East Baton Rouge Parish Library

The mindful leader, 7 practices for transforming your leadership, your organisation and your life, Michael Bunting

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

index present

non fiction

The mindful leader

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1935210311

Michael Bunting

7 practices for transforming your leadership, your organisation and your life

Annotation, The ultimate guide to becoming an extraordinary leader while finding happiness, gaining authenticity, and banishing stress Integrating proven mindfulness practices and worldclass leadership theory, The Mindful Leader is the essential guide for selfaware leadership. The book simplifies mindfulness principles and links them solidly to business benefits. It provides a practicallygrounded template for leaders to develop unprecedented levels of self awareness, wellbeing and effectiveness. Research findings throughout the book detail the positive impact of mindfulness from the perspectives of brain science, psychology and leadership. International case studies from a variety of industries illustrate the everyday implementation of mindful leadership. Youll learn easy mindfulness practices that you can implement today and a practical framework for everyday mindful leadership. Youll also be given access to online resources for vision reflections, values clarification, mindfulness practices and more. Mindful leadership is a hot topic but its not as simple as "when you become mindful, great leadership will spontaneously happen." This book serves as both mindfulness training and leadership training, clarifying the parallel while guiding you through the many points of intersection. Improve your leadership skills via contextspecific mindfulness practices Learn mindfulness from a practical perspective, with real workplace skills Discover how leaders from around the world practice mindful leadership every day Understand the neuroscience link between mindfulness and great leadership Learn practices that deliver a deeper sense of integrity, authenticity, fulfillment and bottomline results improvement Mindfulness provides real, practical tools for selfawareness, mental wellbeing, stress reduction and more. When practiced through a leadership lens, it becomes much more than just another leadership guide. Mindfulness transforms leadership as a whole, delivering real, lasting change that transcends typical leadership training. For a clear, concise framework of mindfulness at work, The Mindful Leader is the ideal guide for those serious about effective, sustainable leadership

Intro -- Series -- Free Bonus Resources -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- About the author -- Introduction: How mindfulness impacts leadership -- What is mindfulness? -- The integration of mindfulness and leadership -- Why does mindfulness matter for leadership and the bottom line? -- Chapter 1: Be here now -- Absentmindedness: the opposite of mindfulness -- Presence: the antidote -- Mindfulness is much more than observation -- The senses: how to be present -- The body: the gateway to 'self'-awareness -- The four foundations of mindfulness -- Transforming ourselves through self-awareness -- Stages of mindfulness development -- The research on mindfulness -- Formal and informal mindfulness practice -- Mindfulness is a value proposition -- Chapter 2: Take 200 per cent accountability -- Looking deeper -- Response-able leadership -- Liberating your leadership potential -- Accountability is a core mindfulness practice -- Credibility-killer, life-stealer -- Distress intolerance and equanimity -- Leaning in deeper -- You can't do it without inner kindness -- Taking 200 per cent accountability -- 200 per cent in action -- True freedom is available -- Chapter 3: Lead from mindful values -- Why do values matter so much to leadership? -- What do we mean by 'values'? -- Values for wellbeing -- Making a stand for something better -- The best value to start with in leadership -- Meeting your shadow -- Values are the container for mindfulness -- Finding the courage to follow our values -- Why we're cynical about values -- Two methods for staying on track with values -- How to skilfully establish organisational values -- Breathe life into your values -- The truth will set you free -- Find your compass and refer to it often -- Chapter 4: Inspire a mindful vision -- Understanding human motivation -- Mindful livelihood: the basis of mindful vision