Mindful Leadership
With Michael ChaskalsonNow as never before, the world needs more mindful leaders. Research tells us that mindful leaders are more resilient. They are better able to collaborate with others. They can stay agile and focused when the going gets tough. And they make better leadership decisions amid complexity. This course comprises a series of 10 talks and accompanying guided meditations. Each week you will listen to a talk and then follow a guided meditation practice. In the days in between talks, you will do around 10-minutes of guided meditation each day. My own published research, carried out with colleagues at a leading UK business school, tells us that leaders who followed the Mindful Leader programme - which informs this course - became less liable to react, more able to respond, when faced with challenge. If you follow this course, my hope and expectation is that - like those who took part in our research - you will become better able to focus, empathise, and see others’ perspectives. I hope you will be more rapidly able to adapt as circumstances shift and change and become better at managing your own emotional responses. In short, I hope you’ll become a better - more mindful - leader.
Rapidly adapt as circumstances shift and become better at empathising and managing your emotional responses.
About this course
Now as never before, the world needs more mindful leaders. Research tells us that mindful leaders are more resilient. They are better able to collaborate with others. They can stay agile and focused when the going gets tough. And they make better leadership decisions amid complexity. This course comprises a series of 10 talks and accompanying guided meditations. Each week you will listen to a talk and then follow a guided meditation practice. In the days in between talks, you will do around 10-minutes of guided meditation each day. My own published research, carried out with colleagues at a leading UK business school, tells us that leaders who followed the Mindful Leader programme - which informs this course - became less liable to react, more able to respond, when faced with challenge. If you follow this course, my hope and expectation is that - like those who took part in our research - you will become better able to focus, empathise, and see others’ perspectives. I hope you will be more rapidly able to adapt as circumstances shift and change and become better at managing your own emotional responses. In short, I hope you’ll become a better - more mindful - leader.
Meet your Teacher
Having begun his practice in the 1970s, Michael is a pioneer in the application of mindfulness to leadership and workplace contexts. He is the author of “The Mindful Workplace”, the bestselling “Mindfulness in Eight Weeks”, and co-author of “Mindfulness for Coaches” and “Mind Time”, as well as being a business school professor and founding director at Mindfulness Works Ltd. Michael lives in Cambridge UK with his wife Annette and a bouncy pup who constantly challenges their mindfulness! He consults to organizations around the world on themes related to mindfulness, compassion, and leadership.