The Mindful Leader
by CARROLL, MICHAELFormat: Trade Paper
Pub. Date: 2008-12-16
Publisher(s): Trumpeter
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Summary
In The Mindful Leader, Michael Carroll focuses on ten key principles of mindfulness and how they apply to leading groups and organizations, addressing a range of topics along the way, including how to: heal the "toxic workplace," where anxiety and stress impede performance, cultivate courage and confidence in the face of workplace difficulties, pursue organizational goals without neglecting what's happening here and now, lead with wisdom and gentleness, not just with ambition and power, start a personal meditation practice to develop your innate leadership talents. The Mindful Leader is also available on audio CD. Book jacket.
Author Biography
For over two decades Michael Carroll worked on Wall Street and in the publishing industry, holding executive positions at Shearson Lehman Brothers, Paine Webber, Simon & Schuster, and the Walt Disney Company. Founding director of AAW Associates, Carroll consults with major corporations on bringing mindfulness into the workplace. He is a longtime student of Buddhist meditation and an authorized teacher in the lineage of Chögyam Trungpa. Carroll has taught mindfulness meditation at the Wharton School of Business, Columbia University, Kripalu, and the Cape Cod Institute. For more information, visit www.awakeatwork.net.
Table of Contents
| Introduction: The Tradition of the Mindful Leader | p. 1 |
| Inspiring the Best in Ourselves and Others | |
| Opening Up to Workplace Realities | p. 13 |
| Overcoming Self-Deception: Four Parables | p. 31 |
| The Art of Sitting Still: Mindfulness Meditation | p. 52 |
| The Ten Talents of a Mindful Leader | |
| Simplicity | p. 61 |
| Poise | p. 68 |
| Respect | p. 74 |
| Courage | p. 82 |
| Confidence | p. 91 |
| Enthusiasm | p. 97 |
| Patience | p. 106 |
| Awareness | p. 115 |
| Skillfulness | p. 126 |
| Humility | p. 137 |
| Bringing Our Full Being to Work | |
| Synchronizing | p. 147 |
| Engaging the Whole | p. 152 |
| Inspiring Health and Well-being in Organizations | p. 158 |
| Establishing Authenticity | p. 175 |
| Practices and Exercises | |
| Meditation | p. 195 |
| Contemplation | p. 200 |
| Contemplative Activity | p. 217 |
| Training the Mind | p. 226 |
| Notes | p. 229 |
| Resources | p. 233 |
| About the Author | p. 239 |
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