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Neuroscience of Motivation and Leadership
It's Saturday morning. You stroll into the kitchen, coffee in hand, ready to reclaim the weekend. Two days to breathe, reset, and recharge. Then your partner appears. Their warm smile is quickly followed by a cascade of requests — "If you don't mind…", "Don't forget...
Productivity: Does Your Life Metaphor Help Or Hinder?
If you only have 30 seconds, see the summary at the end of the main text & welcome to 47 new subscribers who have joined us this week from Denmark, USA, Belgium and UK. Introduction Get Free Worksheet here I recall feeling like punching the speaker repeatedly in...
Procrastination Buster: The ‘2 to 3 Rule’
The Annual General Meeting started and the General Manager stood up and said: "If there's one thing I won't stand for, it's procrastination! All that this organisation ever does is procrastinate, procrastinate, procrastinate!" An eager staff member stood up, and...
Productivity 2: Do you Suffer from ‘To Do Psychic Anxiety’
I was working at the university and it was exam time. As is the custom the atmosphere changes. People scurry to exam venues blurry eyed as they show the remnants of a late night cramming session. Stress and anxiety written all over their faces. As I walked down to get...
Productivity: Are you OBT or TBT?
I recall early in my career starting a new job and proudly ticking all the items off my to-do list. I was very happy with myself. Strolled down the hall looking for someone to celebrate my achievement with. Upon meeting an older mentor, I waited for the inevitable...
Have You Experienced Vujá dé
“That’s just what I needed to hear” I proclaimed to a friend as we all shared a meal together. My wife looked at me incredulously, “I have been telling you that for years, then ‘THEY’ say it and you think it is a great idea”. Deep down inside I knew it was true but I...
Date the Vision
From the Series: Top Mistakes Leaders Make: Number 2“SO-SO Busy, I am RUN off my feet”, Jane responded. A possible plethora of other responses ran through her head, to the very simple question “How are you doing?” Her new position was the opportunity that she knew...
Cooperation The Shortest Distance To Achieve Goals
Fred sat in his office contemplating the line from the movie, Jerry Maguire, “Help me help you.” Fantastic line but far from reality. It seemed he was always trying to crowbar some form of cooperation from staff. Fred was sure he was not alone in his desire to see...
Mid-Year Boost
Great teams can turn around a poor performance in the second half and great coaches appreciate the half time break. It is a time to adjust tactics, affirm what is going well and perhaps even turn around what has not been ideal first half. For you, it is half way...
Does Your Team Have Energy Vampires?
Are you ready for a surprise? You blink about 15-20 times every minute —so frequently that our eyes are closed for roughly 10% of our waking hours. Now, consider the 10 blink per minute average applied to a 15-minute drive, you would have blinked 150 times. That...
What are the 6 Glass Ceilings of Team Performance?
Sometimes a little insight can mean the difference between success and frustration. I was sparring with a friend who was a multiple title holder in Mixed Martial Arts. I was getting a pummelling and bewildered by his speed. He was super-fast and seemed to be able to...
3 Types Of People We All Encounter – Are you an Abductive, Inductive or Deductive type?
Ok it happened again. They said ‘Yes’ and then did nothing. Do you ever get frustrated with the fact that the message sometimes does not get through there is plenty of communication but still people don’t ‘get it’ those you are leading are not reading off the 'same...
Aiden Holliday
Aiden Holliday combines neuroscience, leadership, and lived experience to unlock human potential. With international speaking, corporate strategy facilitation, executive coaching and a designer of national qualifications under his belt, his Neuro Nuggets distill science into everyday leadership wisdom that sticks—and works. Aiden holds a MSc in Neuroscience & Psychology, M. Phil. (Ldrshp) and an MBA in International Strategy.
