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InYour Brain and Business,Harvard psychiatrist Srinivasan S. Pillay reveals how the latest research in neuroscience can help you lead, communicate, and collaborate more effectivelyhellip; drive change more successfullyhellip; move more rapidly from idea to executionhellip; coach colleagues or clients to unprecedented success! Your brain is your #1 asset: Optimize it to win!

Srinivasan S. Pillay, M.D., is a certified master executive coach, brain-imaging researcher, and Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He is also the Founder, CEO, and President of NeuroBusiness Group--an executive coaching company with coaches trained in the application of brain science to profitability and personal satisfaction in the business environment. Dr. Pillay has taught these methods with very high acclaim to executives from many companies, including but not limited to some of the world's best consulting companies, The World Bank, The MITRE Corporation, Genzyme, Novartis, Arab Banks of North America, CEO Clubs of Greece and Boston , Coca Cola, PepsiCo, and Microchip. He has worked with coaches in a teaching or collaborative capacity from The Forum Corporation, Mobius Executive Leadership, and Triad Consulting. In addition, he has been invited to present his work in Boston, New York, Los Angeles, London, Switzerland, Greece, and Singapore, and his most recent presentations have been to executives from Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. Dr. Pillay is also the author of Life Unlocked: 7 Revolutionary Lessons to Overcome Fear (Rodale, August 2010), and he also writes for The Huffington Post and Psychology Today.

He is extensively sought out as a speaker and by the media. Select media appearances related to his business experience include The Financial Times in Greece, Epoca Magazine in Brazil, Forbes Magazine, The Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Investors Business Daily, Atlanta Journal Constitution, and the Sarasota Herald Tribune. Aside from his work on applying brain science to improving business performance, Dr. Pillay is also regarded as an international expert in burnout, stress, and anxiety, having been the Director of the Outpatient Anxiety Disorders Program at Mclean Hospital, consistently ranked the top freestanding psychiatric hospital in the United States for the past 20 years. Dr. Pillay lives in Newton, MA, and works out of Cambridge, MA .

Relevance of Neuroscience to the Business Environment	p. 1
What Is ôBrain Scienceö?	p. 3
The Development of Brain Science	p. 4
How Does Brain Science Relate to the Personal, Managerial, and Organizational Problems That Coaches Face?	p. 5
How Does the Application of Brain Science Help Coaches Deal with Their Clients More Effectively?	p. 5
More Examples of How Brain Science Concepts Enhance Coaching When Dealing with Problems and Traps That Leaders Face	p. 9
A Map of Where the Book Is Going and What the Coach Will Take Away from It	p. 20
Conclusion	p. 21
References	p. 22
How Does Positive Thinking Affect the Business Brain?	p. 25
The Context	p. 260
The Impact of Negative Emotions on the Brain	p. 27
The Concepts	p. 28
Concept 1	p. 28
Concept 2	p. 30
Concept 3	p. 31
Concept 4	p. 31
Concept 5	p. 32
Summary of the Concepts as They Are Relevant to Coaches, Managers, and Leaders	p. 33
The Impact of Negative Thinking on the Brain	p. 35
Concept 1	p. 36
Concept 2	p. 37
Concept 3	p. 39
Concept 4	p. 39
Why Should Leaders Be Optimistic?	p. 40
The Concepts and Their Applications to Coaches, Managers, and Leaders	p. 41
Concept 1	p. 41
Concept 2	p. 42
Why Positive Emotions Matter	p. 46
The Psychology of Mindfulness	p. 48
The Psychology of Compassion	p. 51
Conclusion	p. 54
References	p. 55
The Neuroscience of Social Intelligence: Guiding Leaders and Managers to Effective Relationships	p. 59
The Neuroscience of Empathy in Business	p. 61
Concept 1	p. 62
Concept 2	p. 63
Concept 3	p. 63
Beyond Empathy: The Neuroscience of Perspective-Taking in Business	p. 65
Concept 1	p. 65
Concept 2	p. 66
The Neuroscience of Fairness	p. 67
Concept 1	p. 68
Concept 2	p. 68
Concept 3	p. 68
Concept 4	p. 69
Concept 5	p. 69
The Neuroscience of Trust	p. 71
Concept 1	p. 73
Concept 2	p. 73
Concept 3	p. 73
Concept 4	p. 74
Summary of Concepts	p. 75
The Neuroscience of Vicarious Reward	p. 76
The Neuroscience of Community and Citizenship	p. 77
The Neuroscience of Persuasion	p. 79
Concept 1	p. 79
Concept 2	p. 79
The Neuroscience of Attachment	p. 80
Concept 1	p. 80
Concept 2	p. 81
Concept 3	p. 81
Concept 4	p. 81
Concept 5	p. 81
Conclusion	p. 84
References	p. 85
Of Innovation, Intuition, and Impostors: Intangible Vulnerabilities in the Brains of Great Leaders	p. 91
The Neuroscience of Innovation	p. 92
The Neuroscience of Intuition	p. 98
The Neuroscience of Body Language and Its Application to Thought	p. 101
The Neuroscience of the ôImpostor Syndromeö	p. 104
The Neuroscience of Mirrored Self-Misidentification	p. 105
The Neuroscience of the Summit Syndrome	p. 107
The Neuroscience of Resilience	p. 109
The Neuroscience of Expert Performance	p. 111
The Neuroscience of Advice-Giving	p. 113
Conclusion	p. 115
References	p. 115
The Challenge Prior to Change: How Brain Science Can Bring Managers and Leaders from Idea to Action Orientation	p. 121
Why Is Change Such a Challenge in the Human Brain?	p. 122
Competing Forces	p. 122
Biased Choice Value	p. 126
Conditioning	p. 128
What Is Happening in the Brain When Conditioning Occurs?	p. 130
The Entrapment of Context	p. 132
Motivated Reasoning	p. 134
The Fundamental Concepts in Change: A Working Model	p. 137
The Neuroscience of Commitment	p. 139
Imagery vs. Observation	p. 142
Action-Oriented Questions	p. 144
Noise Reduction	p. 147
Stimulate Short-Term Memory	p. 148
Address the Emotional Elements Affecting the DLPFC	p. 149
Conclusion	p. 151
References	p. 151
From Action Orientation to Change: How Brain Science Can Bring Managers and Leaders from Action Orientation to Action	p. 155
Organizational Context for Change	p. 156
Model of die Relevance of Brain Science to Understanding Change	p. 157
Relationship of the Neuron to Brain Change	p. 158
Evidence that Brain Change Is Possible in Adulthood	p. 158
Task Switching and the Brain: Relevance to Change	p. 160
Memory and the Brain: Relevance to Change	p. 165
Ironic Process Theory	p. 167
Action and the Brain: Relevance to Change	p. 170
Emotions and the Brain: Relevance to Change	p. 175
Conclusion	p. 179
References	p. 179
Coaching Brain Regions	p. 183
Review of Brain Regions and Their Basic Functions	p. 185
The Thinking Brain	p. 185
The Feeling Brain	p. 187
The Brain's Reward System	p. 188
The Brain's Action System	p. 189
The Insula	p. 190
Summary	p. 191
Regional Brain Interventions: Targeting Mechanisms for Coaches	p. 193
Thinking Brain	p. 193
The Feeling Brain	p. 204
The Reward Brain (Ventral Striatum)	p. 209
The Action Brain (Motor and Premotor Cortex)	p. 210
The Insula	p. 211
Conclusion	p. 214
References	p. 215
Coaching Brain Processes	p. 217
An Approach to Mirror Neuron Interventions	p. 218
An Approach to Cognitive Perspective Taking	p. 223
An Approach to Increasing Innovation	p. 227
An Approach to Working with the Impostor Syndrome	p. 230
An Approach to Managing Emotions	p. 233
DLPFC (Short-Term Memory) Intervention	p. 234
MPFC (Accountant) Intervention	p. 234
ACC (Attention Monitor) Intervention: SAFE-Frame	p. 235
Corpus Callosum (Brain-Bridge) Intervention	p. 236
Motor (Action) Intervention	p. 236
Reward (Basal Ganglia) Intervention	p. 237
Amygdala Intervention	p. 237
An Approach to Managing Cognitive Flexibility	p. 238
An Approach to Managing Breach of Trust	p. 241
ACC Intervention	p. 242
Amygdala Intervention	p. 243
Ventral Striatum, VTA, and Septal Nuclei Intervention	p. 243
vmPFC Intervention	p. 244
An Approach to Managing Ambiguity	p. 244
Alternative Brain Probing (ABP): Brain-Based Insights into Alternative Strategies to Use When Encountering Resistance	p. 249
Conclusion	p. 250
References	p. 251
Index	p. 255
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Your Brain and Business The Neuroscience of Great Leaders

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