Over the years, I have learned that leadership programs need to be more than just theoretical and conceptual, or else desired behavior changes don’t last. If you want sustainable change, you need to include thinking about neuroscience, and consider how the brain operates. Then create programs that allow people to be as engaged and successful as possible.
In his article Neuroleadership –Making Change Happen, Tobias Kiefer from Booz & Company emphasizes the need to synchronize neuroscience with leadership behaviors, in what is called “neuroleadership”. Brain research tells us to get to the physical and emotional level and reinforce new behaviors in ways that allow them to become second nature to individuals.
That’s why leadership development must incorporate two pieces: brain-friendly training (taking the brain into account) and experiential training (action based, with scenarios and exercises that allow you to have a real-time experience behaving in a different way).
When you embark on your next leader development program, consider how neuroleadership can help you achieve more effective learning and sustainable change.
