Earlier in the summer IEDP convened its third leadership development summit – bringing together a mixture of specialists from all sides and angles of the executive development conversation. The day saw several powerful keynote talks, and some lively panel debate, and we are delighted to share some of those in full with you now, in a 10-page downloadable PDF report.

Thought-leaders from the disciplines of behavioural science and neuroscience bring their expertise to bear on the challenges of leadership and management in the pressure-cooker of complexity that is the modern business world. Download the report below:

 INSIDE THE REPORT:

LEE NEWMAN – Professor of Behavioural Science Leadership, Dean of Innovation Behaviour at IE Business School

Written report plus video of the full keynote, where Lee discusses:
 - Behavioural fitness 
 - Perception, Confirmation Bias and ‘Bathroom-scale thinking’ in the workplace
 - The Science of Positivity
 

“The science is very, very clear on this: Your daily dosage of positive and negative emotions is critical to the quality of your thinking and behaviour.”

VINCENT WALSH – Professor of Human Brain Research and Research Fellow at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, UCL

Written report plus video of the morning panel session.

The panel discusses; decision-making, logic vs. intuition, and long-term change vs. short-term goal-setting.
Key Debate: Decision-Making – Logic vs. Intuition

“With decision-making, we know that as soon as you’ve got three variables to decide between – you’re wasting time. You’re giving too much attention to the thing that you’re unlikely to do.”

LEE WALLER – Director, Centre for Research in Executive Development, Ashridge Business School
Written summary plus video of the full keynote talk, where Lee discusses:
 - The social psychology of the classroom experience
 - Impact of personality on your experience of learning in the classroom
 - Impact of your physiological responses to stress on cognitive performance

“Our leaders may exist and operate in a very modern and a very sophisticated world – but when they are under pressure… the innate need and the innate drive that really forces their actions – is precisely the same now as it was thousands and thousands of years ago. And that is survival.”