What if the key to being a better manager isn’t found in a new productivity hack, a different feedback framework, or a time management app—but in understanding the three-pound organ inside your head that runs the show: your brain?

Most leadership advice focuses on what you should do. Neuroscience helps explain why some things work—and why others fail, despite your best intentions. When you manage in ways that are aligned with how the brain naturally operates, you unlock better decision-making, motivation, creativity, and connection.

Here are five ways neuroscience can help you manage smarter.

1. Multitasking Is a Myth: Prioritization is Your Brain’s Superpower

The brain’s prefrontal cortex handles focus, planning, and decision-making. But it’s also highly energy-demanding and sensitive

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