R Reinventing Management Thinking

"This is a terrific book. It is a great business studies manual, and a superb contribution to the application of psychology in business and leadership."

"This is a tour de force, there's no doubt ..." IOSH Magazine

Thirty years of progress in neuroscience and psychology are changing the ways we need to think about leadership and management. The new findings explain why so many of the established ways of managing things are inadequate for the task of motivating and harnessing high performance. Reinventing management thinking gives you principles, concepts, tools and techniques that will transform your organizational destiny and incidentally make life a lot easier as well.

With the help of modern science, the author explains that the key factor holding enterprises back is the common experience of high-stress and resultant low individual performance. Jeremy Old then goes on to show you vividly that because of stress, group outcomes everywhere are woefully below the full human potential latent in the workforce. He explains the antidote in clear logical terms. And that is to learn how to work with human nature. Whether you are designing the organizational structure, work activity or employee conditions, when you align your design with human nature you release a surge of energy that transforms commitment, focus, productivity, planning and decision-making outcomes.

This is an immensely practical book drawing on a wealth of easy to digest research findings as well as the author's twenty-five years' experience as both a business improvement specialist and psychotherapist. The author's wealth of experience enables him to cram his book full of down-to-earth advice and observations. And these points will help you modify your enterprise or work group, so that it works with human nature not against it. His own day-to-day experience in improving performance across dozens of enterprises large and small has convinced him that, if you work with human nature, you quickly access the full potential of all the employees and as a result the whole organization leaps forward.

Reinventing management thinking shows you:

• How to get your team's inherent survival instincts working for you rather than against you.
• How to work with twelve innate biological needs to liberate employee creativity, loyalty, commitment and focus
• How creating a positive work atmosphere boosts energy levels by 60%.
• How to escape the trap of stress-driven quick-fix decision-making.
• How to prevent existing beliefs obstructing organizational learning.
• The simple steps to build a financial business case for employee well-being.
• Ten golden rules from neuroscience that underpin new management thinking.
• The twelve qualities to cultivate successful leadership.
• Eight methods to help you reduce dangerous bias in planning and decision-making.
• Why the dreaming brain is a key ingredient i...