Dr. Suzanne Kryder

www.theMindtoLead.com

Chesapeake Bay Organization Development Network

Transform Mindsto Transform Organizations

April 30, 2010

Minds Influence Minds Influence Organizations

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Brains are Naturally Negative Vigilance & anxiety Sensitivity to negative information High priority storage Negative information trumps positive Lingering traces of negativity in brain Vicious cycle of negativity creates pessimism

--Hanson, Buddha’s Brain, 2009

Is a good strategy for influencing another negative mind?

Brain-based Skill #1: Meeting of the Minds

Reflect calm mind Laser focused mind Inquire solving mind

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Britt

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The Mind to Lead Model

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Problem

Reactivity

Judgments, Assumptions, &

Ambiguity

Ineffective Decisions & PUSH

Behaviors

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My response?

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Mindfulness

Exploration

Influence

OutcomeProcessProblem

Negativity & Reactivity

Judgments, Assumptions, &

Ambiguity

Ineffective Decisions & PUSH Behaviors

…no matter what

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Objectives

1. Major structures and functions of the brain

2. Research on how leaders can train the mind to stay calm and manage change

 

3. Three brain-based skills for managing ambiguity and complexity: Meeting of Minds, Mind over Matter, and Peace of Mind

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Neuroleadership

A new scientific framework that uses findings on how the brain works to enhance the practice of leading others.

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Jean

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Neomammalian (Human): corresponds to cortex

Paleomammalian (Mammalian): roughly corresponds to limbic system including amygdala

Reptilian: roughly corresponds to brain stem

MacLean, P. D. 1990. The Triune Brain in Evolution: Role in Paleocerebral Functions. New York: Springer.

Triune Brain

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Brain-based Skill #2: Mind over Matter

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We create non-reactivity by developing circuits in our brain

that enable the lower affect-generating circuits (limbic

amygdala) to be regulated by the higher modulating ones (prefrontal cortex or PFC). Mindful awareness

may directly influence non-reactivity by altering the

connections between the PFC and limbic area.

--Siegel, The Mindful Brain, 2007

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Mindfulness Practices

Feet and Seat Warm Sandy Beach Breath Awareness

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Gene

Three negative thoughts about someone I dislike at work: A. B. C. From The Work by Byron Katie (www.thework.com)

Ask four questions:

1. Is it true?

2. Can you absolutely know that it’s true?

3. How do you react when you believe that thought?

4. Who would you be with the thought?

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Brain-based Skill #3: Peace of Mind

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Summary

Transform Organizations

by Transforming Minds by remembering:

Brains are naturally negative To PULL out rather than PUSH into minds Prefrontal cortex can modulate reactivity in

limbic system

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