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Cover Contents Acknowledgements Prelude List of Abbreviations Introduction PART ONE Brain areas What is the triune brain? Why is the triune brain model important to me as a coach/manager? 01 Prefrontal cortex What is this brain area? Why is it important to me as a coach/manager? What can I do with a client or colleague now having understood this? What do you need to know about the prefrontal cortex? 02 Basal ganglia What is this brain area? Why is it important to me as a coach/manager? What can I do with a client or colleague now having understood this? 03 Striatum and nucleus accumbens What is this brain area? Why is it important to me as a coach/manager? What can I do with a client or colleague now having understood this? 04 Insular cortex What is this brain area? Why is it important to me as a coach/manager? What can I do with a client or colleague now having understood this? 05 Amygdala What is this brain area? Why is it important to me as a coach/manager? What can I do with a client or colleague now having understood this? 06 Anterior cingulate cortex What is this brain area? Why is it important to me as a coach/manager? What can I do with a client or colleague now having understood this? 07 Hypothalamus What is this brain area? Why is it important to me as a coach /manager? What can I do with a client or colleague now having understood this? 08 Hippocampus What is this brain area? Why is it important to me as a coach/manager? What can I do with a client or colleague now having understood this? 09 Cerebellum What is this brain area? Why is it important to me as a coach/manager? What can I do with a client or colleague now having understood this? PART TWO Brain chemicals Discover the communication molecules of your mind 10 Cortisol What is this brain chemical? Why is it important to me as a coach/manager? What are some scenarios where knowing about this would enable me to best serve my client or colleague? What can I do with a client or colleague now having understood this? 11 Dopamine What is this brain chemical? Why is it important to me as a coach/manager? What are some scenarios where knowing about this would enable me to best serve my client or colleague? What can I do with a client or colleague now having understood this? 12 Oxytocin What is this brain chemical? Why is it important to me as a coach/manager? Further studies What are some scenarios where knowing about this would enable me to best serve my client or colleague? What can I do with a client or colleague now having understood this? 13 Serotonin What is this brain chemical? Why is it important to me as a coach/manager? What are some scenarios where knowing about this would enable me to best serve my client or colleague? What can I do with a client or colleague now having understood this? 14 Noradrenaline What is this brain chemical? Why is it important to me as a coach/manager? What are some scenarios where knowing about this would enable me to best serve my client or colleague? What can I do with a client or colleague now having understood this? 15 GABA and glutamate What are these brain chemicals? Why are they important to me as a coach /manager? PART THREE Foundational brain concepts 16 Neurons and synapses What are they? Why are they important to me as a coach/manager? 17 Neuroplasticity What is it? Why is it important to me as a coach/manager? Helpful insights for managers who coach 18 Threat/reward response What is it? Why is it important to me as a coach/manager? The neuroscience of the threat response Suggestions Helpful insights for managers who coach 19 Neuroimaging What is it? Computerized axial tomography (CAT or CT) Positron emission tomography (PET) Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) Magnetoencephalography (MEG) Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) Why is it important to me as a coach/manager? 20 Working memory What is it? Why is it important to me as a coach/manager? 21 HPA axis What is it? Why it is important to me as a coach/manager? 22 Mirror neurons What are they? Why are they important to me as a coach/manager? PART FOUR Brain networks 23 Brain networks Hot and cool Default mode Dorsal/ventral attention stream Network conclusion PART FIVE The quantum brain 24 The quantum brain What is the quantum brain? Why is it important to me as a coach/manager? What is quantum theory? Nerve terminals Consciousness PART SIX Neuroscience of classic coaching areas Introduction What is coaching? Mindframes 25 Self-control/willpower What is it? Why is it important for coaches/managers? What is the underpinning neuroscience? What are any interesting studies in this area? How is it useful to managers who coach? What can I do with a client or colleague this afternoon? 26 Optimism What is it? Why it is important for coaches/managers? What is the underpinning neuroscience? What are any interesting studies in this area? The optimism bias Is optimism good for us? Downsides How is it useful to managers who coach? What can I do with a client or colleague this afternoon? 27 Mindfulness What is it? Why is it important for coaches/managers? What is the underpinning neuroscience? What are any interesting studies in this area? How is it useful to managers who coach? What can I do with a client or colleague this afternoon? More on mindfulness from Susan 28 Expectations What are they? Why are they important for coaches/managers? What is the underpinning neuroscience? What are any interesting studies in this area? How is it useful to managers who coach? What can I do with a client or colleague this afternoon? 29 Beliefs What are they? Why are they important for coaches/managers? What is the underpinning neuroscience? What are any interesting studies in this area? How is it useful to managers who coach? What can I do with a client or colleague this afternoon? Skills 30 The Foundational Four: Safe space, listening, questioning, reflecting What it is? Why it is important for coaches/managers? 31 Flow What is it? Why is it important for coaches/managers? What is the underpinning neuroscience? What are any interesting studies in this area? How is it useful to managers who coach? What can I do with a client or colleague this afternoon? 32 Motivation What is it? Why is it important for coaches/managers? What is the underpinning neuroscience? Making decisions What are any interesting studies in this area? Reinforcement learning Reward Salience – how noticeable or important something is to us How is it useful to managers who coach? What can I do with a client or colleague this afternoon? 33 Decision making What is it? Why is it important for coaches/managers? What is the underpinning neuroscience? What are any interesting studies in this area? How is it useful to managers who coach? What can I do with a client or colleague this afternoon? Tools 34 Goals What are they? Why are they important for coaches/managers? What is the underpinning neuroscience? What are any interesting studies in this area? How is it useful to managers who coach? What can I do with a client or colleague this afternoon? Christian on goals 35 Habits What is it? Why is it important for coaches/managers? What is the underpinning neuroscience? What are any interesting studies in this area? How is it useful to managers who coach? What can I do with a client or colleague this afternoon? PART SEVEN Neuroscience of not-so-classic coaching areas Christian: What else should we be considering? 36 Choice architecture What is it? Why is it important for coaches/managers? What is the underpinning neuroscience? What are any interesting studies in this area? How is it useful to managers who coach? What can I do with a client or colleague this afternoon? More on behaviour change from Marshall 37 False memory What is it? Why is it important for coaches/managers? What is the underpinning neuroscience? What are any interesting studies in this area? How is it useful to managers who coach? What can I do with a client or colleague this afternoon? 38 Trust What is it? Why is it important for coaches/managers? What is the underpinning neuroscience? What are any interesting studies in this area? How is it useful to managers who coach? What can I do with a client or colleague this afternoon? 39 Fairness What is it? Why is it important for coaches/managers? What is the underpinning neuroscience? What are any interesting studies in this area? How is it useful to managers who coach? What can I do with a client or colleague this afternoon? 40 Loneliness What is it? Why is it important for coaches/managers? What is the underpinning neuroscience? What are any interesting studies in this area? How is it useful to managers who coach? What can I do with a client or colleague this afternoon? Conclusion Coaches in the know Calling all HR Professionals Glossary References Index