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In this article for OnRec Magazine, Carolyn May of Stillmuchtooffer Ltd. explains how the Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument® (HBDI®) serves as a valuable multi-purpose management development tool, aiding individual personal development in a way that leads directly to sustained company growth.

Article reproduced from Online Recruitment Magazine by kind permission of DH Publishing Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Tarsus Group plc.

In the June 2010 issue of Chief Learning Officer Magazine, Ann Herrmann-Nehdi discusses the role learning style models play in improving learning effectiveness and outcomes. The article highlights IBM’s success in accelerating leadership development by integrating the Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument^® (HBDI^®) and Whole Brain^® Model into its global new leader development program.

In the May 2010 issue of ASTD’s Training+Development (T+D) Magazine, Ann Herrmann-Nehdi, CEO of Herrmann International, discusses what we’ve learned about Whole Brain® Thinking and Learning since the magazine originally published a series of articles by Herrmann International’s founder Ned Herrmann in the early 1980s.

When the world is in economic turmoil and your business is entertainment, it takes creative thinking to keep ahead of the game. Harrah’s Entertainment, a global provider of branded casinos with 85,000 employees working across six countries, has found that it can reach creative solutions to tough problems and address many major business issues by harnessing the power of “diverse-by-design” teams.

Stress is at an all-time high for managers in this economy, and one thing we know from brain research is that stress creates “noise,” making it even harder to think and focus. Managers are expected to take on more and do it faster in the midst of new challenges and increased distractions. Ironically, to go faster, they’ll need to start by slowing down.

Ann Herrmann-Nehdi explains how she was "wired" into studying the brain and continuing her father's work.

As business undergoes rapid transformation in the global era, organisational culture is more than ever the key to long-term success. 

Registrants -- some 4,500 -- must have dropped at least 30 pounds and kept them off for a year or more, though the average member has lost twice that much and maintained it for about five years.  What had enabled them to triumph where so many others falter?

Being a CEO requires a "whole-brain" approach, and our primary job is to think.  We need to listen for, and leverage, thinking styles from others that brings fresh thinking into the mix, even if that thinking makes us uncomfortable.

Whole Brain® methodology forces consideration of all the issues. It is essential that any two or more individuals who desire to form an alliance or partnership start by developing a shared understanding of all the issues, as presented from all four quadrants.

Charles Dwyer says "To be effective with people, you have to assume the relationship is asymmetrical, with you accepting 100% responsibility."  The course begins with the HBDI® to categorize people by the way they process information.

RESULTS that have been achieved from using Whole Brain® Technology™ with the HBDI® and workshops.

The asymmetry of the human body leads to the concept of dominance and, in turn, led Ned Herrmann to create the HBDI® and Whole Brain® Technology.  Read more on the theory behind the HBDI®.

We must begin to change our assumptions about learning styles to accommodate those who think differently. In the application of whole brain approaches to education, we don’t teach people how to draw or sculpt as much as we remove the barriers to their ability to see. The understanding of self—the discovering of self—can be greatly facilitated through whole brain® approaches to learning. It’s never too late for gifts and talents to emerge. Never too late!

Creative and strategic thinking are no longer optional in today’s rapidly changing environment. We must all learn to tap into our four different selves, as each event requires, in order to optimize our contributions and become successful.