The Brain-Friendly Workplace

5 Big Ideas From Neuroscience That Address Organizational Challenges

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Transform your organization into a "best place to work" by using brain-friendly strategies.

Transform your organization into a "best place to work" by using brain-friendly strategies.

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It is an understatement to say that this is a difficult time to be a part of the American workforce, for employees and employers alike. The transformational drivers and trends existing in the current workforce create myriad challenges. The Brain-Friendly Workplace addresses the workplace challenges that closely rely on and affect people, such as upheaval in management, new and different employee motivators, diversity, maintaining civility in the workplace, and continuous transition and change. It then applies five "big ideas" from neuroscience and how they can be used to address these issues. By learning about these fundamental brain processes and adapting your organization's culture to fit them, workplaces can be transformed.

It is an understatement to say that this is a difficult time to be a part of the American workforce, for employees and employers alike. The transformational drivers and trends existing in the current workforce create myriad challenges. The Brain-Friendly Workplace addresses the workplace challenges that closely rely on and affect people, such as upheaval in management, new and different employee motivators, diversity, maintaining civility in the workplace, and continuous transition and change. It then applies five "big ideas" from neuroscience and how they can be used to address these issues. By learning about these fundamental brain processes and adapting your organization's culture to fit them, workplaces can be transformed.

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In this book you'll:

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Review the challenges facing workplaces today, and what's on the horizon.
Review the challenges facing workplaces today, and what's on the horizon.
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Learn five brain-friendly strategies that use our brains in the way they naturally function.
Learn five brain-friendly strategies that use our brains in the way they naturally function.
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Enhance your employees' strengths and confidence by applying these strategies and become a "best place to work" award winner.
Enhance your employees' strengths and confidence by applying these strategies and become a "best place to work" award winner.

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Complete with a look inside award-winning organizations, tips on putting the science to work, and an assessment tool, this book will help you measure and improve the level of brain-friendliness in your organization.

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Erika Garms explains how to create a brain-friendly workplace.

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Erika Garms discusses workplace myths that neuroscience can help alleviate.

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Book Details

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ISBN: 9781562869120
ISBN: 9781562869120
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Pages: 192
Pages: 192
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Publication Date: May 2014
Publication Date: May 2014
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Formats: Paperback, PDF
Formats: Paperback, PDF
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Product Code: 111408
Product Code: 111408

About the Authors

Erika Garms

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Erika Garms works with leaders who need their teams to work, manage, and innovate smarter. As CEO of WorkingSmarts ( www.workingsmarts.com ), she uses her gift for translating powerful scientific theory to everyday workplace practice. Erika has played a number of consulting and leadership roles in her 26-year career, including serving as an internal consultant, an organization development unit manager, and an organization development/change/executive management consultant with two large, global management consulting firms. She also helped to establish start-up HR and IT consultancies. Erika has worked for and with public sector and private sector organizations across many industries – from food to finance, education to energy. She earned a BA and an MA from the University of Colorado, a PhD from the University of Minnesota, and completed a post-graduate program with distinction from the NeuroLeadership Institute/Sussex University. Garms is the author of, “The Brain-Friendly Workplace: Five Big Ideas from Neuroscience That Address Organizational Challenges” (ATD Press, 2014) and is a regular speaker at conferences, company meetings, and management retreats across the U.S. and abroad.

Erika Garms works with leaders who need their teams to work, manage, and innovate smarter. As CEO of WorkingSmarts (www.workingsmarts.com), she uses her gift for translating powerful scientific theory to everyday workplace practice. Erika has played a number of consulting and leadership roles in her 26-year career, including serving as an internal consultant, an organization development unit manager, and an organization development/change/executive management consultant with two large, global management consulting firms. She also helped to establish start-up HR and IT consultancies. Erika has worked for and with public sector and private sector organizations across many industries – from food to finance, education to energy. She earned a BA and an MA from the University of Colorado, a PhD from the University of Minnesota, and completed a post-graduate program with distinction from the NeuroLeadership Institute/Sussex University. Garms is the author of, “The Brain-Friendly Workplace: Five Big Ideas from Neuroscience That Address Organizational Challenges” (ATD Press, 2014) and is a regular speaker at conferences, company meetings, and management retreats across the U.S. and abroad.