Leadership and Neuroscience Coach
‘The possibility of something bad happening’
My August newsletter explores risk. One’s relationship with it, how this changes and the impact of your risk levels on those you lead.
It includes links:
What a trip to Haridwar, on the banks of the Ganges revealed for a leadership mindset
Head 4 Leaderships January 2024 New Letter
I find that leadership lessons and insights are all around us. One such insight came on a trip to India in March of 2023. Pictured is where this experience took place, on the banks of the Ganges. You can read more about this unique occasion and the learning it revealed in the main feature of this newsletter’s edition.
In this newsletter’s edition:
Main Feature
What are the risks associated with not adjusting or accommodating as a leader? (Includes a case study)
Head 4 Leaderships 4 Tips
Four easy ways leaders can accommodate neurodiversity
The Head Start Programme
For new or seasoned leaders – individual, data driven, insights
More About Dominique – a link to the H4Lwebsite
Head 4 Leadership’s (H4L) Mission: To increase leadership resilience, courage and compassion
I look forward to connecting with you and wish you all a happy, healthy and prosperous new year!
Mine’s over. Introducing my new business name ‘Head 4 Leadership’
About 6 months ago, I was becoming more conscious of the incongruences between what I do and how others understand this. Social media had different headings, and my initial name – DS Consulting – reach new heights, began to not sit right with me. It described an outcome, not what I do!
I sent an email to my marketing guy, subject – Identity crisis!
I have been running my business for nearly 9 years now. Those that know me, can find me and get what I do – leadership and neuroscience coaching.
At the begining I was known for Leadership Coaching. I have continued to progressed and build my qualifications, as we all do or can do in our careers. Neuroscience qualifications have been added over the last 6 years. This increases what I offer in knowledge and experience. Deeper understanding for why you think and feel like you do; to help you manage your neuroscience insights appropriately and developed them.
The evolution of my leadership work with neuroscience meant that a year ago I updated my logo (the same logo you see today). Since then, I knew I need to be a bit more ‘Ronseal’ and have a name that ‘does what it says on the tin’. Here’s why I am now trading as Head 4 Leadership.
(Only got my old contact details – no matter, you’ll be redirected!)
Head 4 Leadership links up three concepts for what I do and what matters.
My mission had become clearer and that too prompted a need to change.
Managing pressure, staying ‘clear thinking‘ and ‘keeping your head’ are all skills that enable just that. You’ll weigh up risks, make tough decisions and do what’s needed with calmness and empathy.
This collaboration now means you can find me and connect with me, more easily.
“I have worked in a number of businesses and have turned to Dominique for help with Management and Leadership Development along with Coaching and NeuroCoaching. Positive feedback is always received on the value she adds in her sessions, in particular her candid, open style, intuition, openness and abilities. She has also turned her hand to running sessions remotely during the Covid-19 pandemic and these sessions have been a really important part of the continuation of learning”.
It doesn’t take something like Covid 19 and self isolation to put conflict in our paths. The fact is that in life, we are surrounded by the potential for conflict every day.
Some scale around this, a disagreement doesn’t have to move to a ‘battle’ situation. We can agree to disagree. Conflict, on the other hand, is a more powerful collision or dispute of needs, values, interests and intentions between two or more individuals or communities, groups, nations and organisations.
The neuroscience of conflict is that a threat is being detected and a brain ‘fight’ response is triggered. What if you could shift this response in yourself and change it to one of opportunity?
This 15-minute Ted Talk video touches on how, by choosing (and you make that choice), a different view of conflict you can turn it into a productive interaction. The key points this video highlighted for me are:
If you’re interested in learning more about managing responses to stressful situations, do not hesitate to get in touch.
