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Why Mindfulness is the Answer to Unconscious Bias
By John Davisi, guest contributor
As a life and mindfulness coach and HR leader who also happens to be gay, the subject of unconscious bias is part of my everyday experience. I believe that my ability to lead others is contingent upon my ability to lead myself, and I can’t do that unless I have awareness of my thoughts and emotions. So the continuous journey to be aware of my own unconscious bias is incredibly important to me.
Here’s the thing: we all have unconscious bias. Every single one of us.…
5 Myths about Self-Compassion
By Kristin Neff, guest contributor
What keeps us from being kinder to ourselves?
Most people don’t have any problem with seeing compassion as a thoroughly commendable quality. It seems to refer to an amalgam of unquestionably good qualities: kindness, mercy, tenderness, benevolence, understanding, empathy, sympathy, and fellow-feeling, along with an impulse to help other living creatures, human or animal, in distress. But we seem less sure about self-compassion. For many, it carries the whif…
What’s Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness?
By David Treleaven, guest contributor
A few months ago, a colleague who taught meditation in corporate settings asked for my advice.
A woman in one of his programs had experienced sexual harassment in the workplace, and she was now experiencing symptoms of traumatic stress. When she’d meditate, images and sensations would flood her field of consciousness, leaving her more rattled than before.
“Should I keep meditating?” she’d asked him. “I want to work with my stress, but practicing seems t…
Shakespeare’s Secret to Being an Effective Leader
By Michael Bunting, guest contributor
What character trait is most valued in leaders?
To find the answer to this question, leadership experts Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner surveyed well over 100,000 people to ask which personal traits, characteristics, and attributes they looked for and admired in leaders. Their findings have relevance to every leader today.
At the top of the list by a long shot (89 per cent) is honesty. More than anything else, people want honesty from their leaders. But de…
3 Reasons to Combine Mindfulness and Change Management
By Wendy Quan, guest contributor
In the corporate world, many of us struggle with the relentless changes that happen at work that often disrupt our lives and increase our stress.
The responsibility of helping people through change, or ‘change management,’ tends to fall upon leaders, change managers, project managers or human resources. However, generally whatever little time there is to perform change management is usually spent delivering communications and maybe the occasional employee surv…
5 Easy Steps to Worrying Less at Work
By Elisha Goldstein, guest contributor
Imagine being able to show up at work feeling more self-confidence and less worry. What impact would that have on your energy level and what you can achieve that day? As humans, we will always struggle with worry and fear. But when we allow them to take control of our thoughts, actions and consequences follow. We might find ourselves procrastinating more often, being less creative, taking fewer risks—all of which affects our level of growth and success.
W…
Is Capitalism the Solution or the Problem? Changing the World by Changing How We Do Business
Capitalism is an extraordinarily powerful idea that has uplifted the lives of billions of people. At the same time, it’s been abused by businesses to exploit their employees and harm their communities for short-term profit. It doesn't have to be this way.
Come hear stories of business as a source of healing, inspiration, meaning, and prosperity.
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4 Minute Practice to Radiating Confidence at Work
By Gayle Van Gils, guest contributor
There’s a common expression: We know it when we see it. But in actuality, we know it when we feel it. The person in front of you is radiating energy, excitement, and enthusiasm, and at the same time is calm, grounded, and self-possessed. The confident individual is magnetic to us. We want to get to know her, and may be curious about what she does and how she became that way.
Unconditional confidence is distinguishable from feigned confidence or arrogance. …
6 Highlights for Mindful Leaders from Ray Dalio's AMA Session
By Mo Edjlali, Mindful Leader President and Chief Community Organizer
The billionaire Ray Dalio founded Bridgewater Associates, the largest hedge-fund, in 1975. His net worth is $18.4 billion. In 2017 tweeted: “Transcendental Meditation has probably been the single most important reason for whatever success I’ve had...”.
On May 7th, Dalio hosted a candid Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything), during which people on Reddit could ask him any questions they’d like. He began the Q&A by posting: “I’m Ray…
What is Decision Fatigue and How Can You Outsmart It at Work?
By Karlie Kramer, guest contributor
Have you ever felt mentally drained after a long meeting or taxing workday? That’s because you’ve probably made anywhere from 10,000 to 40,000 decisions, switching tasks over 300 times during the workday — and your brain is exhausted. This is called decision fatigue, and it’s responsible for the decline in focus and willpower that affects millions of Americans daily.
The phenomenon was first discovered by social psychologist Roy F. Baumeister, and states th…