From the course: Leveraging Neuroscience in the Workplace
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How leaders can synchronize their brains with followers
From the course: Leveraging Neuroscience in the Workplace
How leaders can synchronize their brains with followers
- You've probably seen those machines that track and record brainwave patterns, right? These machines are called EEGs, and we all have these brain waves that can be observed. When teams are making decisions, the different team members' brain waves are initially out of sync. That is, they don't go up and down at the same time or at the same rate. But did you know that recognizing how to synchronize team members' brain waves with yours would make them choose you as their leader? Let's discuss how this happens. Say you were in a situation at work where you really wanted to lead a project. What could you do to be chosen for this? Can you really control this? It turns out that people who are chosen to lead are able to synchronize their own brains with other team members after just 23 seconds. That means their brain waves and the brain waves of their team members are on the same wavelength. Psychiatry professor Daniel Siegel explained that we can achieve synchrony with others by exercising…
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