Using our Brains for Better Coaching

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Patricia Riddell

Professor of Applied Neuroscience, University of Reading

Consultant Neuroscientist, PMR Consultants

Patricia Riddell is a Professor in the School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences at the University of Reading, and a member of faculty at Henley Business School.

One of her main interests is the ways in which neuroscience can be applied in the business world, especially to coaching and leadership. In the last 15 years, she has been building a consultancy using her expertise to develop neuroscience training for Business Schools both nationally and internationally. Clients include Henley Business School, UK and South Africa, Massey Business School, New Zealand, and Oxford Said Business School. She has written many articles on the neuroscience of coaching and leadership and co-authored a book (The Neuroscience of Leadership Coaching: Bloomsbury Press, 2015).

She has a reputation for making the complex simple. This is invaluable when helping individuals and teams to learn to use their brains more effectively. She has applied this understanding to many aspects of business including leadership, decision making, stress and resilience, reducing unconscious bias, diversity and inclusion, team building, change management and motivation.

Patricia gained her undergraduate degree from Glasgow University, her masters from Imperial College and her doctorate from Oxford University. She is also a trained coach (PCIC from Henley Business School) and an NLP practitioner.