Neuroleadership Services

The Mind to Lead's neuroleadership services include a propietary coaching program developed by Suzanne Kryder, Inc. that helps leaders and management teams address and resolve performance issues.

• Neuroleadership Coaching

• Neuroleadership Retreats

Most lost productivity stems from a lack of strong leadership. Many leaders and teams don’t know how best to hold people accountable for performance standards.

It seems that successful leaders should be able to address challenging performance issues. However, most haven’t had the training or support to master accountability skills such as setting measurable expectations, giving constructive feedback, and holding people accountable for commitments. Many leaders are concerned about saying the wrong thing or angering a low performer.

As a result, leaders delay performance conversations and hope the situation resolves itself. Instead, the problem escalates and is more difficult to address; high-performing team members then lose confidence in the leader.

The Mind to Lead neuroleadership services help leaders master accountability conversations by learning to:

• Develop the confidence and skills to firmly communicate expectations to low performers.

• Continue to communicate expectations even when the low performer resists, and, if appropriate, initiate disciplinary action and possibly suspension in a calm manner.

• Dismiss the employee in a humane, non-litigious manner if minimum expectations are not met.

Neuroleadership Services

The Mind to Lead Neuroleadership Retreats

This program is for leaders who have significant responsibility for managing a budget, developing and implementing a strategic plan, and supervising managers or direct reports. This series of retreats develops Calm, Confident Power, a leadership style that helps people remain calm rather than nervous or explosive, confident rather than uncertain or arrogant, and powerful rather than weak or demanding.

A leadership retreat takes place every four months for one year. Optional individual or group coaching is available for leaders who want to accelerate the skill acquisition process. In each of the three retreats, leaders develop a personal action plan assuring that once back at work they will master the Calm, Confident Power skill set.

Calm Leader Retreat

• Maintain mental focus and concentration at work
• Develop habits for getting things done
• Understand why the brain reacts to some situations with anger or anxiety
• Practice staying neutral instead of losing their temper
• Display courage in difficult conversations
• Stay calm in times of extreme change or stress

Confident Leader Retreat

• Let go of self-doubt about their leadership ability
• Maintain confidence to make decisions and take risks
• Develop self-assurance to hold their position in a difficult conversation
• Calmly resolve conflicts with irritating direct reports and colleagues
• Communicate assertively with their boss, Board of Directors, or senior management
• Enjoy the challenge and fulfillment of leadership without feeling overwhelmed

Powerful Leader Retreat

• Delegate clear, concise performance expectations without rambling or apologizing
• Help direct reports resolve their resistance to job expectations
• Disagree without being defensive or explosive
• Adapt their leadership style to fit each direct report’s performance issues
• Dismiss a direct report without being angry or anxious
• Motivate their team/organization to achieve short-term results with long-term revenue sustainability

The Mind to Lead Customized Retreats

This program is for a leader and all members of his/her management team. This series of retreats develops the Calm, Confident Power leadership style described under Public Retreats. In the retreats, team members use the skills with each other to improve team communication, accountability, and effectiveness. Each of the three retreats is available in a one, two, or three-day curriculum; specific team issues can be added to the two- or three-day agendas. Retreats can be scheduled 30 to 90 days apart for one year. The leader receives individual coaching prior to the first retreat, in between the three retreats, and after the final retreat. Individual or group coaching is also available for management team members.

Neuroleadership Coaching

Individual and group coaching is available for leaders and teams who are unable to attend retreats.

Special Projects

Suzanne Kryder, Inc. can facilitate management or staff retreats and training.

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