Tom flatau

• Leading through Change with the Brain in Mind – How to apply neuroscience to guide teams through uncertainty and transformation. Tom shows leaders how to replace fear with focus by understanding the brain’s threat/reward responses.
• The Growth Mindset Advantage – Unlocking a culture of continuous improvement. Insights into neuroplasticity and practical ways to foster resilience, adaptability, and a “can-do” attitude across your organization.
• Black Belt Negotiation: Neuroscience of Influence – Tom’s renowned program on negotiation, demonstrating how to manage emotions, build trust, and create win-wins using brain-based techniques (from reading facial micro-expressions to choosing words that trigger positive neural responses).
• Brain-Based Sales & Customer Engagement – Understanding the psychology of buying decisions. This topic covers how to appeal to customers’ subconscious drivers, the science of storytelling in sales, and overcoming objections by calming the brain’s anxieties.
• Mindset and the Neuroscience of Team Collaboration – Boosting team performance by cultivating psychological safety and high engagement. Tom shares how leaders can create an environment where ideas flourish and people feel safe to speak up – the foundation for innovation and effective collaboration.

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Tom Flatau is an internationally recognized speaker, executive coach, and neuroscience specialist who applies brain science to transform how people lead, sell, and collaborate. As CEO of Teamworking International, Tom has spent decades combining business acumen with breakthroughs in neural psychology to help organizations change their behavior and boost performance. His approach is deeply rooted in research – Tom trained with the NeuroLeadership Institute and is an accredited brain-and-behavior specialist. But he’s also a natural storyteller and motivator. Famously, Tom overcame early labels of being “average” and proved that anyone can rewire their brain for success. That personal journey fuels his passion for teaching growth mindset: he is living proof of the brain’s ability to adapt and exceed the expectations of others.

Tom’s keynotes and workshops are high-energy, interactive experiences often described as “part science class, part leadership bootcamp.” He loves to engage audiences with demonstrations of how the brain works – for example, showing via a simple exercise how negative feedback triggers a threat response in the brain, whereas positive reinforcement can unlock creativity. Backed by insights from MRI studies and psychology experiments, Tom explains complex concepts like neuroplasticity in plain language. Audiences learn why common workplace challenges (like resistance to change or communication breakdowns) occur from a brain science perspective, and more importantly, how to overcome them. One of Tom’s signature themes is busting the myth of fixed intelligence or talent: he reveals how fixed mindsets literally inhibit neural pathways, while growth mindsets open the door to continuous learning and resilience. His enthusiasm for this topic is contagious – participants often leave saying they feel empowered to “change their brain” and habits after experiencing Tom’s session.

A standout area of Tom Flatau’s expertise is negotiation and sales. He created the acclaimed “Black Belt Negotiator” program (the title hints at his mix of Eastern philosophy calmness with Western science rigor), which has been delivered to companies worldwide. In these sessions, Tom applies neuroscience to the art of negotiation – teaching techniques to manage one’s emotional state, read counterparts’ cues, and frame proposals in ways that appeal to the brain’s reward centers. The results are tangible: clients report significant increases in win rates and shorter deal cycles after adopting Tom’s methods. In fact, a senior leader at Louis Vuitton endorsed Tom’s training as “hugely insightful and relevant… massively enhancing our capacity to use emotional intelligence for benefit”. Such testimonials (from HSBC, Unilever, the BBC, and many others) underscore that Tom’s brain-based techniques aren’t just interesting – they work in the real world.

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