I am facilitating several workshops on mindful leadership. A concept I will be using comes from Janice Marturano, Founder and Executive Director for the Institute of Mindful Leadership.
Let’s begin with a look at what it means to be mindful. When you are mindful of this moment, you are present for your life and your experience just as it is . . .
- not as you hoped it would be,
- not as you expected it to be,
- not seeing more or less than what is here,
- not with judgments that can lead you to a conditioned reaction . . .
but for exactly what is here, as it unfolds, meeting each moment with equanimity.“
(~ Finding the Space to Lead – A Practical Guide to Mindful Leadership)
Now, I ask you to take her words to heart and ponder what that really means to you as a leader.
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