Neuroscience, as the study of the brain and the nervous system and how these systems function physiologically to transform sensory stimuli into output, actions and/or reactions is key to understanding coaching, another transformative process of guiding and enabling change within a coachee for positive outcomes.
Coaching the Brain: Practical Applications of Neuroscience to Coaching
is a book written in 2019 by experienced coaches Joseph O'Connor and Andrea Lages that specifically addresses the question: 'How can we use our knowledge of the brain to help ourselves and others to learn, change, and develop?'.
How to apply insights from the neuroscience research in a practical way, in the fields of personal development, coaching and cognitive therapy. Accessible and practical, it begins with an overview of how the brain works along with an explanation of how our brain changes due to our actions and thoughts, illuminating how these habits can be changed through neuroplasticity. Understanding the neuroscience of goals and mental models helps us to work with and change them, and clarity about emotions and the emotional basis of values can help achieve happiness. The book also explores the key lessons we can take from neuroscience for high performance and leadership. Eminently accessible, each part of the book ends with a summary and set of key points to enable you with new tools to help yourself and others create better futures. As a whole, the book will provide you with a new respect for the depth and complexity of your thinking and emotions.
