All the Brains in the Business (eBook)

The Engendered Brain in the 21st Century Organisation

Kate Lanz, Paul Brown (Autoren)

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2019 | 1st ed. 2020
XXI, 144 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-22153-9 (ISBN)

Infos

The power of gender difference, not gender equality, is a secret source for success. Some smart businesses are starting to wake up to this fact. This book explores why and how.

Properly valuing brain gender diversity in the workplace is one of the biggest and largely untapped sources of competitive advantage for modern businesses. Recent advances in neuroscience provide the key to unlocking it. 

Modern research shows that there are gender-based differences in the brain - it's just not as simple as a binary between a 'male brain' and 'female brain'. In fact, our brains are like a mosaic where many of the tiles are available in thousands of shades on a spectrum between pink and blue. The problem is that our workplaces tend to be governed by structures, processes and cultures that are practically pure blue. All the brains in the business that are elsewhere on the spectrum cannot thrive as they might, so sources of productivity, creativity and agility go untapped. 

Anyone who manages people needs to understand how the brain works and the impact it has on how people work together as teams. Anyone who wants to unlock the talent and productivity of all of their people needs to understand how recent findings around male- and female-type brains should shape the way they manage. 

Leading applied neuroscientists and international corporate coaches Kate Lanz and Paul Brown show you why and how to access all the brains in your business.

Kate Lanz is Founder and CEO of Mindbridge, an executive coaching and business performance consultancy specialising in applied neuroscience. Before consulting and coaching she held senior international roles in business, notably with Diageo, where at the time, she was the only female and the youngest International General Manager. Kate's fascination with accessing individual motivation at work led to her second degree, a BSc in psychology, before she went on to an MBA and now her ongoing doctoral research into brain gender difference in business. She has a wide variety of clients, from hedge funds to multinationals in Singapore, Beijing, South and Central America, the USA, the Middle East, Europe and the UK and is senior Coaching Faculty at INSEAD. She is also an accredited coach supervisor.

Dr. Paul Brown is a consulting clinical and organisational psychologist, executive coach and supervisor. He was Chairman of the Association for Professional and Executive Coaching and Supervision, APECS; has been Visiting Professor in Organisational Neuroscience at London South Bank University and in Individual and Organisational Psychology at Nottingham Law School; started the first MSc in Organisational Neuroscience; and is now Professor of Organisational Neuroscience, Monarch Business School, Switzerland. He is an External Adviser to the International Energy Research Centre, the Tyndall Institute, University of Cork, Ireland and is the Association for Coaching's Global Ambassador for Applied Neuroscience. He consults and teaches widely, especially in Southeast Asia.

Inhalt

Preface 6
Acknowledgements 11
About This Book 12
Contents 16
List of Figures 20
1 Brain Sex and Biological Sex 21
The Case for Creating Optimal Brain Conditions 21
The Sex of Your Brain 22
Brain and Biological Sex—Key Differences Between the Male and Female Brain 23
Structural Differences Between the Male and Female Brain 23
Blood Flow and Connectivity Differences Between the Male and Female Brain 24
Hormones 26
A Look at the Impact of Nature on the Developing Brain 27
The Brain in Utero 27
The First Two Years of the Developing Brain—The Beginnings of the Impact of Nurture on Nature 28
Puberty and Brain Development 29
Social Context and Its Influence on Brain Development 30
Getting to Know the Sex of Your Brain 31
Summary: Why Waste Brain Power at Work? 33
References 34
2 Conditions for Optimal Brain Function 36
The Strong Case for Biology as the Basis of Behaviour 36
A Story to Start a Metaphor May Help 37
A Newtonian Moment in Time 38
Brains Emerging into Being Observable Organs 41
Two New Brain-Related Sciences to Take on Board 43
Why We Are Each Unique 45
References 47
3 Survive, Thrive and Flow 48
The Search for Identity as the Basis of What the Differences Are 50
And Now It Gets Emotional 52
References 56
4 Brain Sex-Based Attention and Communication 57
Attention ? Attention ? 57
Tuning in to Faces and Feelings 58
Staying Connected and Seeking Approval 59
Emotional Tones 60
Gut Feelings 61
Mirroring 62
Language—Spoken and Unspoken 62
Empathy—The Magic of Intuition 64
Attention and Communication in the Workplace 64
Case Study—The Deal 64
Summary 66
References 67
5 Power, Politics and Pressure 69
Hierarchy and the Male Brain 69
Competition—The Neurobiology 70
Collaboration—The Neurobiology 71
Case Study—Financial Services Recruitment 72
Matching Behaviours Mistaken for Low Confidence 73
Office Politics—Workplace Culture and the Dominant in Group 74
The Positive Impact of Office Politics 75
Case Study—Going the Extra Mile Behind the Scenes 76
The Neurochemical Double Bind 77
Summary—The Testosterone Conundrum 78
References 79
6 Problem Solvers and Solution Seekers—The Difference Between Intra-compared with Inter-hemispheric Connectivity 81
The Problem-Solving Male Brain 83
The Collaborative Female Brain 84
Going Out for Dinner or Staying at Home! 85
A Woolly Mammoth in the Workplace? 85
Valuing the Difference 86
Powerful Discrimination—A New Concept for Accessing the Best of the Brains in the Business 86
What Underpins the Value in Powerful Discrimination? 87
Woolly Mammoths Are Easy to Spot—A Case Study 88
Accessing the Best of Both Sex Brains—The Gendersmart Solution Spectrum™ 91
Summary 93
References 94
7 The Beginnings of a New Motivational Theory, from the Engendered Brain 95
8 The Business Case for Valuing Brain Sex Difference 103
Embracing Gender Diversity at Work—The Numbers Stack Up 103
Glaciers Do Move—But Slowly 105
Creating Faster Flow—Powerful Discrimination 106
The Fine Line—Alpha Positive Meets Alpha Negative 107
Top Talent: Finding It, Keeping It—The Biggest Kicker Yet the Biggest Challenge 109
Triggering Survive Is Bad for Business! 110
Which Brain Types Are Not Optimising Thrive? 111
Innovation and Agility—The Polymath Brain for the Future 112
Case Study—A Global Institute 112
Summary 113
References 114
9 How to Ignite All the Brains in the Business 115
All the Brains at Work 115
Trust 115
The RICH™ Communication Model 117
R for Recognition 118
Example—RICHTM Communication Model in Action 119
I for Intention 119
Example—RICHTM Communication Model in Action 120
Challenge Plus Solution Generation 120
Example—RICHTM Communication Model in Action 121
H for Hope 121
Example—RICHTM Communication Model in Action 121
In a Nutshell 122
When to Use the RICHTM Communication Model 122
Meetings and the Brain 123
The 4Cs Meetings Model™ 123
C for Connect 124
Case Study 124
For Example: A 4Cs Connect Technique 124
C for Compassion 125
C for Curiosity 126
C for Control 126
Case Study 127
Summary 128
References 129
10 Exhaustion, Energy and Excellence—The Male/Female Differences 130
The 3 Es 130
Synthetic or Authentic? 132
The Burn-Out Risk Comes About This Way 133
References 135
11 Creating the Mind of the Organisation 136
The Courage to Go On 136
There Are n Interlinking Answers, and Some Are Here 138
But We Don’t Really Know What ‘an Organisation’ Is 141
References 143
12 The New Organisational Paradigm 144
Getting Towards the Kind of Organisation Fit for Women and Men Together 144
At Last, a Working Model of the Mind 145
Real Life Mindlessness at Work 147
The Sustainable Organisation of the Twenty-First Century 149
And What Would the Capacity of the Leader Be Like? 150
When Algorithms Take Over from People 151
In Conclusion—All the Brains in the Business 153
Reference 153
Further Reading 154
Index 155

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 2.11.2019
• Reihe/Serie: The Neuroscience of Business
• Reihe/Serie: The Neuroscience of Business
• Zusatzinfo: XXI, 144 p. 13 illus., 9 illus. in color.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Politik / Gesellschaft
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Personalwesen
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
• Schlagworte: brain sex • Decision Making • Diversity • female brain • Gendered brain • gender in the workplace • Leadership • Male brain • Management • Mosaic brain • neuroscience and gender • Triune Brain
• ISBN-10: 3-030-22153-9 / 3030221539
• ISBN-13: 978-3-030-22153-9 / 9783030221539