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Leaders: Make Your Workplace Less Stressful, More Engaging And Productive
Stress and Our Overloaded Brains Result in Conflict, Tension and Drama We live in a highly divisive, argumentative, agitated, and spring-loaded world. Workplace stress is at an all-time high, as is workplace violence and fear. Incidents of rage, verbal abuse, and...
Mindfulness Is An Important Skill For Leaders
Mindfulness helps leaders in two critical components of leadership success: intention and presence. Mindfulness is the polar opposite of being in a mind full mode. It is a choice on how you want to live, both professionally and personally. For leaders, mindfulness is...
The Science Behind Mindfulness For Leaders
Practicing Mindfulness Techniques Has Proven Value and Benefits for Leaders Entire books are being written on the numerous scientific studies validating the benefits of mindfulness. If you are interested in in-depth exposure to these studies, I highly recommend:...
Mindfulness Is A Leadership Skill
Mindfulness is a leadership skill you can learn, practice, and master. While mindfulness may sound like some kind of a new fad, due to the increased media coverage on the subject, it is actually a leadership skill that goes back several decades. A recent article in...
19 Quotes on Leadership for 2019
Leadership Words of Wisdom To Help Shape Your 2019 Leadership Mindset A new year. Another 365 opportunities to be a great leader. With that in mind, I thought I would share with you 19 quotes on leadership to get you started into your 2019 leadership mindset. These...
13 Top Articles on Leadership and Leadership Development From December
Best Articles on Great Leadership, Leadership Skills and Leadership Development Happy New Year leadership colleagues. I hope 2019 is a wildly successful and healthy one for you each. I have updated our Recommended Leadership Articles website pages with the best...
Time for the NBA to Take Over the Federal Government
An NBA Fan’s Late Christmas Wish To Santa Dear Santa: I woke up this morning learning that our national government is on partial shutdown. Sure, it sounds crazy. Even third world countries and the old Soviet socialist regime all managed to keep their governments...
Mindfulness Is A Better Way To Lead
The benefits of mindfulness are caused by four interrelated factors In our last post I shared with you some of the common myths and misconceptions about mindfulness. I will now share some background on mindfulness and why this is an important leadership skills....
Mindfulness Is A Leadership Technique and Skill
Clearing some myths and misconceptions on mindfulness for leaders Before I share with you in the next few posts some of the scientific results on the positive impact of mindfulness on leadership and decision making, let me clear the air on several common...
Leadership and Mindfulness
Mindfulness can be both a barrier and an antidote to the many disrupting stresses and pressures leaders face Leadership, as I define it, is the art of achieving progress through the involvement and actions of others. This makes leadership both an art and a science,...