Benefiting at work from Brain Based Insights

 

 

 While you likely spot significant differences between guys and gals at work … you may be surprised … to see research that shows strengths most miss in each.

No question … firms that welcome differences – also tend to value strengths in both genders more.  That why it’s no surprise that people tend to offer their best within inclusive circles.

Here are 10 clues that could inspire more talent from both men and women:

1. Toss in stories or doable applications to engage more women in math and science.

2.  Check out current research on the brain’s corpus callosum to benefit more from both male and female leadership.

3. Avoid falling for rumors out there … but instead ask different people what they think instead.

4.  Welcome differences that benefit both sides. Ask questions such as … How could male leaders get more from women where men lead, for instance? Then reverse the question and list similar benefits from women who lead men.

5. Consider tone tactics that respect and value both genders for optimal outcomes.  Tone invites amazing possibilities between men and women or shuts out potential daily – depending on how people use its skill.

6. Ask questions to learn more from women and men who lead, and people who inspire, with the same curiosity Larry King mixes into questions.

7. Draw from strengths in both men and women to solve workplace problems that arise daily. Research suggests unique distinctive that help us benefit more from both genders.

8. Expects surprises in ways you might have been mistaken about how men or women think and act. Stay open and allow the research to change your interactions with the opposite sex.

9. Pose alternative views  … engage others’ ideas and hear from men as you do from women. Challenge both genders in civil ways, based on what you value most in your own, and want to learn from others.

10. Facilitate fireside chats where you exchange questions and insights on how men’s and women’s brain can foster better understanding from opposite views.

Inspire more from men and women … where both sides benefit? Well, on second thought … those old Hebbian Hobos likely won’t win, no matter what we do. Still worth a try … for talent’s sake?