Sue hosts Dr. Derek Roger, Founder and Director of the Work Skills Center and co-author of Work Without Stress: Building a Resilient Mindset for Lasting Success. Drawing on his expertise in personality, psychometrics and neuroscience, Derek initiated an innovative program of research on stress and health at the University of York, where he established the internationally-renowned Stress Research Unit.

Derek and Sue discuss:

• Adjusting your mindset to work more efficiently
• Controlling your response to any kind of pressure
• Developing a stress-free leadership style
• Building more resilient organizations

About Dr. Derek Roger:

Dr. Derek Roger qualified originally in clinical psychology, the emphasis in Derek’s work subsequently shifted towards neuroscience.  His ground-breaking research at the University of York in England has made him one of the world’s leading experts on resilience and stress management, and Derek applies his significant experience at the cutting edge of neuroscience and psychology to working situations in an insightful and commercially relevant manner. Derek is a British Psychological Society Chartered Psychologist, and is a Fellow of the International Stress Management Association.

Sue hosts clinical psychologist and cognitive neuroscientist Professor Ian Robertson. Professor Robertson discusses his new book, The Stress Test: How Pressure Can Make You Stronger and Sharper, a revelatory study of how and why we react to pressure in the way we do, with real practical benefits to how we live.

Ian and Sue discuss how to:

• Shape your brain’s response to pressure
• Become a more confident and focused leader
• Exercise your winning muscle
• Better understand the behavior of your business colleagues

About Ian Robertson:

Ian Robertson is one of the world’s leading researchers in neuropsychology. A trained clinical psychologist, Dr. Robertson is an expert at applying the latest psychological and neuroscience research to contemporary political, health, social, economic and business affairs in a very accessible manner.

Ian holds the Chair in Psychology at Trinity College Dublin, and is a visiting professor at University College London. Dr. Robertson is also T. Boone Pickens Distinguished Scientist at the Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at Dallas. He has held senior academic appointments at Cambridge, Edinburgh and Columbia Universities. He has also been elected a Fellow of the US Association for Psychological Science and the British Psychological Society.

Ian writes for several publications including Nature, Journal of Neuroscience, Psychological Bulletin and London’s Daily Telegraph, as well as for the Guardian and Times. His numerous articles and blogs on contemporary and business affairs in the international press have been widely acclaimed.

Follow him on Twitter: @ihrobertson

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Sue hosts Marc Lesser, CEO of ZBA Associates LLC, which provides executive coaching, consulting and keynote speaking services to businesses and non-profits. His clients include Google, Technorati, Stanford, and Social Venture Network. A former 10-year resident of the San Francisco Zen Center, Marc teaches and lectures there and throughout the U.S. and is the author of Less: Accomplishing More by Doing Less.

Wendy Palmer is a renowned Bay Area teacher of aikido, somatic awareness and mindfulness. She is a sixth degree black belt in aikido, senior instructor at Aikido of Tamalpais, and the author of several books and a DVD.

Sue hosts John Freeman, a book critic and editor, as well as the author of The Tyranny of Email: The Four Thousand Year Journey to your Inbox. Freeman has written for numerous publications, including The New York Times Book Review, the Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, and The Wall Street Journal. He is currently the editor of Granta literary magazine.

Tawny Lees hosts Dr. Morgan Camp, M.D., a board certified family practitioner physician who specializes in personalized Integrative Medicine with a focus on balancing hormones, digestive health, and correcting vitamin and nutritional deficiencies.