Sahar Yousef
Cognitive Neuroscientist at UC Berkeley, Haas School of Business
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Sahar Yousef
Featured Keynote Programs
Becoming Superhuman
The Science of Optimizing Productivity and Performance
Key Learnings:
● Leading research on the three biggest mistakes of productivity and performance and the scientific reasons WHY people commonly make those mistakes
● How to increase your team’s productivity by 25% without increasing hours worked
● Why daily progress is the single most important factor that drives productivity, creativity, and well-being
● How to prioritize the most important and valuable tasks, even in the face of urgent demands, by using “Daily MIT Setting”
The Science of Energy Management
Understanding Your Unique Biological Chronotype
Key Learnings:
● Discover your biological chronotype and how to optimally schedule your day for peak productivity and effectiveness
● Gain an understanding of circadian rhythms, ultradian rhythms, and peak performance hours
● The most effective breaks according to science and strategies for avoiding the afternoon dip
Wellbeing Matters
How to Effectively Manage Stress and Prevent Burnout
Key Learnings:
● The science behind “video fatigue” and how to combat
● Why burnout became officially classified as a disease in 2019 by the World Health Organization and what distinguishes burnout from excess stress or depression
● Leading indicators and a simple tool you can use to quickly assess your individual or team’s burnout risk
● How to reverse the slow damage burnout does to the brain and body
● Practical frameworks for beating burnout, including the 3M framework
THE SCIENCE OF INFLUENCE PERSUASION, AND EXECUTIVE PRESENCE
Key Learnings:
● The neurobiological basis of trust and human connection and how to maximize psychological safety with direct reports
● The factors that influence how, why, and when people say “yes”
● How to reliably regulate yourself into an ideal brain-state to maximize executive presence and communicate effectively
● Advanced techniques for in-situ brain-state and emotional regulation
● The science of mirroring and how a leader’s emotions set the tone for the room
● Strengthening your executive presence and how to “command a room” in person or over video
● What changes when influencing remotely vs. in-person
The Science of Sleep
Understanding and Optimizing Your Personal Routine
Key Learnings:
- Finding your optimal sleep window (based on your biological chronotype)
- Practical ways we can improve our sleep quality and fall asleep faster
- Sleep myths, the five stages of sleep, and how to take the perfect break
- Sleep deprivation, Alzheimer’s, cognitive decline and why sleep is the best insurance policy for lifespan and health span
- The most effective breaks according to science and strategies for avoiding the afternoon dip