Joe Noonan's Leadership Seminars

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Life, Laughter & Limbic Leadership

Life, like Leadership, is simple – we all want to be happy. As leaders, when we learn how to deliberately motivate our people with happiness, amazing things happen...

Sounds simple, and it is, when we enroll the resources of our limbic brain. The limbic is our right intuitive brain, the part that’s often referred to as our unconscious, yet when we understand the full dimensions of how it works, we realize its anything but unconscious...

Why survive - when you can thrive!        Right now, as you’re reading this page, your limbic brain is managing millions of different functions; regulating your heart rate, blinking your eyes, filtering your blood, digesting your last meal, etc. Most of this we take for granted, and miss out on a huge untapped potential.

A Brief Limbic Lesson    The limbic brain is like a 5 year old in that it takes everything we say literally. If I say, 'Think of a red fire truck', your limbic brain brings you an image of a fire truck. How about a polka dotted fire truck? ... See how fast your limbic is?

If I say, 'Don't think of a blue fire truck', you still see it. Why? Because the right limbic brain, unlike our logical left brain, is unable to comprehend the concept of 'not'.

Here's another example. Don't think about hiring me. Don't think about the amazing breakthroughs my programs will generate for you. And whatever you do, don't think about the increased productivity and revenue you gain as a result!

See how powerful our words are?

This is one of the many distinctions of Leadership that I teach. I integrate them with a mix of right- and left-brain activities to ensure they become an integral part of your life. These programs assist you in being mindful, even masterful, with your thoughts, words and actions; the three most powerful tools we as leaders have.

Habitual Limbic    Your limbic turns any activity into a habit by the second repetition. Behaviorists say over 90% of what we think each day are the same thoughts we thought the day before. Left to itself, the limbic turns our life into an endless habitual repetition, maintaining a re-active response to life. Following is a great example of the liabilities of habitual behavior...

Monkeys & Bananas                                                                                                                                                 Researches put 4 monkeys in a room. They hang bananas in the middle of the room over a ladder. Every time one of the monkeys starts up the ladder to get to the bananas, researches spray the other 3 monkeys with cold water. Brrrr! Before long, anytime one monkey starts up the ladder, the other 3 stop him. And the bananas just hang there.

They rotate in a new monkey. He looks around, sees the bananas, and starts up the ladder. Wham - the other 3 jump him. He doesn't understand, tries again, gets jumped again.

He waits 'til he thinks no one's looking, and tries to sneak up the ladder (those bananas look good!) and they jump him again!

He learns to leave the fruit alone. Researchers rotate in another monkey, the same thing; he goes for bananas, they stop him. After a few tries, he gives up.

They keep rotating in new monkeys (they have turnover too!) and before long, none of the original monkeys are there.

None of the monkeys go for the bananas, they ignore them. And if a monkey did go for them, (which any monkey in his right mind would do), the others stop him.

Guess what? The researchers have stopped spraying water a long time ago. No one would get sprayed if they climbed up the ladder.

The monkeys who are in the room don't even know why they don't go up the ladder, they're none of the original group. They have never been sprayed with water, they just maintain the habits they learned from those who came before them.

Sound familiar?

You have, right now, old patters and beliefs within your organization that you cannot see. And these limitations will hold you back until you become conscious of them.

Our programs give your team the eyes to see itself, the ears to hear itself, and the coordination of action to put it all together.

All of us; individuals, families, companies, have patterns we're unaware of. These patterns limit us in ways we cannot imagine. And these patterns will continue in perpetuity, even generationally, until you become conscious of them and make the conscious choice to change them.

In my programs, I give your company/team the tools and training to see your world with new eyes, resulting in a totally new view of your business. From this enlightened perspective, I assist you in seeing both what has held you back, as well as to recognize the 'low hanging fruit' that is easily within your reach. As a result, you find breakthrough approaches to business and industry problems.

Read our client's testimonials and ask yourself: "Do we want these kinds of results?"

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"Joe's half day seminar was more productive than the two-week seminars I took with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines"                                                            Wally Kelm, Sales Director, Global Marine Travel

 

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