Benefiting at work from Brain Based Insights

» Think You're Smart? Survey Brainpower in Your Workplace from BrainBasedBusiness
Think you’re smart? Here are 25 questions ... each with revolutionary new facts about the human brain ... that can benefit your workplace.How many questions can you answer from the following survey about brainpower in your organiza... [Read More]

» A Silent Killer - In Defense of Poor Tone from BrainBasedBusiness
It often surprises me how people who lack tone skills tend to defend their poor tone. “Oh, she’s just feeling overwhelmed this week,” one employee told another about her manager. Have you ever heard people make excuses for other peopl... [Read More]

» Tip to Handle Tone Problems at Work from BrainBasedBusiness
Each time we use good tone in tough situations we impact tone in a workplace, because that's how the human brain works. Unfortunately though, we can no more change another’s tone than we can change a person’s diet. Since poor ... [Read More]

» 5 Top Ways to Jumpstart Your Brain in the Morning from BrainBasedBusiness
Feel sluggish or want to punch out those high pitched demands that come with the alarm ... too early in the morning?  it’s likely because you're attempting to start another workday without fully waking your brain. Sound familiar? Ma... [Read More]

» Questions College Faculty Asked About Brain Based Learning from BrainBasedBusiness
Recently a progressive higher education community asked key questions  during a MITA symposium on brain based learning, teaching and assessing for college level learners.  All questions could not be addressed due to time constraints... [Read More]

» Brace Your Brain for Power before Lighting Strikes from BrainBasedBusiness
Balancing a busy day often means being better to do when problems strike, rather than running or beating up on yourself. Here are 5 tips that will help you draw on more brainpower when the chips fall. 1. Reach for... [Read More]

» Links from Leaders to Prosperity through Peace from LeaderNotes
Today is Independence day – a time to consider why we are headed for war when we could enjoy Ireland’s model of prosperity through peace. Since I've been working a great deal in Ireland these day ... I cannot help... [Read More]

» Are You Courageous Enough to Create? from BrainBasedBusiness
 Are you courageous enough to create? Would courage hold you solid in the race … even if you’re running a good pace behind a famous front liner? Yahoo seems to think so. How about you? Creativity requires people to challenge... [Read More]

» MITA Tone Survey Scores - What Do they Signify? from BrainBasedBusiness
What does your score mean anyway? Let’s analyze your Tone IQ Results to see where you are operating at your best – and where new smart skills can help you benefit from even more positive tone. Scores are valued at... [Read More]

» Speak as if they are Wounded from BrainBasedBusiness
If you’ve ever stood back and listened to conversations to a grieving widow or widower or to any person who loses what they’ve loved – you’ll likely agree that a tenderness and compassion rings through every word. Ok… I&r... [Read More]

» 5 Ways Leaders Waste Brainpower and Tips to Turn it Around from LeaderNotes
Here are five surefire ways leaders waste  brainpower at work and a tip or two that could turn things around. 1. Eat too much before or during a workday and your brain becomes too busy digesting every big morsel you... [Read More]

» Mental Advantages of an Early Start from BrainBasedBusiness
My A team is invited to create an alliance … two weeks from now… between MITA Brain Based International Center … and a major New York organization. In spite of the fact that we are far too busy to think... [Read More]

» The Worst Bosses get Promoted Not Punished from BrainBasedBusiness
New research shows how bad bosses out there get promoted - not punished. You’ve likely met them….  He’s mean… she’s a grump … they’re moody…. You just want to hit the back button and restart thei... [Read More]

» Use Your Brain to Land a Mortgage from BrainBasedBusiness
According to a report at CNNMoney today … the stock market is going crazy. It’s really a brain thing  that’s happening though… and you needn’t follow the same spiral down. It seems that the current crisis in subprim... [Read More]

» Change Brings 9 Comebacks and Yours from BrainBasedBusiness
People react in surprisingly different ways - to proven changes - introduced to advance their lives and workplace. How do you respond?Here are typical reactions to change I’ve observed in over thirty years as change agent for brain based approach... [Read More]

» 10 Habits of Highly Effective Brains in Flow from BrainBasedBusiness
Ten habits of highly effective brains in flow1. Dance to tunes of a different drummer – and focus on wonder that inspires top performance. Check out video of world renowned dancing mare and rider. 2. Outsource details to free up... [Read More]

» 10 Brain Based Distinctives of an Entrepreneur's Day from BrainBasedBusiness
What transformations distinguish any ordinary day where you work? If you answer that question - without much hesitation ... you're likely more fueled with curiosity than boredom at work. Do you agree? According to  MITA Entrepre... [Read More]

» Bank any Serotonin Today? from BrainBasedBusiness
Some people show up at work in great spirits and their tone suggests they seem to hold onto hope even when conflict comes. Their brains appear to be wired for zip and others tend to reward them with promotions, or monetary incentives.... [Read More]

» 22 Causes for Chemical Bankruptcy at Work from BrainBasedBusiness
Check out new research to see why people deal differently with stress.    It comes down to chemicals we carry around … and to the fact that some people hit mental bankruptcy … while others grow chemical dividends for well... [Read More]

» Secondary Schools Stunt 3 Skills Business Needs from BrainBasedBusiness
What would it take to build intelligent schools for teens? Few disagree, that secondary schools seem to stomp out the very mental operations that teens need most in their careers. Business leaders for instance … ask for skilled ... 1.... [Read More]

» 10 Steps to Serotonin Support from BrainBasedBusiness
You've likely heard that encouragement spikes  serotonin chemicals in your brain. But have you found and unleashed that jolt of adrenalin support … when you most need it? Lunckily, some people seem to pack serotonin to sp... [Read More]

» Where is Serotonin When We Need Well-Being Most? from BrainBasedBusiness
One reader at Brain Based Business inspired several posts to address stressors ... in ways that increase serotonin for well-being…. Have you stored any mental software to reboot your mind in tough times you fac... [Read More]

» Serotonin - Magic Molecule of Mental Wellbeing from BrainBasedBusiness
Many people know serotonin as the molecule of happiness and it’s that – but it’s also more than that. Serotonin is the chemical that adds focus and higher success to any day. How so?1. Golf with it and you’ll get... [Read More]

» Stress Strikes Gender Differences from BrainBasedBusiness
Research just affirmed that stress creates different responses from men and women. Lead researcher Dr. JJ Wang showed how men tend to follow the “fight-or-flight” approaches to stress … while women tend to “tend-and-befriend.&r... [Read More]

» Will Your Brain Burn Out or Burn Strong Today? from BrainBasedBusiness
Before you answer the question about burning out or burning strong … check out the list that colleagues would use to describe you today: Burning out Instructions: 1. Criticize any failures you spot in your day.2. Vent to somebody who’s... [Read More]

» From Stress to Learning Adventures from BrainBasedBusiness
How do you spark stress free conversations that are both interesting and informative. Research shows that we each get hit with about 22 stressors each day. Were you aware, though, how good tone turn stressors into learning adventures.People who tend... [Read More]

» How You Communicate is Who You Become from BrainBasedBusiness
Does this mean that on that day when you snap at a co-worker … that you become a cranky snapper? Or does it mean that you’d become a caring communicator simply stepping back to communicate carefully if another person diminishes... [Read More]

» Cutting Edge or Ruts? Surprising Choices from BrainBasedBusiness
Successful entrepreneurs leave ruts behind by building neuron pathways at two levels. On one level      they hold onto but enliven what’s working well … On another level      they move past old socks... [Read More]

» Top 10 Reasons People Hate Work from BrainBasedBusiness
Follow dissatisfied peers around for a day and you’ll likely see one or all of these reasons people hate their jobs.1. Relationship problems surface in projects at work … so that people take potshots at rivals without elevating any discuss... [Read More]

» Chrysler Sebring's Panic Button and Yours from BrainBasedBusiness
 I pushed the panic button on the Chrysler Sebring I was driving and everybody in the rent-a-car parking lot stopped and looked. Faces of surprise, angst, and alarm reminded me that I’d just triggered cortisol to myself and others. Have... [Read More]

» Stop! Wait! Toxins at Work! from BrainBasedBusiness
Over time you may have stopped noticing those things said or done that damage morale or pick away at productivity where you work. If toxins taint your organization … you are not alone. According to The Conference Board … more... [Read More]

» Brain Based Business Thanks Its Community! from BrainBasedBusiness
Brain Based Business won two amazing recognitions today … and I am both surprised and humbled by that honor. It’s especially cool … if so many intelligent leaders … continue to drop by … discuss … and try out th... [Read More]

» Jefferson's Unstoppable Mind and Yours from BrainBasedBusiness
Did Thomas Jefferson describe you when he said … “Nothing can stop (humans) with the right mental attitude from achieving their goals?”Or did Jefferson sketch your brain in his words … “nothing on earth can help (humans)... [Read More]

» With Learning at the Center from BrainBasedBusiness
You can easily tell when learning lies at the center of an organization. People flourish at many levels, and the workplace rocks with state-of-the-art ideas. When the heart of learning is cut from any workplace, the opposite happens. People grow... [Read More]

» Sustainable Brainpower or Expendable Staff? from BrainBasedBusiness
The more I consider the brain at work, the more I see unique approaches to workplace challenges that inspire, prosper, and win! It takes sustainable brainpower though, at a time when many firms downsize workers as highly expendable.Consider 5 linchpins... [Read More]