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02.25.07
Newswire: February 25, 2007
CHICAGO: Stress Eats Up Available Working Memory For Talented People
- Highly accomplished people more prone to failure than others when under stress
University of Chicago
Talented people often choke under pressure because the distraction caused by stress consumes their working memory, research in Psychology has found.
Working memory is a short-term memory system that maintains a limited amount of information in an active state. It functions by providing information of immediate relevance while preventing distractions and irrelevant thoughts from interfering with the task at hand.
Highly accomplished people tend to heavily rely on their abundant supply of working memory and are therefore disadvantaged when challenged to solve difficult problems, such as mathematical ones, under pressure, according to research by Sian Beilock, Assistant Professor in Psychology.
MIDDLE EAST: New Leadership Training Program In Jordan Uses Behavioral Science To Craft Leaders
- Leadership in Amman is Getting Personal
ArabianBusiness.com
According to the Young Entrepreneurs Association, leadership is the hottest item on every trainer’s agenda this year. But while all the others are preaching on how to act like a leader, their new Leadership by Design workshop is teaching participants how to be themselves. This new take on leadership forgets all the MBA theories and focuses on what each person’s unique strengths are, using a personality assessment to identify the strengths and weaknesses of each person’s personality. “It’s about capitalizing on your biggest asset,” says facilitator Zahi Abdein. “We’re all born with certain personal strengths, and if we learn how to make the most of our unique personalities, the sky is the limit to our success.”
Behavioral science combines psychology, social neuroscience, and several other fields to understand why people make the decisions they do each day. It’s a way of understanding yourself, and predicting how another person will react to certain things. To put that into context, if a leader can predict how a person will act or react to each situation, then that leader can have a great amount of influence on the person. And when it all boils down, that’s the real secret to effective leadership.
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Referring to the Leader applying "Behavioral Science" in leading.
A leader who can instill passion and direction to a group of individuals requires an understanding of how the Psychology of a group affects the members of the group.
In numerous Group Dynamic Disciplines such as “ Directive Communication” by Arthur F Carmazziand theories like “The ripple effect”by Sigal Barsade, leadership is a product of awareness and command of the reactions and influences of a group on the individual.
According to Arthur F Carmazzi, leadership is NOT about changing the mindset of the group but in the cultivation of an environment that brings out the best (inspires) the individuals in that group… Each individual has various environments that bring out different facets from their own Identity, and each facet is driven by emotionally charged perceptions within each environment… To lead, one must create a platform through education and awareness where individuals fill each others needs. This is accomplished by knowing Why people may react favorably to a situation in environment A, but get frustrated or disillusioned in environment B.
When a leader changes their actions in accordance with their awareness of what those actions really mean, they affect the emotional and perceptive affects on a group. By taking control of the “standard” reactions to the actions of the group, a leader can in effect change the psychology of the group and change the culture of the organization.
Posted by: Peter Deary | February 25, 2007 07:22 PM