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The WIRED TO™ Series: Books on the brain science of success
Wired to Grow: Harness the Power of Brain Science to Learn and Master Any Skill
Discover the science-based secrets for fulfilling your potential by unlocking the power of your brain. We are biologically wired to learn. It’s the key to our survival and the path to fulfilling our capacity to become or create something more. Wired to Grow contains the keys to leveraging our natural neurological wiring to help unlock the fullest expression of who we are—to become or develop into something more. This fully revised and expanded second edition, now packed with more than double the original information, draws from the most recent neuroscience research and includes two new sections on creating a growth culture of learning and delivering learning to others. This powerful guide positively transforms lives, habits, and organizations.
“Britt is masterful in bridging pioneering content with practical application using vulnerable stories from her own leadership experiences. She doesn’t share what she’s learned; she shares what she’s learning. As you read, you will be invited into your own personal and authentic learning journey, rooted in rich and relevant data, and framed in a model that cultivates growth…for you and your organization. Wired to Grow is leadership gold.”~ LV Hanson, Senior Culture Strategist, Procore
“With Wired to Grow Dr. Andreatta has created a simple tool anyone can use to create real change in oneself or in others. It’s required reading for those who want to use their minds to achieve results.” ~ Chérie Carter-Scott, PhD, MCC, NY Times bestselling author of If Life Is a Game, These Are the Rules: Ten Rules for Being Human, ICF Master-Certified Coach
“Wired to Grow is fantastic book for anyone in the teaching game. It shows how anyone can change their old habits to new ones! Dr. Andreatta hit a home run.” ~ Michael Ewing, President, Professional Ski Instructors of America, Northern Rocky Mountain Division
Wired to Resist: The Brain Science of Why Change Fails and a New Model for Driving Success
Discover how to harness the power of your brain and thrive through any change. Every year failed change costs billions of dollars. We are biologically wired to resist change: it’s the key to our survival and the obstacle that often gets in the way of us fulfilling our potential. Wired to Resist provides a new understanding of our biology and why change fails, despite our best plans. Dr. Andreatta synthesizes the latest research into a new model for change that harnesses the power of neuroscience and shows you how to thrive and lead through all kinds of change.
“Illustrated by real-life examples and evidence from renowned scholars and practitioners, Wired to Resist provides novel insights into understanding why efforts to change often fail and—more importantly—how they can succeed.” ~ Barry Posner, PhD, New York Times best-selling author of The Leadership Challenge
“A must-read for business leaders and HR professionals. In this constantly changing world, it’s critical to find leadership strategies that realistically address the human side of change. Dr. Andreatta offers a fresh look at the nature of resistance with a clear path to overcoming it. I couldn’t put it down.” ~ Erin Earle, VP, HRBP for Engineering, LinkedIn
“I’ve read many books on leading organizational change and I appreciate how Dr. Andreatta gives me insight into the ‘whys’ behind the ‘hows.’ Wired to Resist arrived just as I was launching a new change initiative in my organization—and it immediately showed me several things I needed to address to increase our chance of success.” ~ Kevin Goldsmith, Chief Technology Officer, Avvo
Audiobook now available:
UPDATED Wired to Resist, with a new prologue and epilogue on managing change in the global pandemic. Now available at Audible.
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Change Quest® for Individuals
Change Quest® for Managers
Train the Trainer: Change Quest®
Wired to Connect: The Brain Science of Teams and a New Model for Creating Collaboration and Inclusion
Discover the surprising truth about what creates and destroys peak-performing teams. Teams power the majority of work around the world, yet lack of effective collaboration is a leading cause of workplace failure. Dr. Britt Andreatta synthesizes the latest findings from neuroscience and what differentiates high-performing teams from the rest. Wired to Connect provides a new understanding of how unconscious bias, inclusion, trust, and purpose impact teams and how you can create the necessary conditions for true collaboration and team excellence. Whether you’re a team member or leader, in one building or in different time zones and countries, this book offers a new model and useful strategies you can implement today to consistently create peak-performing teams.
“In this team-focused era, Andreatta’s new model shows how true collaboration lives at the intersection of inclusion, purpose, and trust. Her insights in Wired to Connect will give you practical strategies for creating and maintaining high-performing teams.” ~ Aaron Hurst, CEO of Imperative, Author of The Purpose Economy
“Wired to Connect is an extraordinary book. Solidly grounded in the latest academic research, it manages to be immensely practical at the same time. Managers in every sector will benefit from Andreatta’s new model and following her advice, using brain science to everyone’s advantage.” ~ Dr. Amy C. Edmondson, Author of Teaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy
“With a balance of compelling and timely research and practical tools, Wired to Connect offers a holistic framework for building great teams and inclusive cultures. Britt’s command of today’s workplace challenges makes her work a must-read for talent strategists and business leaders.” ~ Dr. Kelly McGill, Culture and Inclusion, Amazon
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Train the Trainer: Four Gates to Peak Team Performance®
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Wired to Become: The Brain Science of Finding Your Purpose, Creating Meaningful Work, and Achieving Your Potential
Around the world, people's quest for purpose is at an all-time high. Wired to Become meets the moment with new findings in the science of becoming our best selves and why purpose and meaningful work are critical for our physical and emotional health. Dr. Andreatta examines the pandemic's cultural and personal impact and crafts a new understanding of why society is forever changed and how to benefit. She offers tools you can use to explore and clarify your own purpose and professional journey, plus concrete strategies for building purpose-driven organizations—the future of work.
“While the library of books on purpose is large and ever expanding, Dr. Britt Andreatta makes an invaluable contribution through Wired to Become by integrating the extant research in this burgeoning field and presenting it in a coherent, compelling, practical, and highly readable way. If you use this brilliant book as a guide, you and your business will be transformed.” ~ Dr. Raj Sisodia, FEMSA Distinguished University Professor of Conscious Enterprise, Tecnológico de Monterrey, and Co-founder of Conscious Capitalism, Inc.
“Wired to Become is an incredibly relevant and thorough examination of the need, not just for purpose, but for meaning in today’s world. Dr. Andreatta’s book is filled with insights and strategies to help us further embed purpose into our work and lives and is enlivened by numerous stories from individuals finding—and growing into—their purpose. Thanks for the inspiration, Britt!” ~ Rick Lozano, author of Acoustic Leadership: Develop a Leadership Culture That Resonates
“There have been major advances in our understanding of purpose and meaning at work over the last five years. Andreatta distills the research down to make it immediately accessible and actionable, so we can find fulfillment in our lives and work.” ~ Aaron Hurst, founder of Taproot Foundation, Imperative, and Purpose Mindset, and author of The Purpose Economy