The power of gender difference, not gender equality, is a secret
source for success. Some smart businesses are starting to wake up to
this fact. This book explores why and how.
Properly valuing brain gender diversity in the workplace is one of the
biggest and largely untapped sources of competitive advantage for modern
businesses. Recent advances in neuroscience provide the key to unlocking
it.
Modern research shows that there are gender-based differences in the
brain - it's just not as simple as a binary between a 'male brain' and
'female brain'. In fact, our brains are like a mosaic where many of the
tiles are available in thousands of shades on a spectrum between pink
and blue. The problem is that our workplaces tend to be governed by
structures, processes and cultures that are practically pure blue. All
the brains in the business that are elsewhere on the spectrum cannot
thrive as they might, so sources of productivity, creativity and agility
go untapped.
Anyone who manages people needs to understand how the brain works and
the impact it has on how people work together as teams. Anyone who wants
to unlock the talent and productivity of all of their people needs to
understand how recent findings around male- and female-type brains
should shape the way they manage.
Leading applied neuroscientists and international corporate coaches Kate
Lanz and Paul Brown show you why and how to access all the brains in
your business.