Expansive Leadership: Cultivating Mindfulness to Lead Self and Others in a Changing World - A 28-Day Program

This book provides a 28-day mindfulness and contemplative journey to help aspiring and current leaders clarify their identities, identify and reflect on their mental models, and develop expansive leadership skills. It offers a multi-faceted approach to cultivate a more interconnected sense of self and interdependence-centric mindsets, anchored in insights from over ten years of teaching mindfulness-based leadership development courses.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 234 pages
\n Publication date: 18 May 2021
\n Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
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The structured 28-day mindfulness and contemplative journey presented in this book is designed to assist aspiring and current leaders in clarifying their identities and developing more expansive leadership perspectives. In today's rapidly changing world, the demand for new ways of being, doing, and relating with the world is paramount. To meet this demand, we require fresh, collective, inclusive, and interdependent models of leadership, as well as innovative approaches to leadership development. This book goes beyond the typical 'McMindfulness' approach often found in mindful leadership books, offering a comprehensive and multifaceted approach to cultivate a deeper sense of self-connection and interdependence-centric mindsets essential for expansive leadership. By engaging in mindfulness practice, leaders can develop the ability to make deliberate choices through slow thinking, overcoming any unconscious and implicit biases that arise from fast-thinking processes.

Drawing from over ten years of teaching mindfulness-based leadership development courses, this book provides valuable insights and practical tools for leaders seeking to evolve and thrive in their roles. It serves as an invitation to explore how to be a leader in an expansive, inclusive, robust, and resilient manner. Through this journey, readers will have the opportunity to define and refine their identity, uncover their personal mental models, and conclude by developing their own leadership philosophy.

This book is particularly valuable for leadership development professionals and teachers who seek to incorporate mindfulness practices into their teaching and coaching methodologies. It offers a comprehensive framework and practical exercises to help students, coaching clients, and consulting clients develop the skills and mindset needed for expansive leadership. By embracing the principles and practices outlined in this book, leaders can cultivate a more profound sense of self-awareness, empathy, and resilience, enabling them to make a positive impact on their teams, organizations, and society as a whole.

\n Weight: 342g\n
Dimension: 152 x 227 x 24 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9780367699741\n \n