Neuroscience and Human Performance
Neuroscience for Human Performance (NSHP) is a leadership development program that utilises a science-based framework to help leaders understand the drivers of human behaviour and apply that understanding to improve the way they lead.
Your leaders shape the environment where your team operates:
Most leadership development programs do a good job of teaching people what effective leadership looks like - how to communicate, motivate people, manage conflict or lead through change. But knowing what to do doesn't always mean we're able to do it consistently, particularly when we're under stress or pressure.
That's the gap NSHP is designed to bridge. It uses practical brain science to help leaders understand what sits beneath behaviour: the automatic responses, stress reactions and reward systems that influence how we think, interact and perform. Leaders start by developing a deeper understanding of themselves and what drives their own behaviour, then learn how to apply those same principles to better understand and lead others.
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What separates this program apart?
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Bridges the gap between leadership knowledge and conscious application of skills to lead more intentionally.
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Deep insight to how people think, react, and behave gives leaders a stronger basis to adapt leadership behaviors for different people and situations.
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Develops more authentic self-awareness. By learning about automatic behaviors and the drivers of brain reward systems, leaders can recognize when pressure is causing their own behavior to be counterproductive (to self and others).
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People respond strongly to their environment. By showing leaders how their own behavior can influence the behavior of others, they become more capable of shaping a work environment that enables others to thrive.
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Through insight to how the brain responds to uncertainty and change, leaders become more equipped to lead others through constant change.
Leaders sit at the intersection of employee engagement and wellbeing. NSHP helps leaders appreciate the connection between healthy and engaged employees and sustainable high performance.
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Program delivery can be tailored to fit the scale of any organization and is purposely designed to create sustainable change.
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Foundations - Initial workshop to learn key insights to the science of stress, behavior, and sustainable high performance.
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Develop the Leadership Framework - adapted to your existing leadership framework or use ours - this is where the insights from science are applied to the context of your organization and the way your leaders operate.
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Sustainability - the part most training misses - structured reinforcement and facilitated application to ensure your leader's new skills are applied and integrated into the way they operate.
Flexible delivery:
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In-Person with skilled, experienced facilitators
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Remote (virtual) delivery options
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Train the Trainer (train the internal team delivering your existing leadership training)
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Modular plug-ins to strengthen the human skills elements of your existing leadership development program
HBD has delivered executive health and human performance programs across the globe to a variety of organizations including Deloitte, GlaxoSmithKline, Dolby, Electronic Arts, Holcim, Crunchyroll, DENSO and Hershey's.