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The purpose of the study: This study explores the relationships between personal brain dominance cognitive styles and leadership styles based on the idea that focusing on brain dominance one can have the ability of enforcing less dominant functions. This might be important in the development of nurse leadership, which will include brain functions influence nurses knowledge and dispositions for management styles. Knowledge gained may help to focus energies, improve processes and assist nurse managers in setting standards that are realistic, effective and efficient. Hopefully, in the future, results will be used as a tool, helping to focus on the positive factors recommended in purpose to increase staff satisfaction and organisational commitment. Increased insight into relationships may lead to improvements in nursing education. Instrumentation:: The full range of leadership styles applying the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire 5x (MLQ); transformational leadership, transactional leadership and outcomes and the Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument (HBDI) as perceived by nurses – First Line Mangers. Method: The study was conducted at a major metropolitan teaching hospital in Israel affiliated to a major medical school with a long history of medical and nursing education. Procedure: The questionnaires were handed to 80 First Line Nurse Managers that filled them use self-rating technique