Professional Development Webinar: Neuroscience: The Key to Leveled Up Leadership
Date: Oct. 21, 2021
Time: 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Location: Online
Our brains are automatically wired for threat-avoidance and survival. In an increasingly complex and uncertain world, this has important implications for effective leadership. Through a deeper understanding of how our minds operate, this session will help you identify ways in which you can harness neuroscience to enhance your own resilience and creative potential - and that of others.
Learning Outcomes:
1) Understand the ways in which our evolutionary past influences our thought processes and mechanisms - at work and beyond
2) Unlock resilience strategies for navigating an increasingly complex world
3) Link key leadership behaviours to the enhancement of trust, resilience, and creativity in others
Date: Thursday, October 21
Time: 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Location: Online
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Presenter: Aidan Millar, BA MSc Learning and Organizational Development Specialist Centre for People and Organizational Development

Aidan has been with the Centre for People and Organizational Development (CPOD) at Sheridan since March of 2017. In her current role as Learning and Organizational Development Specialist, Aidan aids in the design, implementation and facilitated delivery of various learning and development programs for front-line employees and leaders at Sheridan, while also assisting in various corporate and team-level change initiatives across the organization.
Before coming to Sheridan, she worked for Psychometrics Canada (Edmonton, AB) as a Talent Development and Performance Consultant where she specialized in using a variety of psychometric assessments toward the understanding and enhancement of human potential in the workplace. Her experience included the development and delivery of large-scale training initiatives for dozens of organizations across Canada, focusing on the areas of leadership development for executives and management, conflict resolution, team building, communication, change implementation, strategic planning and more.
She holds a BA Honours in Psychology from Brock University, and an M.Sc in Work and Organizational Psychology from Maastricht University in the Netherlands.