Packed with research, examples, and more actionable content, this book outlines four basic thinking styles - administrator, talker, problem-solver, dreamer - corresponding to the four quadrants of the brain and explains that many are dominated by only one quadrant.
Packed with research, examples, and more actionable content, this book outlines four basic thinking styles - administrator, talker, problem-solver, dreamer - corresponding to the four quadrants of the brain and explains that many are dominated by only one quadrant.
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PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION PART 1 THE WHOLE BRAIN FRAMEWORK CHAPTER 1 Every Business Runs on Thinking CHAPTER 2 Making Sense of Thinking: A Practical Organizing Principle for Business 15 CHAPTER 3 Getting Smart About Work: Your Thinking Preferences, Your Competencies, and Your Career 27 CHAPTER 4 What You Need to Know So You Can Grow: Becoming a Whole Brain Thinker 45 CHAPTER 5 Expect Difference, and Then Take Advantage of It! 61 CHAPTER 6 Getting More Satisfaction from Work: Why "Smart" Is Relative 77 PART 2 WHERE THINKING MEETS THE BOTTOM LINE CHAPTER 7 Becoming a Thinking Manager: How to Get Results from Cognitive Differences 101 CHAPTER 8 Communicating Across Thinking Styles: How to Break Through the Mental Static 123 CHAPTER 9 Getting Work Done: Motivating, Delegating and Managing in All Directions 137 CHAPTER 10 Productivity Through Fit: Individual, Job, and Assignment Alignment 149 CHAPTER 11 Growing Yourself and Others: Developing, Coaching, and Mentoring with Thinking and Learning in Mind 161 CHAPTER 12 Teams that Work: Getting Advantage from Difference 175 CHAPTER 13 Influencing, Getting Buy- In, and Connecting with Your Customers: Thinking Behind the Pitch 191 PART 3 LEADING THE WAY THROUGH BUSINESS COMPLEXITIES CHAPTER 14 Whole Brain Leadership: The Secret to Thriving in Today's World 203 CHAPTER 15 Making Vision and Values Actionable: How to Align Any Business for Optimum Performance 213 CHAPTER 16 The Essential Shift to Strategic Thinking: Making Strategic Planning Pay Off 229 CHAPTER 17 Reorganization That Really Works: Energizing for Breakthrough Business Outcomes 241 CHAPTER 18 Dealing with Disruption: When Business Adversity, Risk, or Crisis Strikes 251 CHAPTER 19 Making Change Work: How to Break Through the Mindset Barrier 261 CHAPTER 20 How CEOs Think and Lead: Insights from Research on CEOs Around the World 273 PART 4 TAPPING INTO BREAKTHROUGH THINKING CHAPTER 21 Increasing Business Creativity and Innovation-Head First 293 CHAPTER 22 Getting Business Results from Creative Thinking 311 CHAPTER 23 Want Enterprise- wide Innovation? Make Creativity a Core Competency for Every Job Across the Business 331 PART 5 PERSONAL GROWTH THROUGH WHOLE BRAIN THINKING CHAPTER 24 Stretching Your Thinking and Overcoming Mental Blind Spots 347 CHAPTER 25 Entrepreneurial Thinking: What It Is, Why You Need It, and How to Develop It 361 CHAPTER 26 Breaking Down the Barriers to Whole Brain Growth 377 AFTERWORD 387 APPENDIX A HBDI Profile Interpretation Guide 389 NOTES 391 INDEX 399
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION PART 1 THE WHOLE BRAIN FRAMEWORK CHAPTER 1 Every Business Runs on Thinking CHAPTER 2 Making Sense of Thinking: A Practical Organizing Principle for Business 15 CHAPTER 3 Getting Smart About Work: Your Thinking Preferences, Your Competencies, and Your Career 27 CHAPTER 4 What You Need to Know So You Can Grow: Becoming a Whole Brain Thinker 45 CHAPTER 5 Expect Difference, and Then Take Advantage of It! 61 CHAPTER 6 Getting More Satisfaction from Work: Why "Smart" Is Relative 77 PART 2 WHERE THINKING MEETS THE BOTTOM LINE CHAPTER 7 Becoming a Thinking Manager: How to Get Results from Cognitive Differences 101 CHAPTER 8 Communicating Across Thinking Styles: How to Break Through the Mental Static 123 CHAPTER 9 Getting Work Done: Motivating, Delegating and Managing in All Directions 137 CHAPTER 10 Productivity Through Fit: Individual, Job, and Assignment Alignment 149 CHAPTER 11 Growing Yourself and Others: Developing, Coaching, and Mentoring with Thinking and Learning in Mind 161 CHAPTER 12 Teams that Work: Getting Advantage from Difference 175 CHAPTER 13 Influencing, Getting Buy- In, and Connecting with Your Customers: Thinking Behind the Pitch 191 PART 3 LEADING THE WAY THROUGH BUSINESS COMPLEXITIES CHAPTER 14 Whole Brain Leadership: The Secret to Thriving in Today's World 203 CHAPTER 15 Making Vision and Values Actionable: How to Align Any Business for Optimum Performance 213 CHAPTER 16 The Essential Shift to Strategic Thinking: Making Strategic Planning Pay Off 229 CHAPTER 17 Reorganization That Really Works: Energizing for Breakthrough Business Outcomes 241 CHAPTER 18 Dealing with Disruption: When Business Adversity, Risk, or Crisis Strikes 251 CHAPTER 19 Making Change Work: How to Break Through the Mindset Barrier 261 CHAPTER 20 How CEOs Think and Lead: Insights from Research on CEOs Around the World 273 PART 4 TAPPING INTO BREAKTHROUGH THINKING CHAPTER 21 Increasing Business Creativity and Innovation-Head First 293 CHAPTER 22 Getting Business Results from Creative Thinking 311 CHAPTER 23 Want Enterprise- wide Innovation? Make Creativity a Core Competency for Every Job Across the Business 331 PART 5 PERSONAL GROWTH THROUGH WHOLE BRAIN THINKING CHAPTER 24 Stretching Your Thinking and Overcoming Mental Blind Spots 347 CHAPTER 25 Entrepreneurial Thinking: What It Is, Why You Need It, and How to Develop It 361 CHAPTER 26 Breaking Down the Barriers to Whole Brain Growth 377 AFTERWORD 387 APPENDIX A HBDI Profile Interpretation Guide 389 NOTES 391 INDEX 399
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