#008 – The Neuroscience of Leadership and Coaching with Peri Shawn


The secret to building better performance in your team comes from understanding the neuroscience that drives people’s behaviour and decisions.  In this episode of the Workplace Communication Podcast, Peri Shawn, Award-Winning Business Author, explains the neuroscience of leadership and coaching.  Peri shares how using a coaching approach to guide your team members will lead to sustainable improvements in team performance.

Leadership tips you won’t want to miss:

  • How asking questions builds neural networks
  • 3 ways messages get mixed up
  • The self-fulfilling prophecy of poor performance
  • Developing deep listening skills

For more than 20 years, Peri Shawn has been teaching and coaching leaders about the neuroscience of leadership and business growth.  She loves coaching executives to unleash their true leadership potential.

Peri is the award-winning author business author.  You may have read some of her articles in SellingPower, Salesforce.com, Entrepreneur, Sales and Marketing Management Magazine, Inc., National Post and Forbes. 

As part of her ongoing research, she has developed proprietary tools that demonstrate how trust affects performance, management and the client experience. Her personal research includes scouring the fields of neuroscience, business, social science and education.

Peri’s company, the Coaching and Sales Institute, has worked with such teams as KPMG, GE, Hallmark, AT&T, Direct Energy, Bell, the Royal Bank of Canada and Rogers. 

If you are looking to improve your ability to relate to and lead your team, then this episode is for you!

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Peri’s contact information:

Website: http://www.coachingandsalesinstitute.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/perishawn/

Resources: http://www.coachingandsalesinstitute.com/resources/

Lindsay’s contact information:

To book a discovery call: https://calendly.com/lindsaylapaquette/discovery-call

E-mail: [email protected]

Website: https://lindsaylapaquette.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindsaylapaquette/

Previous podcast episodes:  https://lindsaylapaquette.com/podcast

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Lindsay Lapaquette

Lindsay Lapaquette, M.Sc.(A) works with middle managers who want to communicate authentically so they can effectively lead their teams without losing themselves. As a former Speech-Language Pathologist, Lindsay applies her expertise in the neuroscience of communication and connection to help managers foster an environment of trust and respect in their teams, so that everyone can bring their best selves to work.

Lindsay’s approach has been profoundly influenced by her work with Indigenous organizations, her experience as a parent to two neurodivergent children, and the premature loss of both of her parents. These experiences have taught Lindsay great lessons about the power of excellent people skills that extend well beyond her professional expertise.

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Lindsay Lapaquette

Lindsay Lapaquette, M.Sc.(A) works with middle managers who want to communicate authentically so they can effectively lead their teams without losing themselves. As a former Speech Language Pathologist, Lindsay applies her expertise in the neuroscience of communication and connection to help managers foster an environment of trust and respect in their teams, so that everyone can bring their best selves to work.

Lindsay’s approach has been profoundly influenced by her work with First Nations organizations, her experience as a parent to two children with pervasive mental health challenges, and the premature loss of both of her parents. These experiences have taught Lindsay great lessons about the power of excellent people skills that extend well beyond her professional expertise.

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