There have always been many expectations and pressures on the leaders at the top and few on the rest. Silvia Damiano proposes to look at leadership through new lenses by turning the pyramid upside down and encouraging everybody to embrace their own leadership.
In "Leadership is Upside Down", Silvia provides invaluable tools to enable anyone and everyone to unlock their potential and create their own personal leadership style by increasing self awareness and understanding the relationship between a brain that functions at its best and leadership effectiveness. This ensures that regardless of position or title, we are all able to inspire, motivate and empower others to excel and create a more positive, engaged and productive culture that meets the demands of the new 'era of work'.
The i4 Neuroleader Revolution is an invaluable concept to anyone who wants to develop as an exceptional leader. The i4 Model has been created as a result of many years of Silvia’s work in the field of leadership development and is reflective of the interactions that she has had with a diverse range of people from various backgrounds and positions, who share an inherent desire to become inspirational and transformational leaders.
The i4 Neuroleader is a personal leadership model made up of four key competencies with sixteen underpinning pillars that is explored in detail throughout the book. This set of capabilities can unlock anyone's potential to succeed as a leader in any endeavour.
By providing a greater insight and understanding firstly of ourselves and then of others, the i4 Neuroleader Model & Tool empowers us to make a real and positive impact upon our professional and personal lives and those of others, and ensures that we have the necessary skills and knowledge to be catalyst for change.
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“By challenging us to look at leadership in an unfamiliar frame, the i4 model offers new insights into ourselves and others - insights that are founded in the science of our brains and behaviours - that will ultimately enable us to be better leaders who can adapt and thrive in a complex, ever evolving, global business landscape.”
Dr. Lana Ledgerwood
Cognitive Neuroscientist & Leadership Consultant, Heidrick & Struggles
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“Leadership is not improvised. Leadership is learnt and developed. In her new book, Silvia Damiano gives us the key: the i4 model. In a world characterised by complexity, uncertainty and globalisation, the four skills Damiano includes in her Model (integration, inspiration, imagination and intuition) are essential for individual and group success.”
Dr. Nestor Braidot
Author of NeuroManagement & CEO of Braidot Group (Business & Neuroscience)
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“My brain so enjoyed Silvia’s deliciously structured description on how my neurobiology and neurochemistry can alter so that I can start exhibiting some of the leadership behaviours I have been trying to exhibit at work but somehow have failed. My brain really does want to know the chemicals, wiring and restructuring it needs to achieve in order to change behaviour on the outside. Silvia has done a wonderful job at giving my brain the manual on how to achieve that end state. The brains of leaders will enjoy Silvia’s work immensely.”
Katharine McLennan
Head of Global Leadership Academy, QBE
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“Intrepid. Intriguing. Insightful. Invigorating. Silvia Damiano takes you to a place that compels you to challenge what you know – or think you know – about leadership. A fantastic read where its true beauty is in the simplicity of its deconstruction and re-construction of notions and principles. I found myself constantly questioning my actions and inactions as a leader and gained far greater insight of my influence towards others – positive and negative – regardless of my intent.”
Milano Pellegrini
HR Executive, Consultant & Lecturer
In "Leadership is Upside Down", Silvia provides invaluable tools to enable anyone and everyone to unlock their potential and create their own personal leadership style by increasing self awareness and understanding the relationship between a brain that functions at its best and leadership effectiveness. This ensures that regardless of position or title, we are all able to inspire, motivate and empower others to excel and create a more positive, engaged and productive culture that meets the demands of the new 'era of work'.
The i4 Neuroleader Revolution is an invaluable concept to anyone who wants to develop as an exceptional leader. The i4 Model has been created as a result of many years of Silvia’s work in the field of leadership development and is reflective of the interactions that she has had with a diverse range of people from various backgrounds and positions, who share an inherent desire to become inspirational and transformational leaders.
The i4 Neuroleader is a personal leadership model made up of four key competencies with sixteen underpinning pillars that is explored in detail throughout the book. This set of capabilities can unlock anyone's potential to succeed as a leader in any endeavour.
By providing a greater insight and understanding firstly of ourselves and then of others, the i4 Neuroleader Model & Tool empowers us to make a real and positive impact upon our professional and personal lives and those of others, and ensures that we have the necessary skills and knowledge to be catalyst for change.
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“By challenging us to look at leadership in an unfamiliar frame, the i4 model offers new insights into ourselves and others - insights that are founded in the science of our brains and behaviours - that will ultimately enable us to be better leaders who can adapt and thrive in a complex, ever evolving, global business landscape.”
Dr. Lana Ledgerwood
Cognitive Neuroscientist & Leadership Consultant, Heidrick & Struggles
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“Leadership is not improvised. Leadership is learnt and developed. In her new book, Silvia Damiano gives us the key: the i4 model. In a world characterised by complexity, uncertainty and globalisation, the four skills Damiano includes in her Model (integration, inspiration, imagination and intuition) are essential for individual and group success.”
Dr. Nestor Braidot
Author of NeuroManagement & CEO of Braidot Group (Business & Neuroscience)
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“My brain so enjoyed Silvia’s deliciously structured description on how my neurobiology and neurochemistry can alter so that I can start exhibiting some of the leadership behaviours I have been trying to exhibit at work but somehow have failed. My brain really does want to know the chemicals, wiring and restructuring it needs to achieve in order to change behaviour on the outside. Silvia has done a wonderful job at giving my brain the manual on how to achieve that end state. The brains of leaders will enjoy Silvia’s work immensely.”
Katharine McLennan
Head of Global Leadership Academy, QBE
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“Intrepid. Intriguing. Insightful. Invigorating. Silvia Damiano takes you to a place that compels you to challenge what you know – or think you know – about leadership. A fantastic read where its true beauty is in the simplicity of its deconstruction and re-construction of notions and principles. I found myself constantly questioning my actions and inactions as a leader and gained far greater insight of my influence towards others – positive and negative – regardless of my intent.”
Milano Pellegrini
HR Executive, Consultant & Lecturer
