The Science of

Step 1: Dynamic Attention

Focus drives results. Use your attention to change your brain, increase performance and strengthen relationships.

How often do you unplug? Can you put the brakes on constant activity and step outside of overwhelm? How do you support your own clear thinking? What gets in the way of your focused attention? Are you fully present? How does having a monkey mind and living in a firehose world work for you?

• Reclaim your focus, insight and presence
• Change your brain to change your behavior: the power of neuroplasticity.
• Insight occurs in moments of focused and relaxed attention.
• Multi-tasking and continuous partial attention are brain limiting practices.
• Mindful awareness, executive functioning, neuroplasticity

Step 2: Whole Person Integration

Greatness takes your whole self. Leverage your internal resources for agility, resilience and effectiveness.

How much of your whole self do you bring to work? What are you leaving outside the door?
SPINE integration gives you the stability, agility, inspiration and energy to lead and thrive in a complex and challenging environment.

• Spiritual – inspire a sense of meaning, purpose and community at work.
• Physical – support well being and energy, use body as signaling system.
• Intellectual – embrace complexity and ambiguity.
• Intuitive – see patterns that source creativity and insight.
• Emotional – inform deep understanding of self and others.

Developing and integrating the SPINE elements integrate the brain centers that help you regulate.

Step 3: Authentic Collaboration

Going from me to we. Harness the paradox of radical accountability and compassion. Increase engagement, inspire innovation and free up capacity.

What blocks the spirit of inquiry, accountability and healthy challenge in you or your organization? Are compassion and empathy freely given in your workplace?

• Complex environments call for an agile response to change and unprecedented levels of collaboration inside the organization and across its boundaries.
• The brain is a social organ. We are wired to connect.
• The quality and nature of our relationships regulate the brain circuits that control fear, anxiety and stress.
• Neuroplasticity – the ability to change our brain for greater effectiveness – is optimized in the context of familiar and caring relationships.

Step 4: Strategic Clarity

Know your story, shape your future. Challenge and evolve your current understanding. Step back, assess the situation, incorporate insights and take action.

Do you know what supports your greatness? What price do you pay for being on autopilot? Is your voice of wisdom up and running?

• Examine patterns, habits and beliefs to rewire your neural pathways for big picture thinking.
• Break out of the box of biased thinking.
• Unlearn from past experiences and grow the wisdom circuitry in your brain.