One year ago this month, NeuroLeadership Institute, many organizations, and the vast majority of state governments declared #Juneteenth, the day that commemorates the emancipation of slavery in the United States, a paid holiday. On June 16, 2021 (the day of this posting), President Biden is expected to sign a bill from Congress into law declaring it a federal holiday.
In this special edition of #YourBrainAtWork LIVE, an esteemed panel discuss Juneteenth from a historical perspective, how it resonates and moves communities today, and where the conversation is going in the future. What meaningful ways can companies, leaders, and society-at-large deploy efforts and resources to create a more just, diverse, and equitable future?
Panel:
Dr. Lila Ammons (Associate Professor, Howard University)
Khalil Smith (Vice President, Inclusion, Diversity, and Engagement, Akamai)
Janet Stovall (Senior Client Strategist, NeuroLeadership Institute)
John Edwards (Senior Client Strategist, NeuroLeadership Institute)
The uncertainty of the last few months has refocused us all on the importance of basic self-care, but many of us still need to focus on deeper and more personal ways to sustain ourselves through difficult times. Work itself has taken on a new role in our lives as we acclimate to new processes and responsibilities. Accordingly, we need to create workplaces to match the task at hand; workplaces that make people feel heard, valued, and included.
These concepts may seem abstract, but they’re firmly grounded in science, proven to impact the bottom-line, and they have both an orienting and motivating effect on people facing volatile times. Employees who are empowered to speak up, contribute, and take ownership over their days and their careers are what will sustain organizations through the years ahead.
On this path, you’ll learn the deep science of perspective-taking & empathy, and how it can build better relationships and improve business outcomes. You’ll hear from experts on the foundational science of motivation, and you’ll learn brain-friendly and human-centric approaches to performance management. You’ll leave with the tools you need to create a workplace for people, and for the future.
In this workbook you can replay Summit recordings, access resources aligned to each session and review questions to help digest the science and implement the learnings into your own organization.
Being in a position of relative power (or simply feeling powerful) has reliable effects on our cognition and behavior.
The cognitive effects come with a distinct set of advantages and challenges. Research has shown that experiencing power increases activity in the brain’s Behavioral Approach System, which is engaged when we pursue goals related to rewards. This often results in an increased sensitivity to goals, increased optimism, and big-picture thinking.
Although there are clear benefits to experiencing power, it can come at a cost: the neglect of people, lowered sensitivity toward risk, and the neglect of concrete, detail-level thinking. In this briefing, we describe the cognitive effects of power, its advantages and drawbacks, and suggest strategies to help the powerful achieve more balance in their interactions and decision-making.
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Gender doesn’t affect leadership like you might think.
After reviewing more than 100 studies, the NeuroLeadership Institute has determined that gender may affect a person’s leadership style, but almost never their effectiveness.
Join Dr. Heidi Grant, NLI’s Chief Science Officer, for a briefing around this insight and many more featured in the latest NLI Journal article, “Debunking Gender Myths: The Science of Gender Performance.”
It’s important info for any leader looking to break through bias and cultivate the talent their organization needs to succeed and grow.
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Become a member to access this content or log in now.From the Lab sessions are an opportunity to learn directly from a panel of scientists about insights from their own lab experiments around a particular topic. Rather than a formal presentation of slides, these sessions are an exchange of learnings among researchers. A practitioner facilitates each From the Lab panel to moderate a more intimate audience Q&A and explore ways the research may be applied to organizations.
Become a member to access this content or log in now.From the Lab sessions are an opportunity to learn directly from a panel of scientists about insights from their own lab experiments around a particular topic. Rather than a formal presentation of slides, these sessions are an exchange of learnings among researchers. A practitioner facilitates each From the Lab panel to moderate a more intimate audience Q&A and explore ways the research may be applied to organizations.
Become a member to access this content or log in now.Power isn t just something leaders wield over others. In fact, science shows that power has power over leaders.
In Promises and Perils of Power, we will dive into the many ways that power filters the way people think, feel, and behave. Power frames almost everything leaders need to do to succeed, from pursuing goals to guiding people to assessing risk. These are often unconscious processes, but science can help us become aware of them.
It s important to understand that power s promises and perils exist for everyone. To create the future we want, we need to not only care about who gets power, but also equip them to wield it wisely.
Join groundbreaking researchers in the field, including Columbia s Adam Galinsky and NYU Stern s Batia Wiesenfeld, who will detail the cognitive mechanics of power as they relate to organizational dilemmas.
How Diversity Defeats Groupthink
Groupthink played a part in some of the worst decisions in recent political and business history. In this article, read about how the concept was discovered, and why diversity is the perfect tool for mitigating it.
About the Insight Lab:
You’ve been to other D&I conferences. You’ve learned why Diversity and Inclusion initiatives are important, but you’re ready for more: more research, more case studies, more progress.
If you’re ready to tackle the next level of implementing a Diversity and Inclusion strategy, NeuroLeadership Institute Insight Labs allow you to problem solve with pioneers in the industry and your peers to learn and advance the field in a highly interactive learning experience.
Uncover the science and the case studies that go beyond the why and get actionable insights for the how.
About the Session:
- Dig into the latest research about the role of gender in the workplace
- Unpack the intersection of gender and power, through the lens of neuroscience
- Learn how powerful people see the world, and how to use that to your organization’s D&I benefit
Panel:Â Cathy Campbell, Dr. Heidi Grant, Khalil Smith, and Dr. Tessa West
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In 2004, Pamela Smith, now an associate professor of management at the University of California, San Diego, happened upon a clue into what power does to the brain. She was having coffee with a friend who had just changed jobs, going from one advertising firm to another. With that, she moved from frontline work to a management gig overseeing four people—and as if by magic, things in her head started changing.
“It’s like I have to think differently, to use a different part of my brain, now that I’m a supervisor,” Smith recalls her friend saying in what’s now a… Continue Reading.