Mindful leaders create a winning culture
Leaders today must understand and apply the knowledge of neuroscience to manage people successfully.
“Open the window of your mind. Allow the fresh air, new lights and new truths to enter.” – Amit Ray
Mindful leadership means being able to take an honest look at yourself and asking yourself uncomfortable questions regularly. It also means trying to lead without ego and being willing to put the interest of others before ourselves.
Aspiring to become a mindful leader starts by honestly asking yourself a set of somewhat uncomfortable and confronting questions like:
• What is my motivation for leading?
• Am I in leadership because I enjoy power, control and fame?
• Am I leading to serve or am I leading to be served?
• Am I willing to put the interests of the organisation ahead of my own?
These questions and many others should keep you mindful of your intentions and help you focus on doing the right things.
Leaders today must understand and apply the knowledge of neuroscience to manage people successfully.
Through scientific researches, certain important findings of the brain have been determined. Some of these very important findings of the brain are:
• Our brain has a key organising principle: minimise danger and pain and maximise reward. This means that when our brain judges something to be threatening, our perception of reality is affected because there are five times more neural networks for processing threats than rewards. Our brain is highly responsive to pain and danger than it is to reward.
• Our brain has two operational modes: conscious and non-conscious. Most of our brain’s operations function at the level of the non-conscious.
To be successful in life, you need to understand how your brain works, what triggers its threat response as well as its reward. This will help you unleash your power.
