The Whole Brain Leader

About the authors
Foreword by Kobus Neethling
About this book
How to read this book
-Is this book for everyone?
-We are also building on other people’s material
-We will repeat ourselves!

Part 1 - Welcome to the VUCA world
1. Challenges
-Horizontal development
-Vertical development
-The VUCA challeng
-Leading across generations
-Baby Boomers
-Generation X
-Generation Y
-Generation Z
-Levels of development
-Dependent
-Independent
-Inter-independent
-The Achiever
-The Individualist
-The Strategist
-Leadership as a position
-Leadership as a process
-The leader as a coach

2. Face Reality
-Your challenges
-The value of failure - dig up your diamonds
-Your journey, the road ahead
-Your toolbox today
-Your fellow travellers
-360° assessment

Part 2 - Whole Brain Thinking
3. NBI
-Dr. Kobus Neethling and NBI
-How do you prefer to think?
-How do you communicate?
-How do you solve problems?
-How do you make decisions?
-How do you collaborate?
-How do you lead?
-The Whole Brain approach
-Do the profiles!

4. L1, The Rational
-Thinking about “WHAT?”
-The Realist
-The Analyst
-How does the L1-Rational- lead?
-How does the L1 leader see the world?

5. L2, The Practical
-Thinking about “HOW?”
-The Preserver
-The Organiser
-How does the L2 - Practical – lead?
-How does the L2 Leader see the world?

6. R2, The Relational
-Thinking about “WHO?”
-The Socialiser
-The Empathiser
-How does the R2 - Relational – lead?
-How does the Relational R2 thinker see the world?

7. R1, The Experimental
-Thinking about “WHY?”
-The Strategist
-The Imagineer
-How does the R1 Experimental lead?
-How does the Experimental R1 thinker see the world?

8. Whole Brain Thinking
-Thinking preferences in L1, the Rational
-Thinking preferences in L2, the Practical
-Thinking preferences in R2, the Relational
-Thinking preferences in R1, the Experimental
-How do we all perceive each other?
-Table 1: How others see the Rational L1
-Table 2: How others see the Practical L2
-Table 3: How others see the Relational R2
-Table 4: How others see the Experimental R1
-Implement Whole Brain Thinking
-The finishing touch

Part 3 - Lead as a Coach
9. A different mindset
-The Whole Brain LeaderEmotional Intelligence
-1. Self-awareness
-2. Self-regulation
-3. Motivation
-4. Empathy
-5. Social skills
-The Ego
-The devil on your shoulder
-Cynicism
-Negativism
-Unworthiness
-Escapism
-Procrastination
-A desire for improvement

10. Integrate coaching into your leadership
-What is coaching?
-Boss vs. CoachIncrease the capacity of others
-From two-way to three-way communication
-Bringing coaching into your workplace
-When is coaching appropriate?
-OCEAN – Our Model for coaching
-O - Opening
-C – Communication
-E – Exploration
-A – Activation
-N – New insights

11. Opening
-Your presence
-Relating to people’s potential
-The basics of rapport
-The voice
-Body language
-Trust
-The scale of rapport
-How to build rapport?
-The best possible outcome

12. Communication
-The power of questions
-Effective questions
-Plan your questions.
-How not to ask questions
-Types of questions
-Principles of listening
-Feedback
-Direct communication

13. Exploration
-Cognitive dissonance
-What is the actual reality?
-Self-respect leads to self-confidence
-The gift of reflection
-Emotional leverage
-Resistance to change
-Ways to explore

14. Activation
-Goal setting culture
-The power of writing things downMistakes in goal setting BE-SMART
-The Whole Brain approach
-Verifying your decisions (goals)
-The action steps (5x5)

15. New Insights
-Zooming out
-Resisting change
-Self-discipline
-Implementation and follow-up

Part 4 - Transformation
16. Transformation
-Connecting the dots
-The need for transformation
-Why should you transform?
-How about your barriers to change?
-What needs to be transformed?
-How to transform?
-Growth opportunities
-Who needs transformation?
-What do you need?
-When to start?

17. Become the Whole Brain Leader
-Grow by sharing.
-Learn by coaching
-Establish powerful and open networks
-Harness the power of trust
-Leveraging the power of generations
-Connecting the dots

Acknowledgements
-Acknowledgements from Sjoerd
-Acknowledgements from Ingvar

Appendix: 360° Self-Assessment
References