186: Cognitive Diversity — How to Build Whole Brain® Teams with Ann Herrmann-Nehdi

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186: Cognitive Diversity — How to Build Whole Brain® Teams with Ann Herrmann-Nehdi

Everyone on your team works differently because they think differently. As a leader, it is important that you boost communication, innovation, and creativity in a way that plays to the strengths of each individual on your team. Ann Herrmann-Nehdi, Chief Thought Leader and Chair of the Board at Herrmann, returns to The TalentGrow Show to explain how The Whole Brain® Model, a time-tested framework, can be used to decode and harness the cognitive diversity of individuals, teams, and organizations. Discover how to hack your natural biases and blindspots by becoming an agile thinker and get actionable tips and stories that will help you leverage cognitive diversity in your team. Plus, find out how Ann’s ideas apply to the workplace of the future! Tune in and be sure to share this episode with others in your network.

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155: [Ask Halelly] “How can I develop transferable skills now that can help me in my next or dream job?” on the TalentGrow Show with Halelly Azulay

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155: [Ask Halelly] “How can I develop transferable skills now that can help me in my next or dream job?” on the TalentGrow Show with Halelly Azulay

Can you develop your skills for your next job – even your dream job – while still in your current role? Yes. You can, and you should. Halelly will show you how in today’s Ask Halelly episode.

Here’s another Ask Halelly episode of the TalentGrow Show, where Halelly answers a question from a listener, a member of the audience at one of her conference speaking events, a learner in one of her corporate workshops, or a member of the media.

First, Halelly reminds you that you own your development, and encourages you to be proactive in developing the skills you need for your next job. Then, she shares five broadly useful transferable skills to focus on plus suggests specific, non-training, low-budget ideas for how you to grow them, while still in your current role. And even without any involvement from your current boss if it’s not possible.

Take a listen, weigh in with your own opinion, and share with others!

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Ep 07: Think like a CEO to accelerate performance and results: Mindhacks for leaders from thinking expert Ann Herrmann-Nehdi

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Ep 07: Think like a CEO to accelerate performance and results: Mindhacks for leaders from thinking expert Ann Herrmann-Nehdi

Ever feel frustrated because the people you work with don’t seem to be on the same wavelength or speak the same language? Ann Herrmann-Nehdi helps you crack the code of leading in a whole-brain kind of way. She’s a world-renowned author, thought leader, keynoter and researcher whose work specializes in the practical application of neuroscience, learning and ongoing thinking research. Ann talks about why the brain is one of our most important and most overlooked business tools. She describes what she means by “Whole-Brain Thinking” and why we all need to become more deliberate in our thinking. In fact, Ann shows us how we can, and should, think more like a CEO (she has researched more than 9000 of them, so she knows). Ann discusses common thinking errors, offers stories about how to overcome them, and suggests a super actionable and essential mindhack that every one of us must incorporate to improve our leadership skills.

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