The Steadfast Leader: Control Anxiety, Make Confident Decisions, and Focus Your Team Using the New Science of Leadership

Discover how integrating rational thought and "gut feelings" together will make you a calmer, more powerful leader

Business leaders today face unprecedented challenges—and it's not uncommon to feel overwhelmed by the sheer number and complexity of nonstop decision making. To further complicate matters, you may believe that some decisions require rational (brain) decision making, while others call for you to "go with your gut." In The Steadfast Leader, you'll discover that integrating the two—brain and gut—will help you become the calm, steadfast and powerful leader you want to be.

With their combined expertise in both business and medicine, Dr. Geoffrey VanderPal and Dr. Randy Brazie frame the latest scientific understanding of the human nervous system, drawing on Polyvagal Theory to show how the brain and the gut (connected by the vagus nerve) make decisions together. Helping to put an end to the tension caused by "either-or," they show how using "both-and" works better in every situation. Packed with eye-opening research, case studies, and relatable examples from the business world, The Steadfast Leader provides practical, cutting-edge neuroscientific concepts to help you stay focused and make better decisions—for yourself, your team, and your organization.

Inside you'll learn how to:

• Make optimal decisions without the negativity of past stress and trauma influencing decisions
• Become a more successful manager using tools you can adapt to your team
• Improve the physical workspace for happier, more focused employees
• Stand up and stand out: Take your career from the margins to center stage
• Make wiser financial decisions in good times and bad
• Make better recruitment decisions and manage interpersonal challenges
• Master focus, productivity, and connection with yourself and others

About the Author

Randy Brazie, MD, SEP®, is a graduate of the University of Arizona College of Medicine and completed his psychiatry residency at the University of Arizona Affiliated Hospitals. He is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in General Psychiatry, with extensive experience in multiple sectors, including both clinic and hospital-based services as well as emergency and urgent care settings. He currently serves as the chief medical officer for Resilient Health, an Arizona nonprofit healthcare provider of innovative multi-modal services for both public and private sectors.

Dr. Geoffrey VanderPal, DBA, CFP®, Certified Financial Planner™ and Chartered Life Underwriter, has taught for various universities on four continents in the areas of finance and business. He has been published in multiple research journals and is author of Invincible Investing. He is currently a professor in the Master of Science in Finance program at Purdue University Global, teaching financial-planning related courses.