Everything you were taught about motivation is probably wrong. Bonuses don't work the way you think. Feedback often backfires. The strategies that should engage people leave them cold. This workshop cuts through leadership platitudes with neuroscience—teaching you how human brains actually respond to leadership, what truly drives motivation, how trust is built and destroyed at the neurological level, and why most performance management systems work against human psychology.
Day one explores the neuroscience of motivation, safety, and threat—understanding how your leadership behaviors trigger approach or avoidance responses in others. You'll learn why traditional incentive structures often fail and what actually drives sustained high performance. Day two focuses on trust and team dynamics, examining the neurochemistry of psychological safety, how belonging affects brain function, and practical techniques for creating environments where people do their best work. An optional third day applies these insights to organizational design.
Through interactive exercises, case studies from neuroscience research, and application to your real leadership challenges, you'll develop a new mental model for leading people as they actually are—not as management theory assumes they should be. You'll leave with science-backed practices and a deeper understanding of the human dynamics beneath organizational performance.