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Reviewed by Pikasho Deka for Readers' Favorite
Boasting a career background in the CIA and the US Army, alongside years of experience managing private equity funds as a senior vice president at GE Investments, Mike Mears brings an all-in-one guide that draws from basic human nature and behavior to provide innovative approaches and tools to great leadership. In Certainty, Mears examines how our primitive minds operate and affect our behavior in today's office environments, reveals how uncertainty blocks progress, and offers solutions to foster productive office environments where people love to work. Additionally, you will learn about why our neural wiring tends to focus more on threats, auto-brain and how it resists change, the many benefits of social bonding, intrinsic and extrinsic rewards, cultivating a positive and supportive work environment, cognitive biases, mistrust, mastering healthy habits, building trust, deriving employee engagement via storytelling, and much more.
Using stories, personal anecdotes, and examples, Mike Mears shows readers how to avoid the pitfalls of modern workplaces and overcome the limitations of the primitive brain to lead well-oiled functioning teams with employees who feel fulfilled and rewarded. Certainty is for both aspiring and veteran leaders. It will help them cultivate a growth mindset that negates fear and self-doubt and discover new insights drawn from psychology and human behavior that can be applied in modern workplaces. Furthermore, you will find prompts and exercises to use the lessons you've learned from this book in your everyday life. Mears has a meticulous eye for detail regarding how the content is presented. It makes the book not only accessible but also thoroughly engaging to read. I found it very informative, educational, and inspirational. Highly recommended!
