Dr. Michael Frisina: Influential Leadership

What if the most reliable predictor of organizational success is not strategy, structure, or talent, but individual leadership behavior? Leadership influence does not happen by accident. It is shaped, moment by moment, by how leaders think, regulate themselves, and behave under pressure.

Dr. Michael Frisina, bestselling co-author of Leading with Your Upper Brain and author of Influential Leadership, is a globally recognized expert in leadership development, neuroscience, and behavior-based performance. His research demonstrates that individual leadership behavior is one of the most important predictors of organizational success, explaining why self-leadership is the foundation of influence, culture, and performance.

In this Healthy Leader Expert Forum, Dr. Frisina explores how neuroscience explains the path from internal self-leadership to external influence. Drawing directly on the research behind Influential Leadership and Leading with Your Upper Brain, this session provides clarity on how stress, regulation, and brain-based leadership behavior shape trust, engagement, and organizational culture.

At The Healthy Leader Group, we teach that sustainable leadership is fueled by mental, emotional, and physical energy. Dr. Frisina deepens this work by showing how upper-brain leadership strengthens self-regulation and turns internal alignment into meaningful influence that drives team and organizational performance.

In this session, you will gain insight into how to:

• Apply neuroscience to everyday leadership decisions
• Lead effectively under pressure without stress-driven reactions
• Increase trust, engagement, and influence through consistent leadership behavior
• Align personal leadership actions with healthy, high-performing cultures
• Translate brain-based leadership research into daily practices that drive results

Join us for a research-grounded conversation at the intersection of neuroscience, self-leadership, and influence, and gain a clearer understanding of how leadership behavior shapes people, performance, and culture.