Finance ✦ Penny’s Take
Neuroscience for Leadership
T. Swart · 2015
68/100
👎 Skip It
Swart draws on real neuroscience to make a case for brain-aware leadership, and the intentions are sound. But the book sits in contested territory — critics with Royal Society credentials have flagged oversimplification of the science — so readers get executive coaching dressed in lab-coat language. Worth a look if you're already in the leadership development world, but the mixed evidence base keeps this out of confident-recommend territory.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety75
Substance / usefulness62
Craft & writing64
Originality60
Evidence & accuracy55
Hype vs delivers65
Age-fit72
👁 Human-eye gut-check63
Penny’s verdict68
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