Today we will cover the third Brain Drain.

Is your organization operating in a dumbed down fashion?

Organizational IQ drain:  Most leaders and organizations are experiencing a "Brain Drain" operating in a "dumbed down" manner. We need to teach leaders tools to understand themselves and to influence others as a result. We need to give leaders tools to counter attack the "Brain Drain" and be more effective in decision making, developing others and living a more well-balanced and focused lifestyle.

We know:

• Stress influences cognitive functioning.
• Without the protective elements of High Emotional Intelligence most executives and employees are operating with approximately 10-15 less IQ points daily.
• The visible factors affecting the organizational "Brain Drain" and less IQ points are:
• Daily chaos that results from the demands of Complexity, Urgency and Individual focus versus team or system focus.
• The chaos we feel resides in the amygdala, the emotional part of the brain.
• More blood and oxygen go into the amygdala and less blood and oxygen go to the prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain that has executive functioning.
• This leads us to an "amygdala hijack" or outburst, where we are operating more emotionally and automatic to situations.
• With less blood and oxygen in the prefrontal cortex our brain power is less and we can be more defensive, blaming others, micromanaging or "checking out" and avoiding situations.
• Critical decisions affecting organizations and an individual's future are made without using their full IQ.
• Almost every leader (we have dealt with) has underestimated their influence because they haven't fully used the brain science available to them and as a result they don't realize how they effect the environment around them.
• Great leaders are able to manage the daily chaos with the right systems and procedures by making people feel part of a high powered team through emotional engagement.

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