Dr. Sahar Yousef

Key Learnings:

• The science behind “video fatigue” and simple tools for your team to use to combat digital exhaustion + diplomatically opt out of meetings
• Leading research on the three biggest mistakes of productivity and performance
• The scientific reasons WHY people commonly make those mistakes • How to increase your team’s productivity by 25% without increasing hours worked

Key Learnings:

• Why burnout became officially classified as a disease in 2019 by the World Health Organization
• What distinguishes burnout from excess stress or depression
• Leading indicators and a simple tool you can use to quickly assess your individual or team’s burnout risk
• How to reverse the slow damage burnout does to the brain and body
• Practical frameworks for beating burnout, including the Demand-Control-Support model

Key Learnings:

• Finding your optimal sleep window (based on your biological chronotype)
• Practical ways we can improve our sleep quality and fall asleep faster
• Sleep myths, the five stages of sleep, and how to take the perfect break
• Sleep deprivation, Alzheimer’s, cognitive decline and why sleep is the best insurance policy for lifespan and health span
• The most effective breaks according to science and strategies for avoiding the afternoon dip

Key Learnings:

• The most common mistakes people typically make when forming new habits
• The proven CCRR framework to break bad habits and make new habits stick
• How to identify triggers that launch you into unproductive or stress-inducing behaviors
• How to design your environment to automatically increase the probability of productive habits

Key Learnings:

• The neurobiological basis of trust and human connection and how to maximize psychological safety with direct reports
• The factors that influence how, why, and when people say “yes”
• How to reliably regulate yourself into an ideal brain-state to maximize executive presence and communicate effectively
• Advanced techniques for in-situ brain-state and emotional regulation
• The science of mirroring and how a leader’s emotions set the tone for the room
• Strengthening your executive presence and how to “command a room” in person or over video
• What changes when influencing remotely vs. in-person

Key Learnings:

• How to optimize your days in the office vs. your days working remotely
• The neuroscience of rapidly developing a new routine and the science behind the commute
• Why you will burn more energy in the office and what to do about it
• How to navigate the distractions that come with an in-person workplace
• Research-backed strategies to set effective boundaries when you have a flexible (or unpredictable) schedule

Key Learnings

• Learn the core drivers of your behavioral patterns, emotional triggers, and how to use this information to improve your communication, feedback, team dynamics, and overall leadership skills
• Hone your ability to read others’ emotions to influence successfully
• Research-backed best practices for delivering critical feedback
• How to create connection, build trust, and inspire
• Simple story architecture to save time while strengthening your message
• Emotionally intelligent responses to challenging environments