Leaders’ Decision Making and Neuroscience: What Are You thinking?

Leadership is motivating a group of people to achieve a common goal. This book will teach you how power, emotions, attention, memory, personality, and gut feeling influence your decisions and how to ensure a group makes high-quality decisions collectively. It will also provide insight into the nature of how the brain and nervous systems work in relation to decision-making.

Format: Hardback
Length: 136 pages
Publication date: 08 January 2024
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited

Leadership is a complex and multifaceted concept that involves inspiring and guiding a group of individuals toward a common objective. Since the inception of the field of leadership, scholars and researchers have been intrigued by the underlying mental processes that shape visible behavior. Understanding why people behave the way they do and where their behavior originates from has become a central quest.

Imagine your brain as a decision-making organ. Without it, you would be unable to make any choices. In this book, you will delve into the intricate interplay between power, emotions, attention, memory, personality, and gut feelings, and how they influence your decision-making processes. You will explore neural constraints that limit your decision-making abilities and learn strategies to overcome them.

Beyond learning how to make high-quality individual decisions, you will also discover how to ensure that a group makes collective decisions that are informed, rational, and wise. How does a collective mind emerge from the diverse perspectives of multiple individuals when making collective decisions? What actions can leaders take to facilitate a decision-making process that generates collective wisdom, rather than the chaos of crowds?

Whether you are already a leader or aspire to be one, this book is a valuable resource for you. Leaders Decision Making and Neuroscience will provide you with a deep understanding of the neuroscience behind decision-making and offer insightful strategies for making high-quality decisions in both personal and professional contexts.

So, join us on this fascinating journey of exploration and discovery as we unlock the secrets of the brain and nervous systems and empower you to become a more effective and influential leader.

Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781837973873