Neuroscience and HR
Build evidence-based HR practices that work with the brain, not against it, to gain credibility with stakeholders and drive business results.
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Contributors
- Amy Brann, Author
- Dr. Adam Waytz, Psychologist, Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management
- Dr. Dalton Kehoe, President, Communicate for Life, Ltd. and Senior Scholar of Communication Studies, York University
- Jan Hills, Partner, Head Heart + Brain Consultancy
- Nazanin Dormani, PhD in Organizational Psychology
- Parth Khanna, CEO, Action Pack Media Inc.
- Scott Bohannon, CEO, Info-Tech Research Group
- John Roberts, Chief Learning & Development Architect, Info-Tech Research Group
- Lisa Dodge, Director, Global Performance Programs, Microsoft Corporation
Your Challenge
- Business practices that follow top-down management models, keep details from employees about their daily work, and ignore staff complaints evoke a sense of low-level threat at a neural level. As a result, employees back off and disengage.
- A global study found the vast majority of HR professionals are not using insight from neuroscience. Only 12% are actively applying neuroscience to HR policy and practice (Hills, “Brain-Savvy HR,” 2014).
Our Advice
Critical Insight
- Many see social skills as the “soft and fluffy,” non-essential side of business. Neuroscience provides solid evidence that social skills play a central role in creating a productive and engaged workforce.
- Together with HR metrics, neuroscience provides the data that HR needs to gain credibility and influence with organizational stakeholders by showing how people practices affect the bottom line.
Impact and Result
- The study of neuroscience provides HR with new approaches to old problems, resulting in increased employee engagement and innovation.
- Understanding how the brain responds to situations allows organizations to tailor practices and programs in a neuro-friendly way, resulting in increased performance and productivity in the areas of performance management, learning & development, workplace culture, and change management.
1. Link HR with neuroscience to build evidence-based HR practices
Understand how adopting neuroscience will benefit the organization in four key areas.
Guided Implementations
This guided implementation is a one call advisory process.
Call #1 - Schedule a meeting with an analyst to learn more about neuroscience and how we can help you transition your HR practices to be neuro-friendly.
Book Your Workshop
Onsite workshops offer an easy way to accelerate your project. If you are unable to do the project yourself, and a Guided Implementation isn't enough, we offer low-cost onsite delivery of our project workshops. We take you through every phase of your project and ensure that you have a roadmap in place to complete your project successfully.
Module 1: Adopt Brain-Friendly Business Practices by Linking Neuroscience and HR
The Purpose
- Incorporate neuroscience to build evidence-based HR practices.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Increased employee engagement through positive social workplace interactions.
- Understanding of how social threats work and how to counter them.
- Increased organizational innovation and improved learning outcomes.
Activities
Outputs
Design neuro-friendly HR practices in four key areas: performance management, learning & development, workplace culture, and change management.
- Increased performance and productivity in four areas
