Mindful leadership for dummies
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Mindful leadership for dummies
（--For dummies）
Wiley, 2016
- : pbk
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The easy way to become a more mindful leader Want to become a more mindful leader? With Mindful Leadership For Dummies, you'll find accessible and authoritative guidance for cultivating focus, clarity, and creativity from within your colleagues. Packed full of useful tips, this friendly how-to guide will help you incorporate mindfulness in your leadership style to manage and reap the benefits of a more attentive working life-all while nurturing compassion in the service of others. You'll discover how mindfulness can help improve decision-making and communication skills, manage modern workday challenges, and so much more.
Mindful leadership is currently a high-trending topic in the self-help/business world, making headlines in such prominent publications as Forbes, Time magazine and The Guardian, and even earning a dedicated blog on Huffington Post. And all for good reason-the benefits of practicing mindfulness in the workplace are far-reaching, and as we begin to uncover more research that supports its effectiveness, it's no wonder business leaders are jumping aboard this positive bandwagon.
Includes tips on incorporating mindfulness into your leadership style
Shows you how mindfulness can help develop and deepen your leadership qualities
Explains how mindfulness enhances productivity and minimizes the effects of stress in the workplace
Outlines how adding mindfulness to your leadership approach will enable you to make positive choices that support your well-being
If you're a businessperson looking to add mindfulness to your leadership tool belt, Mindful Leadership For Dummies has everything you need to get started today.
Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Part 1: Breaking the Mould 5
CHAPTER 1: Exploring Mindful Leadership 7
CHAPTER 2: Discovering Why Mindfulness Matters to Leaders 17
CHAPTER 3: Harnessing the Neuroscience of Mindful Leadership 31
Part 2: Learning from Mindful Leaders 45
CHAPTER 4: Case Study 1: Andrew Stone, Baron Stone of Blackheath 47
CHAPTER 5: Case Study 2: Tim Neild, Royal Navy Commander 57
CHAPTER 6: Case Study 3: Marion Furr, Director of MBPA 65
Part 3: Developing Mindfulness 73
CHAPTER 7: Setting the Stage for Transformation 75
CHAPTER 8: Week 1: Focusing Your Attention 83
CHAPTER 9: Week 2: Observing the Mind-Body Connection 101
CHAPTER 10: Week 3: Minding the Gap 121
CHAPTER 11: Week 4: Recognising That Thoughts Are Not Facts 143
CHAPTER 12: Week 5: Turning Towards Difficulties 163
CHAPTER 13: Week 6: Developing Intention 177
Part 4: Applying Mindful Leadership 195
CHAPTER 14: Enhancing Your Personal Presence and Influence 197
CHAPTER 15: Leading in a Digital Age 209
CHAPTER 16: Leading in Times of Change 221
Part 5: Becoming a Mindful Organisation 235
CHAPTER 17: Introducing Mindfulness to Your Organisation 237
CHAPTER 18: Integrating Mindfulness into Everyday Work Practices 251
Part 6: The Part of Tens 267
CHAPTER 19: Ten Mindful Ways to Make Better Decisions 269
CHAPTER 20: Ten Mindful Ways to Reduce the Risk of Burnout 279
CHAPTER 21: Ten Ways to Improve Your Attention with Mindfulness 289
CHAPTER 22: (More Than) Ten Sources of Info on Mindful Leadership 301
Index 311
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