Science Leads to High Performance

Dr Anderson’s empirical research has demonstrated that a key correlate of successful professional performance is psychological awareness or insight – how ‘tuned in’ people are to the world around them. Psychological insight refers to an in-depth understanding of one’s own behaviour (intrapersonal insight), the behaviour of others (interpersonal insight) and the behaviour of whole societies (societal insight). Traders, managers and business leaders who exhibit measurably higher psychological insight across all three domains are calmer, happier, more successful and more profitable than professionals who don’t score as highly on these measures. At Trader Cognition Consulting, we develop psychological insight through coaching, mentoring and learning packages that foster this vital skill in our clients. Some examples of the domains in which we seek to help client development include:  

• Making optimal trading decisions
• Managing risk
• Finding and maintaining a trading edge
• Coping with trading losses
• Conflict resolution
• Team leadership and management 
• Workplace communication
• Managing professional relationships
• The psychology of forecasting global trends
• Understanding societal hierarchies and enduring cultural structures
• Persuasion in the media  
• Ramifications of political and economic discourse on trading decisions