The Thinking Leader:

The Importance of Executive Cognition and Emotional Management in Leadership Development

Key Takeaways

  • Knowing how your brain works, and how you can be fooled by so many distortions and hidden biases

  • Decision Frameworks and Thinking Tools that you can apply immediately.

  • Using systems to solve problems

  • Understanding your emotions as valuable sources of data, and how to manage your emotions rather than allowing them to control you

  • Establishing stronger systems of ethics and moral decision-making

Get excited about Executive Level Cognition!

Learning how to think at a higher, deeper level

As a Leader, situations become more complex, and the need for decisions comes faster with more interactions and potential impacts. Consequences of your thinking skills bring high stakes! Do you need some clear frameworks to help guide decision-making? Do you ever stop and think about how you think, and not just react?

Program Modules

Module 1: Introduction to Better Thinking at the Executive Level

Module 2: Enhancing Leadership Learning and Human Memory

Module 3: Clear Thinking & Avoidance of “Thinking Traps” & Distortions

Module 4: Removing Hidden Bias — both cognitively and across all of the cultural "isms"

Module 5: Emotional Intelligence

Module 6: Strategic Thinking and Adaptive Intelligence

Module 7: Thinking in Systems

Module 8: Mental Immunity and Sustaining Mental Focus

Module 9: Better Decision Making

Module 10: Designing Choice through Nudging and Behavioural Economics

Module 11: Ethical Leadership and Everyday Decision Making

Module 12: Moral Leadership and Thinking Responsibly

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Contact us and we'll screen you for eligibility.

  • $1950 USD for non-members

    $1500 for existing GAPLD members

    $5,950 USD for an entire Corporate C-suite or Executive Team in the same organization (Minimum of 5-6 total participants).

  • We have a staggered start for each quarter.

  • Only 90-minutes per week at the same regular day and time over 12 consecutive weeks. Added background reading and review is at the discretion of each participant.

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