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Resonance is for anyone who understands that a narrow focus on the traditional leadership skills of analysis, strategy and execution is no longer sufficient, and wants to understand how to take their leadership to a whole new level.
Our increasingly polarized world, where business, technology and the geopolitical landscape are moving at breathtaking speeds and burnout is at an all-time high, demands a new kind of leader, one who understands that strategic advantage depends on the one resource that hasn’t kept up with the pace of change: the human nervous system.
They want to learn how to steady their own system and that of others, for clearer thinking, bolder innovation and better decisions under pressure. Resonance helps leaders build neural intelligence by combining neuroscience, whole-body awareness and leadership development into clear, practical actions. It features examples drawn from high-stakes environments, a downloadable toolkit and guidance for coaches and leadership development professionals.
Because people do their best work when they feel safe, seen and resourced.
Melody Moore is the founder of Liberare Consulting, and has a deep passion for helping people and organizations become the very best versions of themselves. With 25 years’ experience consulting to leaders from around the world, she brings a blend of deep expertise and lived leadership experience, having also worked as an NHS manager and held senior roles within consulting firms.
Melody holds an MSc in Occupational Psychology, a Postgraduate Diploma in Executive Coaching, and has more recently deepened her understanding of what drives behaviour, through becoming a practitioner in developmental trauma therapy. She has supported thousands of leaders across every sector and organization size, from board members to frontline supervisors. Based in the UK, Melody has also lived and worked in Canada and worked internationally across Asia, North America and Europe. This global experience gives her an understanding of leadership across different cultures and contexts.
She is the author of The Inclusive Team: How to Build and Develop High Performing Teams (an Amazon bestseller), host of The Secret Resume podcast, and a keynote speaker on leadership, inclusion and high performance. Her work and insights have been featured in outlets including The Times, HR Magazine and Personnel Today, and she has been interviewed on BBC Radio 4’s In Business.
Table of Contents
Introduction.
Part One: Why Leadership Is Struggling
1 - The Leadership Crisis We’re Not Talking About
2 - The Rational Magical Thinking Paradox
3 - AI, Speed and the Cost of Dehumanisation
Part Two: It’s all about you: The Foundations of Neural-Intelligent Leadership
4 - Neural-Intelligence Explained
5 - Interoception: Self-Awareness Is the Entry Point
6 - Self-Regulation: From Reactivity to Regulation
Part Three: It’s all about them: Leading Others Through the Nervous System
7 - System Scanning: Presence and attention as a core skill
8 - Co-Regulation: Why Calm Is Contagious
9 - Trauma-Aware Leadership at Work
Part Four: Neural-Intelligent Leadership in Practice
10 - Decision-Making Under Pressure
11 - Difficult Conversations Without Defensiveness
12 - Leading Change: Resistance is a Nervous System Response
13 - Innovation Starts With Regulation
Part Five: Working Neuro-Intelligently with Leaders
14 - Coaching the Nervous System, Not Just the Mind
15 - Designing and facilitating Neuro-Intelligent Leadership Development
Conclusion: The Future of Leadership Is Human