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Index

A

ABP (alternative brain probing)
,
184
,
249–250

ACC (anterior cingulate cortex)

advice-giving,
113

change and,
124

expert performance,
112

explained,
8
,
172
,
187

imagery versus observation,
142

impact of optimism on,
42–46

in inequity,
68

intuitive reasoning,
99

managing breach of trust,
242

managing emotions,
235–236

motivated reasoning,
134

social isolation,
77

targeted interventions,
198–204

reassessing
,
202–203

reengaging
,
202

refocusing
,
201–202

reframing
,
203–204

resolving conflict
,
200–201

vicarious reward,
76

accuracy in intuition
,
99–100

action

action orientation,
139–141

action-oriented questions,
144–147

actions promoting change,
170–179

advice-giving
,
113–114

Albrecht, Karl
,
59

alternative brain probing (ABP)
,
184
,
249–250

ambiguity
,
244–249

amygdala

attachment responses,
81

change and,
124

contextual conditioning,
132

expert performance,
112

explained,
188
,
204–207

fear response in people with cortical blindness,
31

impact of optimism on,
42–46

intuition,
99

managing breach of trust,
243

managing emotions,
237

response to conscious fears,
28–29

response to unconscious fears,
30–31

in trustworthiness assessments,
73–75

analogical reasoning
,
94

anchoring trap
,
18

anger
,
34

angular gyrus
,
95

Ankiel, Rick
,
167

anterior cingulate cortex.
See
ACC

anterior insula

advice-giving,
113

intuition,
99

in trustworthiness,
75

anticipatory behavior
,
99

anxiety.
See
fear

anxious attachment
,
81

approach phase (summit syndrome)
,
107

assessing potential losses
,
197

associations
,
94

attachments to people/places/things that affect decisions
,
16–17
,
80–82

avoidance
,
34
,
81

B

backward masking
,
30

basal ganglia

change and,
124

expert performance,
112

imagery versus observation,
142

behavioral commitment
,
138

benchmarking
,
148

beta-gamma activity
,
49

bilateral dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
,
111

bilateral inferior parietal cortex
,
100

bilateral primary somatosensory cortex
,
111

Blass, Steve
,
167

body language
,
101–103

boredom
,
107–109

brain plasticity
,
192

brain processes, coaching

ABP (alternative brain probing),
249–250

cognitive perspective-taking,
223–227

Impostor Syndrome,
230–232

increasing innovation,
227–230

managing ambiguity,
244–249

managing breach of trust,
241–244

managing cognitive flexibility,
238–241

managing emotions,
233–237

mirror neuron interventions,
218–222

brain science

change and

actions promoting change
,
170–179

brain plasticity
,
158–159

cognitive dissonance
,
171–172

emotions and change
,
175–176

ironic process theory
,
167–169

memory consolidation
,
165–170

model of relevance of brain science to change
,
157–158

task switching
,
160–165

defined,
3–4

development of,
4

enhancing executive environment with

decreasing threat
,
6

developing coaching protocols and tools
,
8

providing insights and evidence
,
8

providing system for targeted interventions
,
8

repackaging
,
5

uncovering myths
,
6–7

leadership errors and

anxiety
,
13–15

attachments to people/places/things that affect decisions
,
16–17

cold reasoning
,
11–12

conflicts of interest
,
15–16

discomfort with change
,
12–13

isolation
,
9
,
11

misleading memories
,
17–18

psychological traps
,
18–19

table of common assumptions
,
19–20

negative emotions, impact on brain

conscious fear
,
28–29

displacing fear as primary emotion being processed
,
32–33