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MINDFUL LEADERSHIP

MINDFUL LEADERSHIP. MINDFULNESS @ WORK CONFERENCE SANDER TIDEMAN GLOBAL LEADERS ACADEMY. Key questions. What is the connection between mindfulness and leadership ? How can mindfulness practice support leadership development ?. Myths Mindfulness.

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MINDFUL LEADERSHIP

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  1. MINDFUL LEADERSHIP MINDFULNESS @ WORK CONFERENCE SANDER TIDEMAN GLOBAL LEADERS ACADEMY

  2. Keyquestions • What is the connectionbetweenmindfulnessandleadership? • How canmindfulnesspractice support leadershipdevelopment?

  3. MythsMindfulness • Mindfulnessimplies ‘ withdrawing’ from the world • Mindfulnessmakespeoplecalmandthereforepassive, inactive • Mindfulnesscontradictswithcreativity, free expression

  4. MythsLeadership • Leaders are born • Leadership is aboutbeing smart (IQ) andtough • Leaders can handle constant stress • Leadership is limited to a formalposition • Leadership is management

  5. Leadershipessentials • Leadership is aboutachieving RESULTS with VALUE • The question is HOW toachievethis? • Understanding the key VALUE driver in organisations: PEOPLE (employees, clients, suppliers, funders). Results are achievedwith/throughthem. • People are more than machines, bodies or brains. Leaders needtounderstandwhatmakespeopletick – their MINDS.

  6. Whatis Leadership? Management is making peopletoperform a task. Leadership is making peopletowanttoperform a task. Management is about telling people; Leadership is aboutinspiringpeople. Warren Bennis

  7. What is leadership? Leadership is the abilityto tap intoandmobilizepeople’sintrinsicmotivationandaspiration, sothatthey are willingtogivetheirwholebeingto the collectiveorganizationalpursuit. This is how high performance work cultures are created. Dan Goleman

  8. Great leaders: keyattributes • Theydevelopandcommunicate a vision • Theycreateenthusiasmandmotivation • They listen toand respect people’sneeds • They coach and mentor others • Theyagree on clearexpectationsandholdthemselves/othersaccountable • Theypracticewhattheypreach – walk theirtalk • Theyadmitandcorrect mistakes

  9. Mindfulness & Leadership are connected • Allgreatleadershipattributes rest on the MIND, the quality of the innerbeing

  10. Not only these guys

  11. 2nd question • How canmindfulness support leadershipdevelopment?

  12. 4 phases of MindfulLeadership • Mindfulness: calmingand clearing the mind • Connecting: Emotional/Social skills, basedempathy • Creativity: Innovation, problem-solving skills • Sustaining: Making meaning, throughdealingwithfuture, creating a vision

  13. 1. Mindfulness • Abilitytomaintaincalmness, stability • Abilityto listen andgive/receive feedback • Acceptingandfacingtoughsituations • Dealingwith stress; maintaining health andresilience • Reducingleader’sselfishness/ego-gratification • Reduce speed addiction, developinglonger term perspective

  14. 2. Connecting • People feel beforetheythink • They are constantly (unconsciously)influencedbytheir leaders (role-models) • Leaders have great impact – behavior, speech, body-language • What are the emotional-social skills of leaders? • What is their level of empathyand care? • How well connected are they?

  15. 3. Creativity • Business is full of problems: cantheybe dealt with in a boldanddaring way? • Canyoudreamfreely, free fromlimitations of the past? • How free is yourorganisationfromnaming/blaming, are peopleallowedto make mistakes – do you have a culture of innovation? • Are youcalculatingor controlingrisks?

  16. 4. Sustaining • Making sense/meaning of the manysystemicchallenges, contradictionsand dilemma's in the modern world, ruledby‘mindless’ markets. • Leadingthrough a worldthat is Volatile, Uncertain, Complex andAmbigious (VUCA world). • How well can we createandhold a visionthat serves futuresocietalandplanetaryneeds(sustainability)? • Thisvisionforsustainabilitywillbeyour best “competativeedge” – success in the futurebysustainableleadership.

  17. Conclusion • All of leadershipqualitiescanbedevelopedthrough 4 levels of Mindfulnesspractice • Beyond behavior change: Enhancing the capacity of leaders. The potential of the mind is limitless. • Next step: creatingmindfulorganizational cultures: unlocking human potential of all employees/all stakeholders.

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