Leadership is a complex art, and neuroscience might just hold the key to mastering it. Discover the four brain superpowers that can elevate your leadership skills to new heights, as revealed by cutting-edge neuroscience research.
Chin’s investment company, Arowana, is expanding into London, Los Angeles, and Asia
It is imperative to have a senior leadership team that is mentally agile and resilient.
- Chin began working with Tara Swart, a neuroscientist, executive coach, and lecturer at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, to combat the debilitating effects of jet lag on his sleep and thinking.
Mindset mastery
A fixed mindset leads to stagnation: a growth mindset to innovation and progress
Simplicity
A hyperactive world places impossible demands on limited brains. Stress rises. Decision-making suffers.
- Practice mindfulness to reduce stress hormones and multiply folds in the part of the brain associated with executive function
- Reduce noncritical decisions
- Innovation and risk-taking flourish
Neuroplasticity
Everything you have experienced in your life has molded and shaped your brain to favor certain behaviors and habits, but not optimal
- By focusing attention on and repeatedly practicing new, desirable behaviors, leaders can redirect their brains’ chemical, hormonal, and physical resources to create new pathways
Brain agility
Switch seamlessly among different ways of thinking: from the logical to the intuitive to the creative
- Spot trends, pivot, be ahead of the curve
- Multitaskers who try to use several modes of thinking at once generally do less well
- Swart recommends working on problems consecutively and looking at them from different angles
