YEA workshop gives Jordan a new perspective on leadership

According to the YEA, leadership is the hottest item on every trainer's agenda this year. But while all the others are preaching on how to act like a leader, this workshop is teaching participants how to be themselves.

This new take on leadership forgets all the MBA theories and focuses on what each person's unique strengths are, using a personality assessment to identify the strengths and weaknesses of each person's personality.

"It's about capitalizing on your biggest asset," says facilitator Zahi Abdein. "We're all born with certain personal strengths, and if we learn how to make the most of our unique personalities, the sky is the limit to our success."

Although behavioral science began more than a century ago, it has only been within the last two decades that the science has really caught on as a popular tool for leadership, management and influence.

Behavioral science combines psychology, social neuroscience, and several other fields to understand why people make the decisions they do each day. It's a way of understanding yourself, and predicting how another person will react to certain things.

To put that into context, if a leader can predict how a person will act or react to each situation, then that leader can have a great amount of influence on the person. And when it all boils down, that's the real secret to effective leadership.