the benefits of mindful leadership

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1. I provide individual and group coaching programs

2. I offer high impact high energy interventions.

3. I help co-create

• self awareness

• deeper engagement

• group cohesion and

• organizational understanding

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Welcome To Dr Tina’s Free Executive Leadership Webinar Series…..

• You Choose future Webinar Topics from my website….

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Webinar Goal

To understand that when you purposely and mindfully

engaged in creating your own daily battle rhythm you will be

less inclined to be reactive in the face of an inevitable crisis –

and you will have more energy and staying power to apply

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What Will You Learn?

You will learn about…

#1. What Mindful Leadership Is…

#2. What The Benefits Of Mindful Leadership Are

#3. Pathways Towards Becoming Mindful3

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The Parable Of The Woodcutter…A long long time ago in a faraway place, a celebrated young woodcutter, who was renowned far and wide for his wood cutting prowess, entered a tree-felling competition.

The Prize To The Winner …

was 10 pieces of gold – which would enable the young woodcutter to take a wife and to start his own business as a wood merchant in the local village.

The Competition From The Surrounding Villages was fierce, as tree cutters were a very competitive bunch and enjoyed nothing more than to show off their strength and stamina.

Over Several Days Of Tree Felling …

the young woodcutter beat all of the competition from the surrounding villages – … all except for one very old and wizened little man.

As The Final Day Of The Competition Approached ….the young woodcutter believed that his victory was assured. He had surveyed the very old and wizened little man and saw what he believed were serious limitations of both strength and stamina.

And So, As The Final Starting Bell Rang …

The young woodcutter believed that the days’ felling would be in his favor. As they each began their task the young man noticed that the old man was frequently stopping… and as he had assumed that strength and stamina were his competitive advantage he became even more convinced that his victory was assured.

As The Day Progressed Towards Sunset …

the young woodcutter was beginning to feel tired and sore, however he was certain that the end-of-day tally of felled trees was in his favor, so he soldiered on without complaint until the final bell rang.

After The Judges Tallied Up The Felled Trees …for both finalists they declared that…. the very old and wizened little man had felled more trees than the young woodcutter.

This Of Course Meant That …

the old man won the prize, and the young man saw his dream of a wife and his own business being snatched away. He was furious and demanded a recount!

Of Course The Recount Produced The Same Result…

Rather Than Walking Away From The Experience …without the benefit of knowing how the old man beat him, the young wood cutter first congratulated him on his win – then very pointedly asked him how he did it.

The Big Question….. “Old man – I want to congratulate you on winning the competition – but I have a question to ask you! As we each began our task this morning I noticed that you frequently stopped to take a break, and as we both know that I had strength and stamina on my side, so … how then was it possible that you felled more trees than I did?

As The Young Wood Cutter Waited For His Answer….

the little wizened old man straightened his posture, and as he stood erect he leaned forward and grinned as he looked the young wood cutter in the eye and then gently and simply said…

“Every Time I Took A Break I Sharpened My Ax”

Who Has Time To Sharpen Their Ax???

Mindful Leadership …..

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Purposeful

NonjudgmentalBeing In The Present Moment

Mindful

Being Mindful Not Mind Full…

• Right now I want you to suspend your judgment

• Be in the moment during this presentation…

• Be purposeful in your listening…MCG Consulting Group (www.MCGConsultingGroup.com) 23

Mindful Leadership…

• Mindful Leadership is one strategy that can serve to sharpen your ax and improve leadership effectiveness in complex organizations.

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Mindful Leadership

• … and mindfulness offer a collection of tools for both seasoned and emerging leaders to more purposely engage the contemporary workplace.

• Being a leader of Millennials requires that

• we be present • we commit to coaching rather than

directing • we be attentive and engaged on

multiple levels

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Mindful Leadership And Mindfulness Can Be

• achieved through a deeper degree of both self-awareness and awareness of others,

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A Huge Body Of Work Around Mindful Leadership…

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What Is Mindful Leadership?

•Mindful leadership is a psychological process, which occurs by being purposeful, present, and nonjudgmental as we focus our attention to the present moment.

Mindful Leadership And Mindfulness Represents

• a psychological process, wherein we focus our attention to the internal and external experiences occurring in the present moment.

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Building Your Brain Muscle

To Sustain Attention

Shut Down Your Multi-Tasking

Ability

Purposeful

PresentNon-Judgmental

What Are The Benefits Of Mindful Leadership?•Mindful Leadership allows leaders to come up for air on a regular basis throughout the day

•and capture their threads of intuition and innate creativity and genius.

What Are The Pathways Towards Becoming A Mindful Leader?• includes exploring self-awareness and affirming self-authority with regard to your own daily battle rhythm, and establishing individual strategies for being more

• purposeful, present and non-judgmental.

Purposeful

NonjudgmentalBeing In The Present Moment

Bottom-line• When you purposely and mindfully engaged in creating your own daily battle rhythm you will

• be less inclined to be reactive in the face of an inevitable crisis – and

• you will have more energy and staying power to apply sound problem solving skills to resolve the situation. 

The Question Is ….

•what strategy do you use to sharpen your ax?

What Did You Learn?

You learnt about…

#1. What Mindful Leadership Is…

#2. What The Benefits Of Mindful Leadership Are

#3. Pathways Towards Becoming Mindful3

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Questions

1. In your view, what is the #1 quality of a leader2. Sometimes reflecting before reactive can be viewed as slow to make

decisions; what is your recommendation to avoid giving that perception?

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