Category Archives: leadership
So how are your Red Zones…?
- Posted on 3rd April 2009
- in Blue Zone, brain, change, emotions, leadership
- by Andrew Mowat
Using our concept of Blue and Red Zones, take a moment to consider your default state. If the Red Zone is based on the limbic/reptilian part of your brain (reactive, threat aware, rapid, self-aligned) and the Blue Zone ‘points’ to your prefrontal cortex (compassionate, creative, collaborative, reflective, goal oriented, slow, [...]
Continue reading...Listening is the Key
- Posted on 30th March 2007
- in coaching, education, leadership, listening
- by Andrew Mowat
Most of our listening hard-wiring is set to interact autobiographically. In other words, when we listen, we are listening for ourselves, not for the speaker. Our listening for ourselves could be still noble in intent – listening to detail to solve the problem and help the speaker by telling them [...]
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