. Our brains are not designed for this new world of work.
The latest neuroscience research shows us that the human brain is really good at:
Seeing threats and rewards (both are important but seeing threats is more important)
Motivating us to react quickly to perceived threats
Predicting what is going to happen to us based on past experience (our default is what worked in the past)
Conserving energy (oxygen and glucose) operating on autopilot, using shortcuts (our habitual patterns) whenever possible… thinking only when it has to (preferring the default ways of thinking, feeling and behaving)
And our brains are not so good at:
Taking the time to think through complex challenges
Updating beliefs when new information emerges
Collaborating with people who think differently than we do
Performing at our best under pressure
Change
However, to be successful personally and professionally we need to continuously learn, adapt and change. In fact, we believe the key to organizational change is personal change.
The good news… It is possible to strengthen change readiness and change ability.
Just Imagine…
_Imagine__having the flexibility and capability to face and embrace all kinds of change_
Imagine feeing successful and resilient in the face of daunting responsibilities and life’s inevitable challenges
_Imagine__breaking through old barriers to change (fear, fatigue and self doubt)_
_Imagine__having the strategies to stay calm, focused and effective even in difficult and emotionally charged situations_
Imagine having the confidence, courage and competence to find your own way through difficult changes and the capacity to help others along the path
The key to being this change ready, change “able” and resilient in this world of unrelenting and continuous change is not rocket science. It’s brain science.
Powerful insights from neuroscience offer a new lens for understanding why change is hard, how people change and how to stay resilient, brilliant and high performing in a high change environment.
These exciting discoveries and techniques and tools based on rock solid science can help leaders be their best, do their best and achieve more, with less stress in the new world of work. You can literally rewire your brain for greater well-being, resiliency and success.
Discover this Brain Savvy Advantage and transform the way you lead and succeed in the new world of work.
