The Mindfulness Edge

Zusatztext "...this is a great read for any busy professional." (Ambition! June 2016) Informationen zum Autor MATT TENNEY works to develop highly effective leaders who achieve extraordinary, long-term business outcomes-and live more fulfilling lives-as a result of realizing high levels of self-mastery and more effectively serving and inspiring greatness in the people around them. He is an international keynote speaker, a corporate trainer, and the author of Serve to Be Great: Leadership Lessons from a Prison, a Monastery, and a Boardroom . He has been teaching mindfulness since 2002. Matt's clients include Wells Fargo, Marriott, Keller Williams, The Four Seasons, and many other companies, associations, and universities. TIM GARD, PhD, is a neuroscientist, keynote speaker, and mindfulness trainer. His research focuses on the neural and psychological mechanisms of mindfulness in a variety of contexts. Tim is affiliated with the Lazar lab for neuroscience of mindfulness research at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Klappentext The one habit that can improve almost every leadership skillThere is a simple practice that can improve nearly every component of leadership excellence and it doesn't require adding anything to your busy schedule. In The Mindfulness Edge, you'll discover how a subtle inner shift, called mindfulness, can transform things that you already do every day into opportunities to become a better leader. Author Matt Tenney has trained leaders around the world in the practice of mindfulness. In this book, he partners with neuroscientist Tim Gard, PhD, to offer step-by-step, practical guidance for quickly and seamlessly integrating mindfulness training into your daily life--rewiring your brain in ways that improve both the 'hard' and 'soft' skills of leadership.In this book, you'll learn how mindfulness training helps you:* Quickly improve business acumen and your impact on the bottom line* Become more innovative and attract/retain innovative team members* Develop the emotional intelligence essential for creating and sustaining a winning culture* Realize the extraordinary leadership presence that inspires greatness in othersThe authors make a compelling case for why mindfulness training may be the 'ultimate success habit.' In addition to helping you improve the most essential elements of highly effective leadership, mindfulness training can help you discover unconditional happiness and realize incredible meaning--professionally and personally. Zusammenfassung The one habit that can improve almost every leadership skill There is a simple practice that can improve nearly every component of leadership excellence and it doesn't require adding anything to your busy schedule. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface A Note On Best Enjoying This Book xvii Introduction xix Everything Begins in the Mind xx You Can Rewire Your Brain for Leadership and Personal Excellence xxi What You'll Find in This Book xxiii Part 1 How Mindfulness Training Rewires the Brain for Leadership Excellence 1 Chapter 1 The Shift That Changes Everything 3 Beginner's Mind 6 The Attitude of a Beginner Is Essential 7 The Shift That Changes Everything 14 Changing Our Default 19 Review Questions 22 Chapter 2 Making an Immediate and Direct Impact on the Bottom Line 23 How We Unconsciously Affect Gross Margins and Expenses 25 Uncovering Our Cognitive Biases 27 The Illusion of Control Bias 27 The Status Quo Bias 29 The Logic Bias 30 The Reaction Time Bias 31 Mindful Self-Awareness and Better Decisions 32 Mental Agility 36 Freedom from Autopilot Mode 36 A Persistent Beginner's Mind 40 Doing What's Uncomfortable 41 Quick Impact and Great Potential 4...

List of contents

Preface: A Note on Best Enjoying This Book
 
Introduction
 
Everything Begins in the Mind
 
You Can Rewire Your Brain for Leadership and Personal Excellence
 
What You'll Find In this Book
 
Part 1: How Mindfulness Training Rewires the Brain for Leadership Excellence
 
Chapter 1: The Shift that Changes Everything
 
Beginner's Mind
 
The Attitude of a Beginner is Essential
 
The Shift That Changes Everything
 
Changing Our Default
 
Review Questions
 
Chapter 2: Making an Immediate and Direct Impact on the Bottom Line
 
How We Unconsciously Affect Gross Margins and Expenses
 
Uncovering Our Cognitive Biases
 
The Illusion of Control Bias
 
The Status Quo Bias
 
Logic Bias
 
Reaction Time Bias
 
Mindful Self-Awareness and Better Decisions
 
Mental Agility
 
Quick Impact and Great Potential
 
Review Questions
 
Chapter 3: Organizational Climate Change
 
The Power of a Positive Emotional Climate
 
The Leader Drives the Emotions of the Team
 
The Emotionally Intelligent Leader
 
A More Emotionally-Intelligent Brain
 
A Training Regimen for Emotional Intelligence
 
A Human Approach
 
Review Questions
 
Chapter 4: Fueling the Fire of Innovation
 
The Archetype of an Innovator
 
Resilience in the Face of Opposition
 
Patience
 
Empathy
 
Empathetic Design
 
Chapter 5: Developing Extraordinary Leadership Presence
 
Staying Cool Under Pressure
 
Fearlessness
 
The Most Important Aspect of Leadership Presence
 
Review Questions
 
Chapter 6: Why Mindfulness Is the Ultimate Success Habit
 
Two Life-Changing Discoveries
 
The Power of Serving Others
 
Unconditional Happiness
 
The Study of Happiness
 
Happiness Is Good for Business
 
Happiness Is Predetermined, Kind Of (But You Can Change That)
 
The Ultimate Success Habit?
 
Review Questions
 
Part 2: Developing the Ultimate Success Habit
 
Chapter 7: The Perfection of the Present Moment
 
Beginning to Practice in Daily Life
 
The Brain Is A Habitual Machine
 
The First Step to Unconditional Happiness
 
A Win-Win-Win Paradigm Shift
 
Review Questions
 
Chapter 8: The Power of Sitting Still
 
Seamlessly Integrating the Training Into Daily Life
 
A Beginner's Guide to Sitting Still in Mindfulness
 
An Intermediate-Level Guide to Sitting Still in Mindfulness
 
Spilling Over Into Activity
 
Review Questions
 
Chapter 9: Four Hours to Four Minutes: Mastering Emotions for Optimal Performance
 
Mindfulness of Emotions
 
A Ride on the River of Emotions
 
Review Questions
 
Chapter 10: The Wisdom of True Excellence
 
Things Aren't As They Seem
 
An Incredible Discovery
 
You're Not What You Think
 
Wisdom Vs. Knowledge
 
The Interplay Between Stable Awareness and Wisdom
 
Review Questions
 
Chapter 11: Extraordinary Leadership Presence and the Final Piece of the Puzzle of Unconditional Happiness
 
Pain Is Inevitable, Suffering Is Optional
 
A Taste of Liberation
 
More Fully Enjoying What's Pleasant
 
That Darn Wisdom Again
 
The Root Cause of Suffering
 
Review Questions
 
Chapter 12: Advanced-Level Training
 
The Best Movie Ever
 
Brutal, Compassionate Honesty
 
Investigation of

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"...this is a great read for any busy professional." (Ambition, June 2016)

Product details

• Authors: Tim Gard, Gard Tim, Matt Tenney, Tenney Matt
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.02.2016
• EAN: 9781119183181
• ISBN: 978-1-119-18318-1
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 235 mm x 26 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; Ratgeber Wirtschaft, Business & management, Wirtschaft u. Management, Business Self-Help, Wirtschaft /Ratgeber