Edward Hallowell

Modern life has gone wild: The average manager handles more data points in one day than he or she handled in a month just a decade ago. Conversations are cut short and communication derails as frenzy becomes more and more the norm. Email, the BlackBerry, cell phones, and all the rest of our electronic devices have created exciting opportunities, but they have also created unique and potentially catastrophic problems never before seen in human history. If we're not careful, we will get so busy we will never stop and think at work. Without a system or a plan, a manager can spend a day or an entire quarter without spending ten minutes actually thinking. Run ragged by the multiple and simultaneous demands he or she must handle, today's manager has almost no time to do what the human brain is uniquely equipped to do, namely think creatively.

In this presentation, participants will learn:

• How to identify the most dangerous drains on your time and energy, and how to develop a daily rhythm that works for you.
• How to replenish energy and focus throughout the day and how to prevent the state of overloaded circuits.
• How to focus and prioritize so that you and the people you manage can get the most out of their work.

As Dr. Hallowell sees it, America today is facing a crisis of disconnection. You need look no farther than Littleton, Colorado, and the many other similar horrifying acts of violence in the past few years to see the most tragic consequences of disconnection. But even in healthy, normal lives, disconnection is taking its toll. The speed of modern life, the demands of home and the workplace, and the impact of technology all have conspired to disconnect us from each other in subtle but destructive ways. People don't know their neighbors (indeed, in many places, neighborhoods do not exist); people don't make time for friendships and even have trouble making time for family members. As one family physician said during one of Dr. Hallowell's seminars, "My patients have no supports—ZERO—in their lives. They are hanging on by the skin of their teeth." Everyone is working hard, but increasingly people are not making time for the connections that really matter. Dr. Hallowell offers advice on building family and community connections. He also gives some scientific evidence that shows how vitally important connections are. He shows how varied these connections can be and how vital they truly are.

Dr. Hallowell offers a variety of presentations based on Connect. Contact APB to learn more.

In this presentation, Dr. Hallowell will focus on the material that is presented in Delivered from Distraction, his book on ADD, to help people master the power of ADD while avoiding its pitfalls. His all-encompassing message focuses on what it is like to have ADD, some of the brain science behind it, and how to get diagnosed properly, as well as available medicinal and non-medicinal treatments. He will also address the many people who have ADD coupled with other learning issues, worry and ADD, sex and relationships and ADD, and tips on how to live your life to the fullest if you have ADD.

Dr. Hallowell offers a variety of presentations on attention deficit disorder. Contact APB to learn more.

This presentation offers a basic introduction to the world of attention deficit disorder, including diagnosis and treatment in adults. Dr. Hallowell discusses the human experience and impact of ADD/ADHD in the workplace and the various treatments available, as well as the directions of current research. His goal is to help people master the power of ADD while avoiding its pitfalls. He will discuss the potential skills and strengths in people who have ADHD, share success stories of people with ADHD, and offer tips on unwrapping your employee's gifts. He will review the Seven Habits of Highly Effective ADHD Adults and conclude with Strategies for ADD in the workplace emphasizing the positive side of ADHD. Many ADD providers pathologize ADD, yet Dr. Hallowell approaches ADD as a gift that is often difficult to unwrap rather than a disorder. Dr. Hallowell will show you how to unwrap those gifts in your employees.

"No brain is the same, no brain is the best, each brain finds its own special way." So says a brain named Manfred (called Fred), the main character in Dr. Edward Hallowell's illustrated children's story, A Walk in the Rain with a Brain. Written in children's language and intended for a grade-school audience, the story is rooted in sophisticated brain science and has deep implications for how people of all ages learn best and perform at the highest level. Using the story as a takeoff point, in this presentation Dr. Hallowell examines first the most common obstacles to learning and then the best ways both to overcome the obstacles as well as to promote the talents and strengths that incubate within us all.

Drawing upon Howard Gardner's ideas on multiple intelligences, Mel Levine's ideas on neuropsychological constructs, and Priscilla Vail's ideas on emotion and learning, as well as wisdom collected from such diverse sources as the Latin poet Horace, William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, John Keats, D. W. Winnicott, and Dr. Seuss, Dr. Hallowell synthesizes his own unique vision of what leads to a love of learning and peak performance at all ages. He provides both a theoretical basis for promoting lifelong learning and peak performance as well as practical steps for helping people of all ages to draw the best out of their individual, unique brain.