Anette Prehn

Feedback with the Brain in Mind

Why is “good” advice frequently ignored? And what makes feedback so often misunderstood, sometimes even opposed?

It is worth knowing the rules of the brain when it comes to human interaction. They hold the key to understanding how to turn feedback into a psychologically safe endeavour that encourages openness in both/all parties. However, it can easily go wrong:

• Are you being perceived to be in the other person’s “out-group”?
• What can make the amygdala, the alarm bell of the brain, hijack key “executive functions” in the brain before, during and after feedback?
• How do you stimulate real learning and new behaviour?
• How do you ensure that you yourself have a flexible mindset when touching upon sensitive content in your feedback?

BrainSmart Leadership

Only few people understand that the brain has some specific ground rules it follows and even fewer knows how to put them into practice. The result of this is that many leaders and employees are missing out on useful learning, performance, innovation and emotion regulations.

Do you want to become a BrainSmart leader or just gain some insights on how to change and create a working environment that minimise stress, pressure and old negative habits?

• With this keynote you will gain an insight on the underlying reasons for the brains responses and how to handle them.

Create change mindsets

Are you and your organisation ready for change?

• Resistance to change can be both time-consuming and energy-draining. In fact, 70% of alll corporate change efforts fail because of many different reasons. You will find out that good intentions are not equal to a sucessful exercution if you want to change the culture/mindset of your workplace.
• The main questions when intorducing changes is: how do you dampen the threat responses that are triggered? What does it take to make people’s brains “play along” so they don’t only see the point in the change efforts but also believe they can do it and that change is a route worth travelling? And how do you create mindsets that are changeable in your organisation?
• The rules of the brain holds the key to understanding why change efforts go wrong and how to become a successful leader that is able to implement change in any given situation.

Make change stick

Can you teach old dogs, new tricks? And if so – how do your make it stick?

Self-directed neuroplasticity is the new darling of neuroscience – and for at good reason. It shows us that the brain changes all the time and that our attention is the crucial factor.

• In this keynote Anette will teach you how to get to master Attention Choreography as a leader – when interaction with others but also yourself. You will gain an insight on how to use your “willpower muscle” in brain-smart ways that allows change to truly stick.

How to boost collaboration in brain-based ways

Micromessages rule social interaction. Yet, most of us are unaware how to adjust these subtle, non-verbal messages so they empower the performaance of the team members and sharpen our own mental abilities.

A lot of us are also unsure of how to address a team member that displays bodily signals undermining the authority of others. Mircomessages can both drain or boost your brain capacity and productivity substantially, however only very few teams are skilled enough in reading and tweaking them in a constructive ways.

• With this keynote you and your team will get a greater result and experience an increased  wellbeing through this under underestimated source of power.

How to lead - With the brain in mind

It is easy to turn your brain into an opponent. It is equally easy to turn the brains of others into opponents. The brain follows certain rules and if we don’t know them, many things will seem more ”uphill” and more difficult than they need to be.

On the other hand: getting and applying the hard data from neuroscience about how the brain actually functions boosts your relational power, collaboration and impact substantially.

• Find out how much the brain matters for your daily interactions and results with this insightful and inspiring keynote. Learn and acquire brain-based tricks that will develop your leadership skills and impact right away.