Lead with Neuroscience
Leadership Programme
Overcome Self-Imposed Barriers and Lead with Science
Our Lead with Neuroscience leadership course is designed to empower female leaders to adopt disruptive leadership qualities, challenge the status quo, and drive transformative change within their organizations and communities. Participants will enhance their skills in innovation, resilience, and strategic thinking, addressing the unique challenges women face in leadership roles.
Why Neuroscience? Through understanding human behaviour, Neuroscience helps how we understand and practive effective leadership. Neuroscience equips leaders with insights into how the brain drives behavior, emotion, and decision-making. By understanding these mechanisms, leaders can foster trust, reduce stress, and enhance team performance. It supports emotionally intelligent leadership and helps create environments that boost creativity and resilience. Ultimately, it transforms leadership from instinctive to intentional and brain-savvy.
What you will learn
The 6-month programme equips participants with the tools, perspectives, and strategies to become transformational leaders who lead with authenticity and purpose through neuroscience methodologies, insights and understanding. Attendees will emerge empowered to make a meaningful difference in their leadership roles, positively impacting their organisations and communities.
Leading with Neuroscience
Diversity = Leadership Advantage
Leadership & Resilience
High Performing Teams
The Leader as a Coach
Driving Global Impact in Organisations
Programme Curriculum
Module 1. Leadership and Neuroscience
Understand the foundational principles of neuroscience relevant to leadership, including how the brain responds to stress, uncertainty, and change.
Leverage insights from neuroscience to build psychologically safe, high-performing teams
Develop a neuroscience-informed leadership toolkit to lead with greater clarity, authenticity, and impact
Module 2. Diversity = Leadership Advantage
Understand the Power of Diversity by exploring how diverse teams are uniquely positioned to challenge the status quo and drive innovative disruption.
Recognize Bias and Build Inclusion and identify common biases that can hinder diverse thinking and learn strategies
Leverage Cognitive Diversity for Innovation and understand how cognitive diversity (differing problem-solving approaches and thinking styles) sparks creative solutions and enhances the team's ability to tackle complex challenges
Module 3. Leadership and Resilience
Define resilience in the context of modern leadership and understand its impact on performance, well-being, and influence.
Recognize and navigate stress, adversity, and change using evidence-based emotional regulation and mindset strategies.
Develop self-awareness and self-leadership practices that enhance psychological flexibility and mental toughness.
Module 4. High-performing teams
Define the characteristics of high-performing teams, including trust, psychological safety, accountability, and shared purpose.
Recognize the stages of team development (e.g., forming, storming, norming, performing) and how to lead effectively at each stage.
Create a culture of ownership and accountability by setting clear expectations, roles, and performance metrics
Module 5. The Leader as a Coach
Understand coaching principles that enhance leadership effectiveness and employee development.
Apply active listening and powerful questioning to support team growth and problem-solving.
Provide constructive feedback that motivates and guides performance improvement
Module 6. Driving Global Impact in Organisations
Understand global market dynamics and their influence on organizational strategy.
Develop inclusive leadership skills to manage diverse, cross-cultural teams effectively.
Align organizational goals with global sustainability and social responsibility initiatives.
Module 7. Personal Leadership Action Plan
Participants will develop a comprehensive personal action plan to apply and integrate their leadership skills effectively within their careers.
Faculty
Programme Director
Silvia M Gomes
(HOD Mentoring and Leadership Programmes, PWN London/ Culture Ambassador & Charge Nurse, Cleveland Clinic) has over 15 years’ experience in the healthcare industry and is dedicated to empowering individuals and teams to unlock their potential and achieve meaningful growth.
Silvia is especially committed to fostering the next generation of leaders, with a strong focus on advancing gender equality and celebrating multiculturalism. Her approach blends hands-on experience with intelligent leadership coaching, ensuring people not only develop critical skills, but also build the confidence to lead with impact.
Schedule & Fees
Registrations open NOW
Date:
October 2025 - April 2026
Fees:
PWN London Premium Member: £ 399
Non-Member or Free Member: £ 499*
For more information, please contact [email protected]
*Includes 1 year Premium Membership to PWN Global and PWN London