Dr. Sahar Yousef

Key Learnings: 

• Leading research on the three biggest mistakes of productivity and performance and the scientific reasons WHY people commonly make these mistakes
• Unnecessary daily drains on our cognitive capacity and how to optimize your digital hygiene
• How to prioritize your most important and valuable tasks, even in the face of urgent demands, by using “Daily MIT Setting”
• Training on Focus Sprints®, a research-backed way of working that helps individuals get more done, in less time, with less energy expended

Key Learnings: 

• Why burnout became officially classified as an occupational syndrome in 2019 by the World Health Organization
• Leading indicators and what distinguishes burnout clinically from excess stress and exhaustion
• How to reverse the slow damage burnout does to the brain and body
• An opportunity to take a 3-minute assessment (The Burnout Risk Index, BRI®) to determine your individual or team’s burnout risk
• Practical frameworks for psychologically detaching from work and life stressors (including the 3M Framework for preventing burnout)

Key Learnings: 

• New research on the four primary causes of “video fatigue” and their simple fixes
• Discover your biological chronotype and how to optimally schedule your day for peak productivity and creativity
• The most effective “brain breaks” according to science and strategies for avoiding the afternoon dip
• How you can use light, temperature, or short breathing exercises to quickly increase your energy levels 
• Caffeine myths and practical strategies to optimize caffeine’s effects

Key Learnings: 

• Busting the myth of “left-brained” vs. “right-brained” and the real neurological underpinnings of creativity
• How to reliably get into a creative brain state to increase the likelihood of new insights
• Acquire the tools and principles to consistently generate, prioritize, and implement new ideas
• How to create and nurture a culture of risk-tasking/experimentation to make a more innovative business
• Research-based best practices for effective individual and team brainstorming

Key Learnings: 

• How to reliably regulate yourself into an ideal brain-state to communicate effectively and maximize executive presence 
• The neurobiological basis of trust and human connection and how to maximize psychological safety 
• The factors that influence how, why, and when people say “yes”
• The science of verbal and non-verbal communication: new research on mirroring, gestures, eye contact, virtual backgrounds, humor, and what changes when influencing remotely vs. in-person
• Counterintuitive tactics from former intelligence and hostage negotiators

Key Learnings:

• The science of self-awareness and the benefits of attention regulation training (ART)
• Cognitive listening profile assessment to measure an individual’s predominant listening style
• The science of psychological safety and high impact strategies to enhance trust and communication effectiveness
• Four-step process for how to give constructive feedback without triggering defensiveness in others
• The ideal positive-to-negative feedback ratio and the start-stop-keep framework for soliciting specific and actionable feedback from others