Top leaders use neuroscience to improve EQs
CONFERENCE ROUNDUP: INTERNATIONAL COACH FEDERATION UK NEUROSCIENCE CONFERENCE, LONDON, 16 NOVEMBER 2011
By Varya Shaw
Top companies use neuroscience to develop their leaders because it’s rigorous enough to gain their trust, according to Tara Swart, an executive coach with a PhD in neuroscience.
Neuroscience was used to help one of her clients, energy company Centrica, improve safety on drilling rigs by boosting emotional intelligence, said Dr Swart.
Staff were “out on platforms, looking at computers, not having to communicate much – they had really...