WHOLE BRAIN

LEADERSHIP
OBJECTIVES

 The primary objective of this session is to help you develop a greatest sense of
self awareness
 Provide you insights to devise strategies for Self –Management
 To identify individual traits that forms your behavior
 To provide basic understanding of Whole Brain Thinking Approach
 To enhance your ability to perceive, gauge & manage the emotions of your own
selves & others
 Learn how to build trust, communicate and manage conflict with people around
you!
 Learn about emotional intelligence, how your brain maps influences it, and how
to grow
TOPICS COVERED

 Preface and Brain Keys

 Understanding Brain Preferences & perceptions
 The quad-run-through
 Understanding the origin of your behaviour
 Understanding dimensional attributes
 Discovering co-relative preferred dimension
 Strategic Devising – Art to Master the Brain
 Framing strategies to score mount potential
 Enhancing skill sets aligned with preferences
 THE PURPOSE

 To help you gain insights into your thinking preferences

 To help you assess and develop the 8 Dimensions of your Whole Brain
 To help you understand your brain preferences and enhance your ability
to manage emotions
 To provide relevant tools and techniques to
become more creative and reach extraordinary
potential.
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OF TECHNOLOGY
15% “TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE”
85 percent of your
success is due to skills
in “human
engineering,” your
personality and ability
to communicate,
negotiate, and lead.
Shockingly, only 15
percent is due to
85% technical knowledge.
“HUMAN ENGINEERING”
THE ORIGIN

Hermann, Wonder &

Neethling derived
WBT

Roger Sperry
earns Noble
1981 Prize for
Neurospecificit
y

Vogel & Bogen carried

1961 out Split Brain Research

Myers & Sperry experiments on Split brains (

1940 Cats & Monkeys)
BRAIN FACTS
Numerous “brain parts”
3 Major parts of brain:
• Cerebrum
• Cerebellum
• Brain stem
Cerebrum is divided into 2
hemispheres
2 hemispheres are linked by a
bundle of nerve fibers through
Corpus Callosum
80 millions nerve cells (200
millions)
100 billion neurons at birth
THE BRAIN Lq1 60 Rq1 80

 Different people perceive and assimilate information

differently
 What one might see as a glass half full, the other might
see as half empty
 This is because our brain is divided into Left (L) & Right
(R) hemisphere, which are further divided into 2
quadrants each.
 Each quadrant has its own specific traits and thus its own
way of processing information
 In our daily routine, we are driven by all 4 quadrants but
have dominance in only one of them. Our dominant
quadrant is the one that influences us the most whenever
we make decisions, solve problems, Lq 2 49 Rq2 85

 perform tasks and get along with others

 AGE-CREATIVITY INDEX

• 98% • 32 % • 2%

2 years 10 years 24 years

CAN YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE?
LEFT BRAIN

•Fact Based
•Mathematical
•Verbal
•Linear
•Detail
•Structure
•Concrete
•Specific
RICHARD BRANSON
LEFT BRAINED INDIVIDUAL

Fact Based

Rational

Concrete

Language

Power Dressed
LEFT BRAIN LEARNING

1. Accurate facts
2. Precise
3. To the point
4. Systematic arrangement of
information
RIGHT BRAIN

•Non-Verbal
•Visual
•Imaginative
•Non-linear
•Holistic
•Spatial
•Emotional
•Music/Poetry/Art/
•Touching
•Uplifting
MARK ZUCKERBERG
RIGHT BRAINED INDIVIDUAL

Visual

Holistic

Imaginative

Non-verbal

Unstructured
RIGHT BRAIN LEARNING

 Colorful
 Pictures
 Humorous
 Association not systematic
DIGGING DEEPER

WHAT? WHY?

HOW? WHO?
LQ1
FACTS/CLARITY FOCUS

FIGURES LOGICAL

CONCRETE WELL ARGUED

IMPORTANT TO DO IT
RESULT DRIVEN RIGHT
LQ2
STRUCTURED TIME CONSCIOUS

STEP BY STEP HANDS-ON

TRADITIONAL SEQUENTIAL
PERFORMANCE
DETAIL DRIVEN
RQ1
BIG PICTURE ARTISTIC

ENQUIRING UNSTRUCTURED

RISK TAKER DAY DREAM

INTUITIVE STRATEGIC
RQ2
EXPRESSIVE TOUCH & FEEL

PLAYFUL RESPECTFUL

SENSITIVE COMMUNICATIVE

PEOPLE FOCUSSED ACCESSIBLE

 HOW DO THEY SEE EACH OTHER?

Left Brain Person Right Brain Person

Lazy Extremely
intolerant
Daydreamer
Tyrant
Not trying
Picking on me
Have to be
watched No fun
Undisciplined Uncaring
Little potential I’m never good
enough
STRATEGIES TO DEVELOP LQ1
 Read a budget report in detail
 In any of the decisions you make today
use logical reasoning
 Clearly define your work goals for the
next quarter
 Play chess!
 Review a recent impulsive decision and
identify its rational aspect
 Take a current problem and dig deeper
into its main parts. This exercise is only
for self-reflection you don’t need to
necessarily take any action.
 Look at somebody’s problem objectively
and factually without getting emotional.
Suggest a solution.
 Today use facts to illustrate your point.
 Clean your work station and arrange
everything in exactly the same way for a
week.
STRATEGIES TO DEVELOP LQ2
 Use a time-log to record your daily
activities with precision for 2 days.
Mention activity, start time and end
time.
 Create a highly detailed job
description. It could be your own or
somebody else’s.
 In your laptop/phone reorganize your
pictures or music in folders
 Arrive on time at work and for other
appointments, for a week
 Everyday wake up at the same time
and have breakfast at the same time
for a week.
 Plan your next holiday in detail
 While driving follow all the traffic
rules for the next 21 days.
 Before sending any mails recheck. Do
this for 1 week
STRATEGIES TO DEVELOP RQ1
 Think of one “crazy’ idea that you
would normally never do
 Visualize yourself 10 years from now.
Include the people you would be with,
designation you will be at, profits you
would have made by then
 For a week do not clean your desk
and let everything on it be scattered
(Record your feelings, did you feel any
discomfort?)
 Before getting out of the bed each
day for a week, relax and practice
deep breathing for 15 minutes
(Record your experience in a few
words each day and if you were able
to relax)
 Today allow yourself to daydream.
 Don’t wear your wrist watch for a
week.
 Make a decision based on intuition.
 Take a different route for work or
way back home today
STRATEGIES TO DEVELOP RQ2
 Today be careful of your non-verbal
communication and make it
friendlier. Example; smile, be relaxed
 Make a decision using team
consensus
 Volunteer to assist a coworker in a
project
 Spend at least 15 minutes per day
getting to know others personally.
 Go to the park today and talk to a
complete stranger or play with kids
there
 Use stories to illustrate your points
 Today express your feelings of
gratitude towards your
spouse/parents/best friend/boss.
 Call a friend to ‘just talk’. (Record
your experience)
 Take somebody’s help in something
you are not confident about
WHOLE BRAIN
THINKING AND LEARNING

• REALIST • STRATEGIS
T
• ANALYST
• IMAGINEER
Lq1
Rq1
WHAT
WHY?
?

Lq2 Rq2
HOW? WHO?

• PRESERVER • SOCIALISER
• ORGANIZER • EMPATHISER
LQ1
REALIST ANALYST
 Clarity  Likes research
 Focus/set goals  Performance

 Sits at desk  Figures

 Pros/cons  Concrete info

 Logical
 Simplicity
 Digs deeper
 No disturbances
 Jots down notes
 Clear guidelines
 Probing
 Factual
 Calculative
LQ2
PRESERVER ORGANISER
 Disciplined  Timetable
 Repetition  Orderly environment
 Sits at desk  Clear summaries
 Well proven  Hands on learning
 Loyal / stability  Step by step
 Detailed summaries  Make lists
 Clear instructions/quiet environment  Routine/plan/schedule
 Time conscious  Supervise
RQ1
STRATEGIST IMAGINEER
 Visionary-experimental  Inner voice
 Seldom at desk  Diagrams/pictures
 Bored with repetition  Day dreams

 Future value  Unconventional

 Mind wanders
 Predictions/variety
 Intuitive
 Questioning
 Unsystematic
 Risk takers
 Moves on
RQ2
SOCIALISER EMPATHISER
 Likes people  Encourage
 Talks it through with others  Care/Service oriented
 Entertaining  Special attachments/sensitive
 Connecting  Connects with life experiences
 Group projects  Adding value
 Role plays  Sensitive to environment
 Emotional responses  Music
 Hopeful
L1
Analyst Realist
Authoritative Investigative

Firm/inflexible Monitor & assess

Result driven Performance driven

Clear Goals/Focused The bottom line is…

L2
Preserver Organizer
Task Oriented/Skilled
employees
Result driven

Proven Methods/due
diligence Checklist/Supervision

Rules & regulations Planning/Evaluation

Experience has taught me… Procedure - Pattern

R1
Strategist Imagineer
New Ideas/Alternatives Informal/Playful

Future Positioning Open Minded

Less or NO details New Plans

Visionary/Risk taker Intuitive not Traditional

R2
Socializer Empathizer
Team focused Motivate/Encourage

Communicate/Feedback Assist/Open to all

Involve others &

approachable
Sensitive to Atmosphere

Social Value Emotions

THOUSAND THOUGHTS