Date: Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Time: 7:00am
Cultural Neuroscience:
As organizations globalize and the workforce becomes more diverse, it is increasingly important to understand how leaders can operate effectively in culturally diverse situations. Leadership effectiveness depends on a leader's ability to solve complex social problems such as the coordination of thoughts and behaviors and expectations of various stakeholders. This session will explore the deeper biology of cultural similarities and differences, focusing on findings from social cognitive and cultural neuroscience. These new findings provide strong support for existing best practice, as well as shed light on new strategies that need to be deployed so that leaders and managers can influence effectively across cultures