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7 Keys to Resolve Conflict Consciously

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Jim Dethmer at the 2018 Mindful Leadership Summit. As individual leaders and their teams become more mindful, communication and conflict are still issues in relationships and organizations. Discover a mindful approach to communication and conflict, including a very practical tool called The Clearing Model that hundreds of teams are using to practice conscious communication and conflict resolution.

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3 Steps to Mastering Flow - the Secret to High Engagement and Performance

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By Cara Bradley, Host and Co-Producer of the Mental Fitness Bootcamp, guest contributor

“The holy grail of today’s workplace is high employee engagement.” - Harvard Business Review, February 16, 2017

Top leaders know that high engagement leads to high performance. Engaged employees are happier and work harder on the job. Low engagement, on the other hand, cost US companies a cool $550 billion in lost revenue per year.

So how do you make your people more engaged? Well we all know telling them …

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8 Steps Leaders Can Take to Support Employees with Burnout

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By John J. Murphy, guest contributor

According to a recent Gallup study, 48% of American workers say they are actively looking for other job opportunities, and the United States has reached record highs in quit rates and unfilled positions. The study also reveals that 74% of employees are experiencing some degree of burnout. Given these statistics and the daily challenges of running a business, what is a mindful leader to do, especially when so many factors seem out of control? How can we culti…

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Why We Should Befriend Adversity

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By Mark A. Campbell, guest contributor

The Latin poet Marshal once wrote, "Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well." Wellness is a concept that we use daily, but scholars cannot agree on defining it. We know for certain that wellness is multi-dimensional, influenced by how we live in all areas of our lives. The National Wellness Institute defines wellness as "an active process of becoming aware of and making choices toward a more successful existence." I have adopted this definition beca…

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Generation Meditation: Mindfulness for Emerging Adults

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Yael Shy at the 2018 @Work Summit discusses college level Mindfulness programs at NYU, and she is is the director of Mindful NYU and the senior director at Global Spiritual Life at NYU. From experiencing her own breaking point at NYU as an undergrad, she is now passionate to reach students who can benefit from meditation. She focuses on spreading mindfulness practices and serving the emerging adulthood (17-30 year old population) and people who are finding the…

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Beyond Self-Importance: Your Ego Got You Here, but it Won't Get You There

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Stephen Josephs at the 2018 Mindful Leadership Summit. A central task in leadership development is to help executives abandon their ego and lead with clear minds & open hearts. Experience first-hand how dropping the ego improves outcomes in high-stake challenges by integrating meditation into executive coaching.

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Feeling Burned Out? Try These 8 Mindful Tips

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By John J. Murphy, guest contributor

Sometimes during my lectures and coaching sessions, I need to remind people that we all have 24 hours in a day, and it’s been that way for a while. Therefore, emotions like anxiety, stress, and feeling overwhelmed are not manifesting because we do not have enough time. They are revealing important lessons to us about how we are prioritizing the time we have. 

Think about this like closet space. Often, people assume they need more closet space because the sp…

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How Mindfulness Creates a Thriving Positive Organization: The 3 Key Psychological Factors to Success

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Emiliya Zhivotovskaya, MAPP, PCC at the 2019 Mindful Leadership Summit. With increased global volatility, companies rely on a strong positive organizational culture and a resilient workforce to thrive. Learn how to use the science of Positive Psychology to build your team's creative, social, mental and emotional capital. And discover how mindfulness practices can drive the psychological factors which lead to success.

Emiliya Zhivotovskaya is a leading voice in the world of positive psych…

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How Can We Transform the Effects of Racial Inequity in Mindfulness Spaces?

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By Rose Mina Munjee, guest contributor

Introduction  

The social justice issues of racism and oppression of racialized people and their intersectionality, including social location and gender are explored here through examining the lived experiences of racialized mindfulness practitioners (1). Certain skills and approaches grounded in mindfulness and compassion and characteristics of mindfulness teachers, programs, and practice spaces are suggested as potential resources to help alleviate the …

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