According to the research of American social psychologist Roy Baumeister our brain's energy gets depleted quite easily. For example if we have to make a lot of decisions, are hungry or lacking in sleep.

As a leader it’s very useful to be mindful of this, and what you can do about it. Especially if you have to make an important decision or deal with a challenging situation.

This short video gives some interesting tips you can do to improve your brain energy and decision-making capacity.

Food for Thought:

❓What do you need to be more mindful of to improve your brain’s capacity?

❓How can you help your people improve their brain power?

I look forward to seeing your thoughts and comments about Baumeister’s conclusions.

If you are interested in supporting your leaders and managers to develop new mindsets, habits and behaviours, and use their brains more effectively, please get in touch.

T4P has a unique and pragmatic approach that uses behavioural analytics to help leaders and managers become more self-aware and more effective. We also use the latest thinking from the field of applied neuroscience to shift behaviour and organisational culture in just 12 months.

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Your brain is far more adaptable than you may think. We can all continue to make new connections and even grow new brain cells, but only if you nurture your brain in the right way.

Find out how in this short video.

Food for Thought:
❓What do you need to do more of?
❓How can you help your people improve their brain power?

I look forward to seeing your thoughts and comments about these behaviours.

If you are interested in supporting your leaders and managers to use their brains more effectively and develop new mindsets, habits and behaviours, please get in touch.

T4P has a unique approach that uses behavioural analytics and the latest thinking from the field of applied neuroscience. This means you can shift behaviour and organisational culture in just 12 months.

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Trust is a fundamental human need and there is a key neurochemical related to it that has a massive influence on how we feel about others.

As a leader and manager, it is important to know about this neurochemical and how it can influence individual, team and organisational behaviour.
This short video explains some of the key findings from the latest research.

Food for Thought:
❓What do you need to do to improve trust in your team?
❓How can you prevent the unintended consequences of strong team bonds?

I look forward to seeing your thoughts and comments about these behaviours.

If you are interested in supporting your leaders and managers to build more trust by shifting their mindsets, habits and behaviours, please get in touch.
T4P has a unique approach that uses behavioural analytics and the latest thinking from the field of applied neuroscience. This means you can shift behaviour and organisational culture in just 12 months.

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Creating a Culture of Trust

There is now plenty of robust research to show that high-trust companies (compared to low-trust companies) report: 74% less stress, 106% more energy at work, 50% higher productivity, 13% fewer sick days, 76% more engagement, 29% more satisfaction with their lives, 40% less burnout (source Dr. Paul J. Zak - HBR)

How well are you keeping your best people? Are your competitors poaching them?

How can you improve trust and reap the rewards in your organisation?

Dr. Paul J. Zak’s research highlighted 8 key behaviours that enhance trust and they are summarised in the video below in just 150 Seconds.

Food for Thought:
❓Which of the 8 behaviours can you begin to put into practice today?
❓How can you enhance the skills of your managers to implement these critical behaviours?

I look forward to seeing your thoughts and comments about these behaviours.

If you are interested in shifting the mindsets, habits and behaviours of your leaders and managers, please get in touch.

Many of our clients are now using our unique and proven approach using behaviour analytics and the latest thinking from the field of applied neuroscience to shift behaviour and organisational culture in just 12 months.

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There is currently a crises of trust in many areas of politics and business. Trust can take a long time to be earned and can be destroyed in an instant.

So, as leaders and managers, it’s useful to be aware of what earns trust and what destroys it.

The Trust Equation can help you to identify the key ingredients of trust and how they can be helped or hindered by your actions and behaviour.

Watch this video and learn about the Trust Equation in just 150 seconds!

Food for Thought:
❓How do you score on each element in the Equation?
❓What do you need to do more of to increase your scores?

I look forward to seeing your thoughts and comments about the Trust Equation and how you can use it with your people.

Humans are hard-wired for taking advantage of immediate rewards as a survival strategy. This means that we feel rewards in the future are less valuable than the prospect of immediate gratification.

Neuroscientists call this Temporal Discounting.

As leaders and managers, it is important to understand how this bias can affect motivation or take appropriate action now to avoid danger in the future.

Watch this video and discover what you need to do to increase motivation and avoid complacency in just 150 Seconds-seconds!

Food for Thought:
❓Are you making assumptions that a future reward is motivating your team?
❓What future dangers or potential problems are being neglected by your team?

I look forward to seeing your thoughts and comments about this bias.

#Leadership #Biases #Communication #Motivation #Talent4performance

All teams go through four stages of development in order to get to a level where they can operate at optimum performance. Some of the stages can be frustrating and cause conflict or cliques to develop if they are not managed effectively. As a team leader, it is your responsibility to navigate these stages and help the team through them so they don’t get stuck at a sub-optimum stage.

To learn more about the four stages and what to do at each, watch this video - it’s only 150 seconds!

Food for Thought:
❓What stage is your team at?
❓What do you need to do to help them move to the next stage?

I look forward to seeing your thoughts and comments about these stages.

If you would like some more resources about how to navigate each stage please get in touch.
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Could this be damaging your business? 
 
Our brains are always jumping to conclusions about the behaviour of others and the Fundamental Attribution Error is one of the many cognitive biases that can damage relationships by undermining trust, teamwork and collaboration. 
 
Cognitive biases are hardwired automatic responses that helped our ancestors survive back when life was very precarious for humans. But in today’s complex world, where we all have many interdependent relationships with lots of different people these biases can get in the way and damage trust and cooperation. 
 
As leaders and managers it is important to understand these biases so we can counter them and prevent them from harming trust and productivity. 
 
Watch this video and learn about the Fundamental Attribution Error in just 150 seconds! 
 
Food for Thought: 
❓Where are you making Fundamental Attribution Errors? 
❓How might your behaviour be creating Fundamental Attribution Errors in your people, peers or customers? 
❓What do you need to do more of in order to avoid these errors? 
 
I look forward to seeing your thoughts and comments about this bias. 
 
#Leadership #Biases #Communication #Management #Talent4performance  

Back in 1908 two scientists popularised the concept of the impact of pressure on performance. 
 
We all have a sweet spot where we achieve optimal performance, but that spot may be different for different people. 
 
If we are out of the sweet spot, we may underperform due to a lack of pressure or because we have more than we can cope with. 
 
Food for Thought: 
❓Where are you currently on the performance curve? 
❓Where are your team members and how well are you managing the pressure for them? 
 
For more information about our very insightful and practical programme about Energising your Resilience please get in touch. 
 
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How well are you managing your stress bucket? 

I look forward to seeing your comments below.  🙋Please get in touch to discuss how our unique approach to behaviour change motivates people to transform their performance with new mindsets, habits and behaviours. [email protected]

David Klaasen

Talent4performance.

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