BRAIN SCIENCE AND LEADERSHIP

BRAIN SCIENCE AND LEADERSHIP

Larry Stybel

EVIDENCE BASED MANAGEMENT.

Three Goals

• Respect the power of “3.”• Be grateful….often.• Use your body to Fake it Until You Become It.

THE POWER OF “3”

MILLER’S LAW:

Exercise

• Think about one way you could apply this idea within the next two weeks. Write it down.

• Now, discuss it with people near you.

SPEAKING OF STRETCHING MUSCLES…

FAKE IT UNTIL YOU BECOME IT!

• You get to “truth” through “fiction.”• Fake it until you become it.

• Counting blessings versus burdens: An experimental investigation of gratitude and subjective well-being in daily life.

• By Emmons, Robert A.; McCullough, Michael E. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Vol 84(2), Feb 2003, 377-389.

• Fake it until you become it.• Emotions are contagious….even if they are

contrived.

Exercise

• Think about one way you could apply this idea within the next two weeks. Write it down.

• Now, discuss it with people near you.

Fake It Until You Become It.

“The Hustler:” Fast Eddy, Let’s Shoot Some Pool!

• The Benefit of Power Posing Before a High-Stakes Social Evaluation. Amy J. C. Cuddy, et al.

• TED: Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are. Amy Cuddy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks-_Mh1QhMc

CALM, ASSERTIVE LEADERSHIP.

Calm, Assertive Leadership

• High levels of Testosterone.• Low levels of Cortisone.

• Take base sample using from saliva sample.• HBS students “fake” dominant power position

or submissive power position of neutral position for two minutes.

• Second saliva sample.• High Power Posers did significantly better in a

mock job interview and rated more likely to get hired.

Why Would Power Posing Work?

Evidence Based Management

• Respect the power of “3.”• Be grateful….often.• Use your body to Fake it Until You Become It.

• Give me a card if you want a copy of these slides and the articles mentioned in this talk.