The Science of Brain-Friendly Leadership

The Overview

Empowered brains rock! Which is why the Greater Grant County is excited to offer this cutting-edge neuroleadership development workshop series in partnership with Ideation Coaching and Consulting.

The Science of Brain-Friendly Leadership is a special 6 session leadership development course designed to teach participants how to understand and apply the scientific evidence behind effective leadership. Each class is designed to give participants a different set of tools they can use to develop a brain-friendly approach to leadership guaranteed to maximize professional, personal, and organizational success.

Taught by Shelby Schuh (neuroleadership specialist and owner of Ideation Coaching and Consulting), this leadership development course will employ a FUN and practical evidence-based approach to leadership development that will generate engagement, new awareness, and deeper understanding among even the most seasoned leaders.

Attendance will be capped at 20 participants, who should plan to attend all six classes as a cohort. The cohort will meet one day a month from July through December. The sessions will run from 8-10AM on the designated dates (see below). As a Grant County native, Shelby has agreed to provide this workshop to members of the Greater Grant County at an extremely discounted rate of only $125 for the whole series. Don’t miss your opportunity to attend this immersive cutting-edge training series! Register today.

Who Should Attend?

This special leadership development course is ideal for anyone in a leadership role, from new/emerging leaders to seasoned CEOs, interested in learning brain-friendly leadership development practices. Participants will gain valuable new awareness of themselves and others, guaranteed to improve performance, increase efficacy, and build better leadership skills.

Actionable Takeaways!

Improve your performance as a leader
Understand and apply the scientific evidence behind effective leadership
Develop a brain-friendly approach to managing organizational change
Employ easy to apply actions that can be implemented immediately to make a difference
Utilize scientific, research-based tools to improve creativity, build trust, enhance teamwork, and more
Create brain-friendly workplace practices that improve the mental, physical, and emotional health of everyone in their organization

Learn More About The Sessions

Neuroleadership 101 - July 25th

What is neuroleadership and what makes it so awesome? By understanding our brains and the way they function, we can learn how to work with our physiology, not fight it. We’ll use neuroscience as a lens through which we can look at ourselves, our direct reports, our co-workers, and our organization to understand what motivates us, inhibits us, and how we can create environments that maximize our brains to help us perform at our best.

This workshop is designed to give you a basic understanding of neuroleadership and how it can be applied to the modern workplace to accomplish today’s most challenging tasks, such as developing effective leaders, enhancing creativity, increasing organizational trust, improving teamwork, understanding and overcoming cognitive biases, deepening employee engagement, and more.

Growth Mindset and Neuroplasticity - August 22nd

This workshop explores the difference between fixed mindset and growth mindset from both a personal and organizational level. We’ll also look at how neuroplasticity (our brain’s ability to grow new neural pathways) can be used to embrace a growth mindset and develop new skills to become better leaders, change the way we think about challenges, and literally rewire our brains for the better.

Your Emotions at Work - September 26th

This workshop explores the neuroscience behind emotions to help you better understand how your emotions impact not only your behavior, but the behavior of those around you. Emotions play a huge role in your ability to perform at work and your capacity to be an effective leader. The tools you’ll learn in this workshop will help you manage your emotions constructively and increase your emotional agility so that you can stay in control of your emotions rather than allowing them to control you.

The Art and Science of Better Communication - October 24th

Empowering Creativity - November 28th

The ability to think creatively, innovate, and pivot are essential components to both individual and organizational success. This fun workshop dives into the neuroscience of creativity to help you learn what you can do to maximize innovation both individually and at an organizational level. You’ll learn practical tools that you can utilize to maximize your creativity, tap into your flow, and think BIG when you need it most AND how to build an organizational culture that fosters creativity and innovation among employees at all levels.

Team Building: The Neuroscience of Trust - December 12th

This workshop is all about understanding the science behind trust and how creating high-trust environments substantially boost organizational performance, employee engagement, retention, and well-being. We’ll explore the research behind the 8 identified factors that are the building blocks of organizational trust and learn how to translate them into organizational practices and leadership behaviors. This powerful, science-backed workshop is guaranteed to enhance cooperation, improve teamwork, and generate exceptional results.

About Shelby Schuh

Shelby Schuh is a leadership consultant and owner of Ideation Coaching and Consulting. Her consulting specialties include neuroleadership, organizational development, executive coaching, and team and group coaching. Shelby’s inspirational and empowering leadership style is rooted in a belief that we are never fully done growing and becoming, personally or professionally. She is passionate about helping others to reach their highest potential and approaches all aspects of work and life with a natural enthusiasm that inspires, energizes, and engages.

In addition to her consulting work, Shelby has over 11 years of experience leading marketing strategy, executive communications, internal branding, and creative direction at organizations spanning the financial, non-profit, and political sectors. In her spare time she enjoys spending time with her family, acting in local theatre, and volunteering for various non-profit boards.

Shelby is a 2004 graduate of DePauw University, with a BA in Creative Writing and minors in Philosophy and Women’s Studies. In 2020, she obtained her graduate certificate in Executive and Professional Coaching through the University of Texas at Dallas and achieved her ACC certification in Executive Coaching. She graduated from the University of Texas at Dallas in 2021 with an MSLOD (Master of Science in Leadership and Organizational Development).