Anastasia Pryanikova
Founder and Principal
E-Studio
www.lawsagna.com
Session 8 – December 10, 2009 – 2 pm – Eastern Time
“Jesus, Moses, the Buddha, and other great teachers were all born with a brain built essentially like anyone else’s. Then they used their minds to change their brains in ways that changed history.” ~ Rick Hanson, Ph.D., the author of “Buddha’s Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom.”Is it possible to shape your brain to become a more effective leader? Current research in the field of neuroscience indicates that the answer is “yes.”
In this program you will learn:
• How to apply specific brain-based strategies to maximize your mental resources everyday;
• How uncertainty affects brain performance and what to do about it;
• Why our brains are wired to resist change and how we can overcome that resistance;
• How to manage stress and cultivate focus, awareness, and a positive attitude in turbulent times;
• How your physical environment affects your mental state, thinking and actions;
• How to defeat the brain’s negativity bias;
• Which motivator is greater: fear or desire;
• How to make your message brain-friendly;
• How to facilitate insights and breakthrough ideas.
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Background: Anastasia Pryanikova, M.A., J.D. is a certified coach, keynote speaker, and the founder of E-Studio, LLC, a coaching and training company dedicated to empowering leaders to boost performance, perception and influence through brain-based strategies.
From an ESL instructor helping her students to be better understood, to a lawyer working with Russian oligarchs and government officials on the restructuring of Russia’s energy sector, to a U.S. Small Businesses Administration legal adviser counseling small business leaders on the disaster assistance program, Anastasia has been in the business of “changing people’s minds” across borders, cultures, and industries.
Building on her experience in linguistics and law, Anastasia fuses brain research, positive psychology, accelerated learning, and linguistic discourse analysis to create interactive and dynamic coaching and training programs to help individuals and teams harness the power of their minds to improve communication, reduce stress and conflict, and increase productivity.
You can learn more about Anastasia’s work, read her blog “Lawsagna,” and subscribe to her transformational newsletter “Well-Aware” at http://www.lawsagna.com.
