All the Brains in the Business: The Engendered Brain in the 21st Century Organisation

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The power of gender difference, not gender equality, is a secret source for success. Some smart businesses are starting to wake up to this fact. This book explores why and how. Properly valuing brain gender diversity in the workplace is one of the biggest and largely untapped sources of competitive advantage for modern businesses. Recent advances in neuroscience provide the key to unlocking it. Modern research shows that there are gender-based differences in the brain – it’s just not as simple as a binary between a ‘male brain’ and ‘female brain’. In fact, our brains are like a mosaic where many of the tiles are available in thousands of shades on a spectrum between pink and blue. The problem is that our workplaces tend to be governed by structures, processes and cultures that are practically pure blue. All the brains in the business that are elsewhere on the spectrum cannot thrive as they might, so sources of productivity, creativity and agility go untapped. Anyone who manages people needs to understand how the brain works and the impact it has on how people work together as teams. Anyone who wants to unlock the talent and productivity of all of their people needs to understand how recent findings around male- and female-type brains should shape the way they manage. Leading applied neuroscientists and international corporate coaches Kate Lanz and Paul Brown show you why and how to access all the brains in your business. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxi Brain Sex and Biological Sex (Kate Lanz, Paul Brown)....Pages 1-15 Conditions for Optimal Brain Function (Kate Lanz, Paul Brown)....Pages 17-28 Survive, Thrive and Flow (Kate Lanz, Paul Brown)....Pages 29-37 Brain Sex-Based Attention and Communication (Kate Lanz, Paul Brown)....Pages 39-50 Power, Politics and Pressure (Kate Lanz, Paul Brown)....Pages 51-62 Problem Solvers and Solution Seekers—The Difference Between Intra-compared with Inter-hemispheric Connectivity (Kate Lanz, Paul Brown)....Pages 63-76 The Beginnings of a New Motivational Theory, from the Engendered Brain (Kate Lanz, Paul Brown)....Pages 77-84 The Business Case for Valuing Brain Sex Difference (Kate Lanz, Paul Brown)....Pages 85-96 How to Ignite All the Brains in the Business (Kate Lanz, Paul Brown)....Pages 97-111 Exhaustion, Energy and Excellence—The Male/Female Differences (Kate Lanz, Paul Brown)....Pages 113-118 Creating the Mind of the Organisation (Kate Lanz, Paul Brown)....Pages 119-126 The New Organisational Paradigm (Kate Lanz, Paul Brown)....Pages 127-136 Back Matter ....Pages 137-144