Mindful Leaders: A Self-Coaching Guide & Toolkit - Paperback

by Laura Delizonna Phd (Author), Ted Anstedt Ceo (Author)

MINDFUL LEADERS: A SELF-COACHING GUIDE & TOOLKIT Mindful leaders are powerful leaders. They lead from the inside out-with self-awareness, authenticity, compassion, vision, and wisdom. Mindfulness is a state of optimal functioning-characterized by clarity, presence, flexibility, and control. We all have the natural ability to live in this state but few do. It takes practice. Whether you lead by example, manage a small team, or are an executive of a multi-national enterprise, this workbook equips you with the tools to cultivate mindful leadership. These practical techniques are based on a modern view of mindfulness, including mindfulness practices with and without meditation. They are developed from decades of research on mindfulness through disciplines such as positive psychology, management studies, sports psychology, and neuroscience, and such universities as Harvard, University of Michigan, and Stanford. This book provides simple, straightforward tools for learning some essential practices of mindful leadership. You will learn to: - Step out of conditioned behaviors, unconscious biases, and reactivity. - See the bigger perspective. - Maintain focus and clarity in the midst of high stakes challenges. - Improve decision-making and judgment. - Direct positive conflict and orient others toward solutions. - Unlock your potential to be a mindful leader. - Transform your own life, your team, your organization, and the world with mindfulness.

Author Biography

Laura Delizonna, PhD, specializes in the science of thriving. Her programs are practical, scalable, and science-based. She is a former researcher at Stanford School of Medicine, and is an instructor at Stanford University. Her courses in emotional intelligence and happiness are among the most popular courses in Stanford Continuing Studies. Participants call her trainings "life changing experiences." She is the co-author of Thrive: Self-Coaching for Happiness(R) & Success, Enhancing Emotional Intelligence, Thriving at Work, and a forthcoming book on Mindfulness. As an international professional speaker, Laura trains business leaders across the globe on how they and their organizations can thrive. Ted Anstedt is CEO of Merit, a consulting company based in Silicon Valley, California. Throughout his career, Ted has specialized in assisting Fortune 500 companies to achieve their strategic objectives more effectively through higher levels of employee engagement and through behavior change. He has authored and implemented dozens of programs on Change Management, Leadership, Coaching, Supervision, Service Excellence, Team Building, and Consultative Selling, and more recently on Emotional and Social Intelligence, Engagement, Thriving in the Workplace, and Customer Loyalty Skills. Ted's programs are currently being used in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Ted received his BA and MA at Stanford University and is currently the co-instructor of the popular Stanford Continuing Studies series of courses on Positive Psychology and its applications to individuals and organizations.