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It's no secret that artificial intelligence is reshaping the future of work. But one question looms large: will AI strip us of our humanity—or help us become more of who we're meant to be? As technology accelerates, it's easy to fear that empathy, connection, and self-awareness will fall behind. But what if the secret to thriving in the age of AI is not rejecting it—but learning how to pair it with something deeply human?In this episode of the Happiness Squad Podcast, Ashish Kothari and Rasmus Hougaard, Managing Partner of Potential Project and best-selling author of More Human, explore how leaders can use AI not to replace their humanity—but to amplify it.Rasmus Hougaard is the author of Compassionate Leadership and The Mind of the Leader, and has been recognized by Thinkers50 as one of the world's top leadership thinkers. He coaches C-suite leaders at global companies like IKEA, Accenture, and Unilever, and regularly writes for Harvard Business Review and Forbes.Things you will learn in this episode:• The Power of Common Humanity• How AI Can Make Us More Human• The Human Operating Model: Awareness, Wisdom, Compassion• Leaders Must Set Context, Not Just Deliver Content• Meditation as the Antidote to AI Overload• How to Develop the Beginner's Mind• Compassion in Action: Doing Hard Things in a Human Way• The Inner and Outer Technologies of LeadershipTune in now and discover how you can lead not just with your head, but with your heart, in an AI-powered world.Resources: ✅• Potential Project: https://www.potentialproject.com/ • Vipassana Meditation: https://www.dhamma.org/ • Quote by Zen master Shunryu Suzuki"In the expert's mind, there are few possibilities. In the beginner's mind, there are many."Books: ✅• More Human: How the Power of AI Can Transform the Way You Lead by Rasmus Hougaard and Jacqueline Carter: https://a.co/d/d8UtOdZ • Compassionate Leadership: How to Do Hard Things in a Human Way by Rasmus Hougaard and Jacqueline Carter: https://a.co/d/cVDrtl8 • A More Beautiful Question: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas by Warren Berger: https://a.co/d/0pGLBlK • Hardwired for Happiness by Ashish Kothari: https://a.co/d/fybNBNK

Jacqueline Carter, Partner and Director at Potential Project, and Diego Lainez, CEO and Founder of Dare to Learn, focus on how training the mind enables better leadership among organizations, where compassion becomes the compass to a better business decision-making. Un Podcast de Tec Sounds Podcasts.

Neste episódio da quarta temporada do Metanoia Lab, patrocinado pela Oi Soluções, o Andrea (andreaiorio.com) analisa uma frase do Rasmus Hougaard, fundador do Potential Project e colunista na Harvard Business Review, que fala sobre os motivos pelos quais a IA nunca substituirá os melhores líderes. Através de um modelo matricial de 4 quadrantes, no episódio são mapeadas 4 grandes categorias de atividades dos líderes, diferenciando onde cabem mais atividades humanas ou atividades da Inteligência Artificial.

A conversation with Marissa Afton, leadership expert who transforms managers and executives into focused and mindful leaders. Marissa is also a corporate consultant and Partner and the Head of Global Accounts for Potential Project, a global research, leadership development, and consulting firm on a mission to create a more human world of work.In this episode, Marissa shares her thoughts on how organizations are now approaching mindfulness, as well as the difference between focus and awareness in terms of building that awareness.Listen to the full episode for more insights on how mindfulness and coaching come together as a tool that can be deployed by coaches for themselves, as well as their clients.

Welcome to this inspiring episode of the Cabinet Maker Profit System (CMPS) podcast!    In this edition, host Dominic Rubino is joined by Marissa Afton, a partner at Potential Project, a global leadership development and research firm, and author of "Compassionate Leadership: How to Do Hard Things in a Human Way." Together, they dive into the transformative power of compassionate leadership and how it can positively impact various industries, including cabinet-making.   In this episode, you'll discover:   The crucial role of self-awareness in developing compassionate leadership skills. The importance of combining empathy with action to create a supportive work environment. How compassionate leadership can be effectively implemented in high-pressure situations and industries. A practical four-step formula for improved communication, applicable across all industries. The benefits of compassionate leadership in navigating difficult conversations, especially within family businesses. If you're seeking to enhance your leadership abilities, foster a more supportive work atmosphere, and boost team engagement, this episode is for you. Marissa shares her expertise, providing you with actionable strategies to help you lead your team with empathy, courage, and action.   This episode is perfect for anyone looking to enhance their leadership skills, create a supportive work environment, and foster better team engagement. Marissa's knowledge and experience will provide you with actionable strategies to help you lead your team to success in a human-centred way.  

Meet Jenny Steadman, Acting Director of Potential Project and my first guest in conversation for Season 3 of the Rawthentic Leadership Podcast. The topic of our conversation was, in my opinion, the perfect choice for the start of a new business year,  ‘The Essence of Mindfulness in leadership'. Here are some of the many topics we covered. You can listen to the podcast on all major platforms and the BrainSmart website:- A synopsis of Jenny's eclectic career, starting out as a classical musician Jenny's interesting introduction to mindfulness A working, practical definition of mindfulness Why we need mindfulness more than ever before as leaders Practical tips to catch moments of stillness The power of a short body scan Using mindfulness to quickly destress Supercharging our insight when it comes to making judgements The link between mindfulness and mitigating bias The benefits of cognitive flexibility How mindfulness came into mainstream business Mindful mayonnaise! The increase in peer-reviewed research on the benefits of mindfulness in the workplace The work of the Potential Project The interesting impact of mindfulness on physical safety in the workplace Compassionate Leadership – How to do hard things in a human way (book link in the comments) When care is a barrier to action How empathy can be a double-edged sword The difference between empathy and compassion What it means to be fully present Two small yet effective strategies to experience mindfulness You can connect with Jenny using the following links:- LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenny-steadman/ Jenny's website https://www.jennysteadman.com.au/ Potential Project https://www.potentialproject.com/ Client case studies - https://www.potentialproject.com/clients Compassionate Leadership – the book - https://www.compassionateleadershipbook.com/ Mindful mayonnaise! https://www.godairyfree.org/product-reviews/earth-balance-mindful-mayo   Rawthentic Leadership has been ranked number 4 in Australia's top 25 Leadership Podcasts https://blog.feedspot.com/australian_leadership_podcasts/ We are on a mission to get the message out to the business community about those 21st Century leadership skills that engage, inspire, motivate and develop people to be their very best and achieve their potential so if you enjoy the podcast, please head over to Apple podcasts and give us a rating and review or is Spotify is your platform of Choice please follow us - thank you! If you would like to contribute to our mission, however small, please head to https://ko-fi.com/brainsmart to donate - thank you!  

In today's episode, I interview Rasmus Hougaard, the CEO/Founder of the Potential Project and best-selling author (Compassionate Leadership, The Mind of the Leader, and One Second Ahead). In the conversation, we cover such themes as living a mindful life, leadership,  dealing with trauma and helping organizations to thrive. Rasmus brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the field of leadership development around the world and continues to make a difference every day in the work he does. It was a pleasure and honor to have him on the podcast. Please share this episode with anyone who you feel will benefit from listening. Rasmus' BioRasmus Hougaard is the Founder and Managing Director of Potential Project, a global research, leadership development, and consulting firm on a mission to create a more human world of work. His prescient views on the critical qualities of future leaders got him recognized by Thinkers50 as one of the world's most influential business thinkers. He has partnered with forward-thinking organizations like IKEA,Unilever, and Cisco to create a more human world of work by helping individuals, leaders, and teams to unlock the full potential of the mind. Rasmus is an experienced, authentic, and engaging speaker, having led morethan 1,500 keynotes and workshops. Rasmus is the co-author of Compassionate Leadership: How to Do Hard Things in a Human Way (Harvard Business Review Press, 2022). Using data from thousands of leaders, employees, and companies in nearly 100 countries, the book finds that when leaders bring the right balance of compassion and wisdom to work, they foster much higher levels of employee engagement, performance, loyalty, and well-being. Rasmus also co-authored The Mind of the Leader: How to Lead Yourself, Your People and Your Organization for Extraordinary Results and One Second Ahead: Enhance Your Performance at Work with Mindfulness. In addition, he writes for leading publications such as Harvard Business Review, Fortune, Forbes, and Business Insider.Connect With Rasmus:WebsiteTwitterLindkedInRasmus' BooksCompassionate LeadershipThe Mind of the LeaderOne Second AheadForbes Article Mentioned in EpisodeOther Forbes Articles Written By RasmusMindfulness For Well-Being at Work Talk

On this episode Jeff interviews Rasmus Hougaard, the founder and CEO of Potential Project and the author of "Compassionate Leadership, How to Do Hard Things in a Human Way." Jeff and Rasmus explore how leaders can expect top performance while also being compassionate. They discuss important differences between compassion and empathy, and Rasmus shares some examples of exceptional leaders who are also compassionate. He discusses how mindfulness can be used at work to help prevent burnout. Rasmus talks about his extensive research on the difference between female and male (identifying) leaders, and what that research says about who is the better leader, and how gender is not a limiting factor. Rasmus guides listeners through a short yet powerful mindfulness exercise to reconnect with the present.

How is compassionate leadership different from empathetic leadership? Difficult workplace conversations require a mindful touch, and while wisdom without compassion can be ruthless, compassion without wisdom is naive. In this episode, Karen and Lachy are in conversation with Jenny Steadman about the role of compassion in being a leader, and how this intersects with wisdom. Jenny Steadman is the Acting National Director for Potential Project, a global leadership training, consulting and research firm. She is also a highly qualified mindfulness trainer and corporate facilitator.

If you struggle to have difficult conversations then you aren't alone. According to Rasmus Hougaard, founder and CEO of global research, leadership development and consulting firm, Potential Project, only one in 100 of us are naturally wired to be able to give difficult feedback the right way, instinctively. “You really have to step up if you want to lead people and learn how to do the hard things. Because it's the most compassionate and kind thing you can do. Everything else is indecent, period.”Rasmus and the team at Potential Project have spent the last three years undertaking a huge research project to find out just how CEOs and leaders do hard stuff with humanity. In this episode, Rasmus shares why he learned the art of mindfulness in Buddhist monasteries not just as a way of driving employee wellness, but actually driving leadership behaviours. He also explains why, if we care deeply about people, it's on us to be direct and to give them the feedback they need to grow to be the best version of themselves that they can be. To find out more about the four behaviours Rasmus and the team uncovered, to create more trust, psychological safety, and improve performance in your individual employees, your teams, and the culture, download and listen to this episode. Book recommendationsThe Tibetan Book of Living and Dying - Sogyal RinpocheGood to Great - Jim CollinsOn today's podcast:Why mindfulness is your secret business weaponThe distinction between empathy and compassionWhy women are better leadersThe four behaviours that help do hard things humanely Links:Book: Compassionate LeadershipTwitter: @RasmusTPPLinkedin: Rasmus HougaardWebsite: Compassionate Leadership, Potential Project

Jacqueline Carter is a partner and North American Director for Potential Project, and the co-author of Compassionate Leader: How to do Hard Things in a Human Way. Highlights: “Not only is it possible to do hard things in a human way, but when we do…our people thrive.” [9:50] Jacqueline Carter dives into the data behind her new book Compassionate Leader, delighted to find this human way of doing the hard things that solves the leadership challenge of better well-being and better performance. “How does being rated high on compassion help with our stress and anxiety levels, which are off the charts?” [10:55] Marcel, taking note of the rising stress levels post pandemic, asks Jacqueline how compassionate leadership changes that…interestingly enough, it benefits both the leader and the staff.  “There are many leaders that are smart…being smart means you have the answer to the question; being wise is knowing when not to give the answer to the question.” [13:40] Not only is compassion important but Jacqueline drives home the point of the importance of wisdom in that equation. A wise leader can bring together the greatest potential of the team. “Empathy can lead to empathetic burnout; we can care SO much that we can get stuck and then we can't do anything.” [21:20] Don't let empathy hijack your brain. Jacqueline encourages leaders to ask the question, how can I be of benefit…to drive and influence their ability to lead with compassion.  “Compassionate action can be no action, so long as it is done with wisdom.” [23:31] Leading with compassion can sometimes mean taking a step back. Jacqueline explains the need for space in decisions and actions…at times doing nothing at all.  “Before we lead others with compassion, we must first learn to lead ourselves with compassion.” [23:45] Marcel quotes Jacqueline's principle of ‘Oxygen Mask First': a critical point for leaders to meet their needs and take care of themselves first so they can then be of service to others.  “Busyness does not equal productivity” [25:30] Jacqueline's tip for leaders is to stop wearing busyness as a badge of honor and instead pause and approach tasks with a calmness and understanding of what is possible and reasonable to do.  “Wouldn't it be amazing if as a culture, we valued our downtime as a restorative opportunity for us to be able to show up as a better version of ourselves.” [28:00] What does it mean to appreciate the "busylessness"? Jacqueline encourages an emphasis on creating space in your life and mind for actual downtime, where you are present as an individual.  “It takes an immense amount of courage to see vulnerability as a leadership strength and not as a weakness.” [32:45] Marcel comments on the principle of ‘Courage over Comfort' in which Jacqueline explains the hard stuff, that requires courage and uncomfortability where leaders should embrace the fear and tame it. “We can both be hard and human. We can focus on results and care. Not only is that better for ourselves, for our people, but also for our business.” [36:55] Rounding out the discussion on the 6 principles, Jacqueline parts with what she hopes listeners and readers will take away from her book, Compassionate Leader. Resources: Potential Project Jacqueline Carter - Senior Partner & North America Director - Potential Project | LinkedIn  Harvard Business School  Columbia Business School  Berkeley Haas Amsterdam Business School

In the sixth and final episode of our Spring/Summer season our guest is Founder and Managing Partner of Potential Project, Rasmus Hougaard. We talk all things mindfulness, the critical difference between empathy and compassion, doing hard things in a human way, and the importance of friendships at work. Check out the vodcast version on the show website at: www.dailyreset.me/cwo

In this week's episode, we're going to talk about compassionate leadership and how it might help you elevate your own leadership and create better, stronger relationships and even accountability with your team. Here's what we'll discuss: Defining Compassionate Leadership: I share my personal definition and share insights from leaders who advocate for compassionate leadership. 4 Stages of The Compassion Flywheel: A tool developed by Potential Project that represents what compassionate leadership actually looks like in the day-to-day behaviors of leaders. Reflection Questions: I pose a question for you to reflect on for each of the 4 stages of the Compassion Flywheel. Compassion and Accountability: I share how the two go hand-in-hand for effective leadership. — RESOURCES MENTIONED — Compassionate Leadership by Rasmus Hougaard and Jacqueline Carter Potential Project Ramona's 6-month Advanced Leadership Program Ramona's 12-week Leadership Accelerator that helps new managers confident and competent leaders people love to work with! Grab your copy of Ramona's best-selling new book 'The Confident & Competent New Manager: How to Rapidly Rise to Success in Your First Leadership Role': https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B1CTLZ4V If this episode inspired you in some way, take a screenshot of you listening on your device and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag me @ramona.shaw.leadership or DM me on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/ramona-shaw Are you in your first manager role and don't want to mess it up? Watch our FREE Masterclass and discover the 4 shifts to become a leader people love to work for: www.ramonashaw.com/masterclass Don't forget to invest time each week to increase your self-awareness, celebrate your wins, and learn from mistakes. Your career grows only to the extent that you grow. Grab your Career Journal with leadership exercises and weekly reflections here: www.ramonashaw.com/shop Love the podcast and haven't left a review yet? All you have to do is go to https://www.ramonashaw.com/itunes and give your honest review. Thanks for your support of this show!

In this episode of Beltway Broadcast, your Metro DC Chapter of ATD hosts Marissa Afton. Marissa is the International Partner and Head of Global Accounts at Potential Project. She is a speaker, author, and expert in leadership development, mindsets, mindfulness, and culture transformation. In this episode, Marissa talks about the most valuable qualities of leaders, discusses why leaders should do the hard things in leadership in a human way, and explains how to develop a compassionate style of leadership.  If you'd like to learn more about Marissa, checkout her LinkedIn profile. For more info about the Metro DC Chapter of ATD, visit DCATD.org.  Episode Credits: Series Announcer: Julie Waters Hosts: Christina Eanes, Stephanie Hubka, Laëtitia Gnago, and Halyna Hodges

Meet Rasmus Hougaard:Rasmus Hougaard is the Founder and Managing Partner of the Potential Project. He is the author of “The Mind of the Leader,” “One Second Ahead,” and recently published “Compassionate Leadership: How to Do Hard Things in a Human Way.” Rasmus is also a contributor for the Harvard Business Review, Forbes and Business Insider. He received a Master's degree in Organization and Behavior Studies from Roskilde University.Key Insights:Rasmus Hougaard is on a mission to create a more human world of work.Behind the Why. While working for a large corporation, Rasmus realized that many of his coworkers were burned out, drained of creativity, and not living up to their potential. Armed with meditation and other practices he learned from Buddhist traditions, Rasmus set out to found the Potential Project and change the working world. (1:02)Rethinking the Great Resignation. An unprecedented number of employees are quitting, or considering quitting. Rasmus reframes this as an opportunity for leaders to be compassionate to their existing employees, and a chance to attract new talent. (19:32) Get Enough Sleep. Get enough sleep and make time for yourself. Self-compassion is fundamental to resiliency. Before you can take care of others, and the world, you need to take care of yourself. (25:30)This episode is hosted by Gary Bisbee, Ph.D. He is the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Think Medium.Relevant Links:Learn more about the Potential ProjectCheck out Rasmus' book “Compassionate Leadership: How to Do Hard Things in a Human Way”Read Rasmus' contributions to Forbes on Leadership Strategy

Meet Rasmus Hougaard:Rasmus Hougaard is the Founder and Managing Partner of the Potential Project. He is the author of “The Mind of the Leader,” “One Second Ahead,” and recently published “Compassionate Leadership: How to Do Hard Things in a Human Way.” Rasmus is also a contributor for the Harvard Business Review, Forbes and Business Insider. He received a Master's degree in Organization and Behavior Studies from Roskilde University.Key Insights:Rasmus Hougaard is on a mission to create a more human world of work.Rethinking Leadership. The idea of a leader single-handedly saving a company is outdated. Rasmus shares that leadership today is about motivating teams of people behind a shared vision. Leadership is through influence and communication, rather than commands and mandates. (14:05)Wise Compassion. Rasmus' research found that the most effective leaders combined a caring attitude with business acumen and the courage to do difficult things. Good leaders can do hard things in a human way. (19:38)Relearning Being Human. Leadership in the 21st century is about unlearning management and relearning being human. Leaders should enter conversations with vulnerability and honesty. They should put aside traditional prescriptions for leadership, and rather focus on the individual, unique employee in front of them. (23:12)Relevant Links: Learn more about the Potential ProjectCheck out Rasmus' book “Compassionate Leadership: How to Do Hard Things in a Human Way”Read Rasmus' contributions to Forbes on Leadership Strategy

There's An Uplifting Movement To Teach CEOs And Executives To Empathetically Treat Workers Humanely After nearly two years of enduring a brutal pandemic, we're having to cope with Omicron surging. Despite the overhang of gloom, we see people striving to make this world a better place. Pre-pandemic it was a standard and accepted practice to have dictatorial CEOs, executives and middle managers rule with an iron fist without any concerns about the mental health and wellbeing of their workers. The virus outbreak has made many leaders rethink the way they manage their staff. In a war-for-talent and Great Resignation era, they finally realized it's imperative to display empathy and enact employee-centric policies and procedures to empower their workforce. From a practical standpoint, taking great care of workers is one of the best ways to attract, recruit and retain people. A leader in this new humanistic approach towards managing people is the Potential Project. The global organization has a bold mission to vastly improve the lives of workers by training and teaching leadership how to effectively and humanely run their companies. The Potential Project, a Danish based consulting firm, has a global roster of top companies advises an impressive roste of corporate clients including Cisco, IKEA, Microsoft, Unilever, Pfizer, Disney and Accenture. The organization educates C-suite executives to keep employees feeling happy and engaged. Potential Project calls for a modern day model for leadership, focused on making work more “human-centric” by prioritizing compassion and reducing busyness and creating a more human work world. Jacqueline Carter, is the director of North America at Potential Project and author of the forthcoming book “Compassionate Leadership: How to do Hard Things in a Human Way.” She is involved with leadership development, change management, consulting, and research along with her colleagues around the world. The management consulting firm has helped over 550,000 individuals at more than 600 clients to adopt new ways of working and leading. Potential Project delivers solutions globally in 28 countries in 17 languages, in-person and digitally. Carter points to Satya Nadella, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, and CHRO Kathleen Hogan as examples of progressive leadership. She says that the tech giant exemplifies what new leadership really looks like—the ability to combine a drive for high performance with a drive for high care for employees. In an interview on Yahoo news, Carter said about Nadella, I think he's humble and he's really committed to being able to support the development of people. She highlights that the tech CEO possesses two attributes that are the cornerstone of leadership. The first is having a growth mindset. This mindset means you are willing to let go of things that don't work and switch gears to try different ways of innovating. Nadella's leadership is built upon his focus on empathy. He has the ability to see, feel and connect with others. He infused these two principles into the culture of Microsoft. Carter says that this is what employees today are looking for. They want leaders to be able to make sure that they can make the tough decisions, drive the results, and also create an environment of flexibility, where workers feel cared for, connected and have a sense of belonging, meaning and purpose. One of the ways to do this is by offering daily pulse checks to determine how the staff is feeling. It's just a simple question to all of their employees worldwide and to be able to find out, how are we doing today?

You've probably heard about the benefits of mindfulness and how meditation can help you achieve it. But you still can't find the inclination to start or the time to practice regularly. In this short bonus episode, Rasmus Hougaard, the CEO of Potential Project and a meditation expert who has studied with the Dalai Lama, takes us through a short exercise and explains why mindfulness is a game-changer for our careers and well-being. Skeptics welcome!

Jason Beck, an accomplished consultant with Potential Project, joins Craig Pollack of FPA Technology Services, inc., to discuss positive attention, focus, and mindfulness. Jason's mission is to help improve leadership and all-around individual performance geared towards helping us organize in a hectic world. -------- Guest: Jason Beck | www.BeckJason.com Host: Craig Pollack | www.FPAinc.com ------ This is a Mr. Thrive Media production | email: Chaz@MrThrive.com | Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Patrick is joined this week by Jacqueline Carter. Jacqueline is an international partner and leads Potential Project in North America. She works with many global accounts including Cisco, Accenture, Danaher, Eli Lilly and IKEA to enhance leadership and organizational performance. She is the co-author of “The Mind of the Leader” published by Harvard Business Review Press in March 2018 and of “One Second Ahead – Enhance Your Performance at Work with Mindfulness” published by Palgrave Macmillan in November 2016. She is a sought-after keynote speaker and a faculty member of the Inner MBA. She also speaks regularly at major conferences including ATD and Work Human. Prior to joining Potential Project, Jacqueline was a leader in Deloitte Consulting's Change Leadership practice. Her latest book, Compassionate Leadership, released on January 18, 2022.

Join Divya Parekh and Marissa Afton, a partner and Head of Global Accounts for Potential Project and Harvard Business Review Contributor to learn about leadership development and change initiatives at multinational organizations. You will discover how to transform your mind to unlock your potential and create cultural excellence and superior performance, resilience, and innovation. Beyond Confidence is broadcast live Monday's at 8 PM ET.Beyond Confidence TV Show is viewed on Talk 4 TV (www.talk4tv.com).Beyond Confidence Radio Show is broadcast on W4WN Radio (www.w4wn.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (www.talk4radio.com) on the Talk 4 Media Network (www.talk4media.com). Beyond Confidence Podcast is also available on Talk 4 Podcasting (www.talk4podcasting.com).

When you help people help, you help people hope. Gillian Coutts, Country Director at Potential Project discovered this when working within her community during Australia's border closing following the COVID outbreak. In her work, she saw teams come together in extraordinary ways, but she also shares findings from a UK study that has been replicated elsewhere, that show how we often see ourselves as having compassion, but not our neighbours.In her discussion with Pia and Dan, Gillian explores the differences between empathy and compassion, and the importance of self-compassion to resilience.Links Humankind: A Hopeful History, by Rutger Bregman Perceptions Matter: The Common Cause UK Values Survey Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself, by Dr. Kristin Neff Squadify

After finishing college, Grattan went to Australia for a year and returned home 12 years later. He lived and worked in Taiwan for 8 years, where he studied Chinese, taught English and eventually set up his own business. He also travelled extensively in South East Asia; often for months at a time.Returning to Ireland in 1998 he bought a training franchise, specialising in leadership and management development. Qualifying as an Executive & Business Coach in 2006 was a natural progression. Coaching also  re-ignited his passion for learning, which was all but extinguished by his 17 years in the formal education system.In 2007 he attended his first coaching event, a talk by Sir John Whitmore, one of the founding fathers of coaching. Sir John articulated three ‘provocations':•      Consumerism (more and more) is not compatible with sustainability (less)•      Quantitative technical advance is way ahead of Qualitative wisdom (our technical capability is way beyond our wisdom in how to use that technology•      Hierarchy is in decay and must be replaced by self-responsibilityHearing these provocations articulated with such clarity, lit a spark in Grattan which still burns to this day.In 2010 after suffering burnout, mindfulness found him. Recognising how beneficial mindfulness was for him personally, he joined Potential Project. With these global leaders in corporate mindfulness, over the next 6 years he trained mindfulness to thousands of people in organisations.Grattan believes we all know there are better ways we could be living and working. Better for our wellbeing. For our loved ones. Our organisations. Our communities. Our planet. If only we weren't too busy to explore them.He invites his clients to step back from the ‘busyness' of their lives and identify what is truly important.He is most interested to work with people who want to be the best FOR the world. People who want to step into their power, and work with the biggest challenges facing humanity - the climate, biodiversity and environmental crises. People who want to contribute to a better world; not just for humanity but also for the more-than-human world.As a Regenerative Leadership Coach, he supports clients to do their own inner transformational work first. When they do, they are best equipped for the challenges of working with these existential threats.He facilitates mission-driven teams and purpose-led organisations. He helps them develop and grow their collective wisdom, and work in ways that contribute to the healing of the planet.  He has pioneered Walk-and-Talk coaching sessions in nature for more than 10 years and virtual Walk-and-Talk sessions since the pandemic began.Integrating neuroscience, mindfulness and nature practices with indigenous wisdom, opens people up to different ways of sensing, feeling, thinking, doing, AND Being. People are then supported to reimagine a better future and a more beautiful world our hearts know is possible.He is an Honorary Life Fellow and a Founding Council Member of the Association for Coaching, Ireland (2007-2015) and was Chair from 2013-2015. He is a Associate Faculty Member with the Irish Management Institute, teaching on their Diploma in Executive Coaching.He has been training the Diploma in Coaching for Performance in Dublin Business School since 2013.He was a Board Member of Mindful Nation Ireland from 2018 to 2021.He is a member of the Climate Coaching Alliance and has protested with his daughter in many of the Fridays for Future Schools Climate Strikes.Find out more about Grattan on Linkedin and his website.

Brandon is a certified Corporate Based Mindfulness Trainer through Potential Project, Dually Certified Mindfulness Coach with the ICF & IAC, he also holds certifications on Proper Ethics and Ethical Conduct when teaching mindfulness courses by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn. He is the founder of Modern Mindfulness, China's largest mindfulness community with over 8,500 active members and 1,000 active members in Austin, Texas. Brandon has also founded and manages The China Trainer's Community, China's largest community of English speaking corporate trainers of Fortune 500 companies. Brandon has experience in Corporate Based Mindfulness Training and Mindfulness Based Coaching with a wide range of clients and organizations ranging from the U.S. Government, the New Orleans FBI, and companies such as Volkswagen, Chevron, Disney, LEGO, Alibaba, and others. He has also recently founded, and trail blazed a new service in the mindfulness industry: Mindfulness Based Consulting, with the simple goal of helping mindfulness teachers do their work full time.https://www.modernmindfulness.com/

I got introduced to Andy Lee through Cheryl from Xerox who has been on my podcast previously. When we spoke for the first time, we hit it off on the topic of mindfulness and stress reduction. Andy is a mindfulness consultant and teacher with a background in talent management and organisational psychology. He is committed to helping companies and their employees thrive by embedding mindfulness in their culture and people processes.    Topics we discussed: Mindfulness and Stress reduction Heidger Marx at SAP - a podcast episode Regular meditation practise His burnout experience which was due to him being ‘unmindfulness' about his life Autopilot of living one's life External, societal influence How some people just fly through life without ever worrying about personal insights People don't stop and question themselves Attachment Addiction Culture of getting ‘hits' = dopamine  Managing distractions Improving productivity through mindfulness Mindfulness as the ability to strengthen your mental muscle Being more intentional with your attitude Distractions and the wandering mind How Covid helped with the popularity of mindfulness Tony Schwartz, The Energy Project Lunchtime naps Time shouldn't be an excuse not to meditate The three step breathing space Cousins to mindfulness, like visualisation Stress management Mindfulness as a plaster to be more successful 5 am routine Journaling Hobbies: to do something without ‘achieving somethings' Buddhism Learning how your mind works should be a ‘no brainer' The positive impact of mindfulness on leadership Potential Project  Mindful Ethos -  Andy Lee on LinkedIn  Volker is a sales, strategy and leadership consultant. With a passion for coaching and mindfulness, helping individuals and companies to achieve more. In his podcast he interviews high achievers, entrepreneurs, consultants, visionaries, coaches, and mentors about their secrets and experience. Learn from the best! Find out more on his website or subscribe to his newsletter.

La méditation est-elle soluble dans lʹidéologie capitaliste? Et, partant, dans le monde de lʹentreprise? Cette pratique, peut-elle amener à la fois bien-être et rentabilité? Financier luxembourgeois établi en Suisse, Erick Rinner propose des programmes de pleine conscience dans des multinationales. Avec son équipe de Potential Project, il apprend aux employé.e.s et aux leaders à être moins soumis.e.s au stress et à redécouvrir leur "humanité partagée". Reportage: Raphaële Bouchet Réalisation: David Golan Production : Laurence Difélix

Mary Mosham is an award-winning leadership coach, mindfulness teacher, and author. She specializes in leadership, team, and personal development, yoga and meditation, and corporate mindfulness. With over 20 years’ experience in corporate change consulting and management at Cisco and Fortune 100 companies, she pioneered innovative people development solutions and led global change efforts that enhanced organization, leadership, and team performance. Mary earned a master’s degree in organization development from Pepperdine University and ICF professional coach certifications from New Ventures West and Marcus Buckingham Company. She has received numerous awards, including Cisco’s Coach of Excellence award. She is a certified facilitator in leading-edge programs and assessments, including Potential Project’s corporate mindfulness programs, Leadership Circle Profile™, Hogan, StandOut, Emotional Intelligence (EQ-i®), and Enneagram. She is the author of Mindful Career: Seven Keys to End Burnout and Unlock Your Greatest Potential. Away from work, she is passionate about traveling, hiking, healthy living, sponsoring the Tibetan Children Foundation, and creating a more sustainable world.     = = = = = The Team here at PYP has put together another uplifting, insightful, and inspiring show for you today. Our goal is to bring you timely, relevant, and useful conversations so that you can experience more success, energy, and LIFE as the leader of your business, career, side hustle, or passion.   We always appreciate your 5-star rating and review of the show. Thank you for helping us get the word out about PYP!   Here are a few ways I can help you: Share this episode with one person who could use a boost of inspiration and positivity today. Grab your copy of my leadership playbook that teaches you the 11 skills you can quickly master to become an exceptional leader.   Buy one of my books on Amazon and leave me a 5-star review. Want to explore what a coaching relationship with me could be like for you on the next leg of your business or professional journey? Book a free 15-minute discovery here!

Jacqueline Carter, Partner and Director at Potential Project, and Diego Lainez, CEO and Founder of Dare to Learn, focus on how training the mind enables better leadership among organizations, where compassion becomes the compass to a better business decision-making. Un Podcast de Tec Sounds.

Rasmus Hougaard is the founder and managing director of Potential Project. He’s recognized by the Thinkers50 as one of the most important emerging business thinkers and leaders in the world. He writes for Harvard Business Review and Forbes and lectures at the world’s leading business and executive education schools like IMD, Rotman, and IESE. Rasmus has led more than 1,500 keynotes and workshops, and he’s recognized as the leading global authority on training the mind to be focused, effective, and clear for great leadership, performance, innovation, and resilience. In this week’s podcast, we find out about the difference between compassion and empathy and how wise compassionate leadership is the most effective way to lead our teams.    Connect with Rasmus Hougaard: https://www.potentialproject.com/ You’ll Learn: [02:51] - Rasmus shares what it means to do hard work the human way. [04:59] - Rasmus Explains why we need to go beyond compassion. [09:30] - Rasmus describes the four skills that underpin wise-compassionate leadership. [14:45] - Rasmus explains the benefits for leaders and teams of wise-compassionate leadership. [19:16] - Rasmus shares some examples of wise-compassionate leadership from his research. [22:43] - Rasmus explains the cautions and caveats we need to be aware of as we do this work. [24:12] - Rasmus shares with us what his research data shows about whether men or women are better wise-compassionate leaders. [25:57] - Rasmus enters the lightning round! Thanks for listening! MPPW Podcast on Facebook Thanks so much for joining me again this week.  If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of this post. Please leave an honest review for the Making Positive Psychology Work Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.  And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free! You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing. Until next time, take care!  Thank you, Rasmus!

In today's episode, Rasmus Hougaard, founder and CEO of Potential Project (global consulting firm leader in mindful leadership and mindful organizations), dives deep into how he sets up his day to work, what it means to create space in life, and the importance of being intentional.

Have you ever wanted to call your manager and say “I cannot take this job one day longer”? Well, Andy Lee did just that and changed his life. What happened to him after he made that call? Take a listen, as Andy shares his very personal and vulnerable story with us. He tells us that he was in denial and pretending everything was fine, when it wasn't. He took time off after that phone call and took a journey which included a month-long stay at a Buddhist Monastery. After his leaving his job, he made his decision to teach people mindfulness and help others work to avoid the situations that impacted him. His top advice: Listen to your quiet voice. You don't want to miss his courageous story and how he teaches mindfulness to others.Andy Lee has dedicated his career to helping leaders, teams and organizations leverage the power of mindfulness to create a culture of engagement, innovation and sustainable success. He has been teaching mindfulness in organizations since 2011. He is the founder of Mindful Ethos, and Senior Consultant with Potential Project.Before founding Mindful Ethos, Andy was Chief Mindfulness Officer at Aetna where he and his team developed a range of programs to create a deeply rooted culture of mindfulness. These programs included in-person courses, webinars and digital programs. He also developed a network of internal mindfulness advocates and created a Mindfulness Center in Aetna's home office.Previously, Andy held senior talent management roles at Merrill Lynch, Viacom, and Capital One. In these roles, he developed and managed a range of traditional talent management programs and processes including competency models, leadership development programs and performance management processes and survey feedback programs. Andy has an MA in Organizational Psychology from Columbia University, and is ABD in I/O psychology from New York University. He holds a certificate in Executive Coaching from CUNY Baruch, and is certified as a mindfulness teacher by the Brown University Center for Mindfulness. Connect with Andy to learn more about him and his background:https://www.linkedin.com/in/andylee03/https://mindfulethos.com/https://www.potentialproject.com/ Andy's recommended podcasts/apps:10 Percent Happier Podcast  https://www.tenpercent.com/podcastCalm App https://www.calm.com/Headspace App https://www.headspace.com/Sign up for our newsletter at https://abbraccigroup.com/. Please subscribe, leave a review and tell your friends about our podcast. Learn more about the CHARGE® model by purchasing the book, The Way of the HR Warrior. Let us know about the moments for you that changed your life trajectory. Drop us a note via our website. 

This episode features Sharee Johnson, Psychologist, Executive Coach, Owner Coaching for Doctors at SKJ Consulting, Senior Consultant for the Potential Project, and Creator of RESPOND and Recalibrate. She's a Certified iRest Meditation Teacher. She's also Australia's leading doctor coach, and in this conversation she shares her experience with coaching doctors, and gives us tips for ourselves along the way, including the top soft skills are that we can work on so that we are protecting ourselves from burnout while showing up to help those around us.

Derfor skal du lytte:Har du selv oplevet at business kan være benhårdt og stressende? Rasmus Hougaard har i 15 år hjulpet topledere fra bl.a. Google, Sony og Microsoft med at styrke deres mentale skarphed, og skabe mere kompassion og etik i virksomhederne. I denne podcast får du Rasmus vigtigste erfaringer til at styrke din mentale skarphed, dit fokus og så hører du den uvurderlige livslektion han fik af selveste Dalai Lama. Episode 47: Rollemodellerne podcast med Rasmus Hougaard Mental styrke: Få de vigtigste mindfulness værktøjer som Rasmus lærer topchefer i verdens største virksomheder(function($) {$("head").append("#dfd-heading-5fdae21d76307 .dfd-heading-module {}#dfd-heading-5fdae21d76307 .dfd-heading-delimiter {border-bottom-style: solid;width: 80px;border-bottom-width: 1px;}#dfd-heading-5fdae21d76307 .dfd-title {margin-bottom: 30px;}#dfd-heading-5fdae21d76307 .dfd-sub-title{margin-bottom: 30px;}#dfd-heading-5fdae21d76307 .dfd-heading-delimiter {margin-top: 10px;margin-bottom: 10px;}");})(jQuery); Sponsor Rollemodellerne er sponsoreret af Danmarks største streamingtjeneste for bøger og lydbøger Mofibo. Hvis du vil have gratis adgang til mere end 250.000 forskellige bøger, og samtidig støtte Rollemodellerne, så kan du få 30 dage gratis som ny kunde på Mofibo. Du skal bare bruge bonuskoden ROLLEMODELLERNE når du opretter din konto. Hvem er Rasmus Hougaard? Rasmus er forfatter og så har han i mere end 20 år drevet virksomheden The Potential Project, for at hjælpe med at sprede mere mindfulness, og mental effektivitet i erhvervslivet. The Potential Project har udviklet sig til en verdensomspændende virksomhed, som hjælper med udvikling af lederne i en lang række af verdens største corporate virksomheder heriblandt Microsoft, Google og Accenture. Resultaterne af virksomhedens arbejde er dokumenteret af bl.a. Harvard og Cambridge University, samt Rigshospitalet, og resulterer i bl.a. mindre stress og mere fokus hos både ledere og medarbejdere. Rasmus har tidligere udgivet bogen “Et sekund foran”, der handler om at skabe overskud på den mentale bundlinje gennem mindfulness.  Senest udgav han den bedstsælgende ledelsesbog “Mind of the Leader”, der er skrevet på baggrund af et tre-årigt forskningsprojekt med 35.000 ledere, og som er udgivet på det Hvorfor er Rasmus gæst i Rollemodellerne? Det var faktisk en af lytterne, der først gjorde mig opmærksom på Rasmus, men da jeg først begyndte at undersøge hvem han var, og hvad han stod for, var der slet ingen tvivl for mig om at han er en oplagt deltager i podcasten. Jeg finder det dybt inspirerende at vi har en dansker, som er en af verdens førende ledelsesudviklere, og som ovenikøbet er lykkedes med at forfølge sin livsmission om at at bidrage til mere kompassion og etik i erhvervslivet i sådan en grad at at han nu benyttes af verdens største organisationer og udgiver sine bøger i samarbejde med det anerkendte Harvard. Jeg tror mange mennesker vil kunne få glæde af netop at høre Rasmus vigtigste værktøjer til at blive mentalt skarpere, og høre Rasmus vigtigste erfaringer fra at blive undervist intensivt f selveste Dalai Lama.   I denne episode vil du blandt andet høre om: Hvis du vil leve længe er vigtigere at sige “os” i stedet for “mig” Hvorfor de bedste ledere er dem, der forstår at gøre noget godt for deres medarbejdere - ikke dem der er gode til excel ark At du ikke bliver lykkeligere af en større bil Retræte er den bedste måde at lære mindfulness Mindful betyder ikke man er langsom, men at man er skarp!   Rigtig god vinter - og hør masser af podcasts!  Bjørn (function($) {$("head").append("#dfd-single-image-5fdae21d78cda-983 {border-radius: 10px;}");})(jQuery);Rollemodellerne Episode 47 – Rasmus Hougaard(function($) {$("head").append("#dfd-heading-5fdae21d79cc1 .dfd-heading-module {}#dfd-heading-5fdae21d79cc1 .dfd-heading-delimiter {border-bottom-style: solid;width: 80px;border-bottom-width...

Gillian Coutts is a Partner with The Potential Project. In this wide open and often intimate conversation, Gillian shares insights on how the practise of mindfulness helps senior leaders lift out of the noise and increase their ability to zoom out, see patterns and make better choices.She shares;What happened for her when she returned to work following maternity leave and then found she had cancerWhy did a Board member once comment that Gillian seemed to be getting more intelligent?What is the empathy trap?How she supported one CEO who leads a large healthcare company reframe the anxiety she was feeling when Covid first hitWhy did one CFO say the ROI he (gratefully) found after one of his programs was one second....What has the Prime Minister of New Zealand being deliberately cultivating as a leader over her career?What is the link between strategy and compassion?Why is compassion without wisdom just folly?What is Theory U?How to start developing a practise of mindfulness or attention managementResearch from The Potential Project from over 35 countries and thousands of leadersEffective leaders will always outperform ineffective leaders over time! Hi, I am Pod OSullivan. For over twenty years I have coached, mentored and supported corporate leaders and leadership teams all over the world to become impactful, effective and high performing.This is a podcast that taps into that experience. It is recorded for and about senior business leaders, C suite leaders, Founders and CEO's.I interview leaders and experts about ways to optimise leadership.What are the useful habits and thinking patterns?What are the secrets to high performing teams?How do they continue to nurture their effectiveness day after day?In other words, what is their leadership diet?www.theleadershipdiet.com

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Rasmus Hougaard discusses how to manage your attention by practicing mindfulness. — YOU'LL LEARN — 1) Why we get distracted by the news—and how to curb that impulse 2) The quantifiable benefits of mindfulness 3) The small habits that build great resilience Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep576 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT RASMUS — Rasmus Hougaard is the Founder and CEO of Potential Project - the global leader in building mindful leaders and organizations by enhancing performance, innovation and resilience through mindfulness. He is the author of One Second Ahead as well as The Mind of the Leader, a bestseller published by Harvard Business Review. In addition, he writes for Harvard Business Review and Forbes and lectures at the world's leading business and executive education schools. • Rasmus' app: PotentialProject.app • Rasmus' article: “Build Your Resilience in the Face of a Crisis” • Rasmus' website: PotentialProject.com • Rasmus' LinkedIn: Rasmus Hougaard — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • App: OneNote • Book: Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear • Book: The Principles of Psychology, Vol.1 by William James — THANK YOU SPONSORS! — • Pitney Bowes. Simplify your shipping while saving money. Get a free 30-day trial and 10-lb shipping scale at pb.com/AWESOMESee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

De næste 2-3 minutter vil vi lave en mental pause for at samle ny energi og skærpe vores fokus. Du kan lave øvelsen uanset hvor du er, både siddende og stående

Nu er Danmark på vej ind i en ny fase med en gradvis genåbning. Vi skal stadig tage hånd om udfordringer, men vi begynder så småt at kunne se fremad. Men hvordan kan vi komme styrket ud på den anden side? Hør senior træner i Potential Project, Jens Hjorth-Larsen, dele ud af sin viden på området.

Bare 10 minutters daglig mental træning er nok til at mærke en forskel. Meditation øger vores mentale kapacitet og evne til at koncentrere os, reducerer niveauet af stress i både krop og sind, så vi i stedet oplever større ro og bedre kontakt med nuet.

Renewable energy project delays are virtually inevitable. In this episode, we answer your most pressing questions on how to handle these delays. We also look at the impact of Force Majeure notices, the safe harbor cliff, and more. McDermott Speakers: Ed Zaelke, Phil Tingle, Carl Fleming and John Bridge

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We are in the middle of a giant, global experiment in remote work. Even in the best of times, working from home is tricky. You're surrounded by distractions: pets, laundry, Netflix. But in the midst of this pandemic, WFH (as the millennials call it) is even harder, given that many of us are cooped up with our children, cut off from our coworkers, and overwhelmed by anxiety. Our guests, Rasmus Hougaard and Jacqueline Carter, from Potential Project, are experts in bringing mindfulness into the workplace. In this episode, we explore solutions to four major problems: distraction, isolation, virtual collaboration, and balancing family life. Plugzone: Website: https://www.potentialproject.com/ Books: https://www.potentialproject.com/books/the-mind-of-the-leader/ Rasmus on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rasmushougaard/ Jacqueline on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacquelinecarter1/ Other Resources: Ten Percent Happier Live: We

Bill Scheinman has been teaching mindfulness since 2001 and leads corporate mindfulness workshops throughout the Bay Area as well as classes in mindfulness-based stress reduction. He is a se- nior facilitator with the Potential Project, teaches online mindful- ness classes with eMindful, and works with individuals as a mind- fulness coach. He is a graduate of Spirit Rock's Community Dhar- ma Leaders program and is a former president of the Board of the San Francisco Insight Meditation Community. He is the author of the mindfulness guide, Moment By Moment, and he blogs about mindfulness and dharma on his website, www.stressreductionat- work.com. Support the show______________ To participate live and be notified of upcoming speakers in advance, please Like us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/gaybuddhistfellowship) or visit https://gaybuddhist.org/calendar/ To support our efforts to share these talks with LGBTQIA audiences worldwide, please visit www.GayBuddhist.org.There you can: Donate Learn how to participate live Find our schedule of upcoming speakers Join our mailing list or discussion forum Enjoy many hundreds of these recorded talks dating back to 1996 CREDITSAudio Engineer: George HubbardProducer: Tom BrueinMusic/Logo/Artwork: Derek Lassiter

What are key leadership qualities for a digital age? How can you become a Mindful Leader? What tools and practices can be employed to better lead yourselves, your teams, and your organizations. Join us as we explore these questions and more with Jacqueline Carter, co-author of The Mind of the Leader: How to Lead Yourself, […]

In this episode, we start getting into the real practices which can help you start to change everything. Whether you know what you want to change, or whether you just know that you're unhappy with your current place in life, this episode will help you start that journey to new and exciting personal growth. HPP works to help guide and assist you on your way and look forward to seeing you grow and unlock your hidden potential.

Marcel’s guest on this week’s Love In Action show is Jacqueline Carter. Jacqueline is the international partner and the North American director for Potential Project. She has over 20 years of experience working with organizations around the globe, including Cisco, Marriott and Google, to improve performance. She is also the co-author along with Rasmus Hougaard, of the exciting new book, The Mind of a Leader: How to Lead Yourself, Your People and Your Organization For Extraordinary Results. The book is based on extensive research, including assessments of more than 35,000 leaders, and reveals how leaders can disrupt how they lead by training their brains.  Most leaders are overwhelmed and overworked. Jacqueline calls it a leadership crisis. She says that it’s tough to be a leader today and it’s not getting easier. [4:30] Her research gave three major insights:  The workplace has dramatically changed - people are looking for meaning, purpose and happiness in their jobs. Creating an environment where people feel happy is a big task for leaders, and most feel ill-equipped to do it. [5:41] Leadership is an inner game - it starts with understanding, managing and leading your own mind before you can lead others. [6:30] Mindfulness, selflessness and compassion are the three core qualities that make great leaders. [6:43] We’re most stressed first thing in the morning because of cortisol spikes, so it’s the most important time to do mind training practices which will help settle the mind and give us more clarity. [8:17] If you don’t set an intention, your day will just happen. [9:00] Because of its neuroplasticity, we can change the way our brain looks and functions. [9:52] Mindfulness is the ability to be present in the moment, to be focused on the task at hand and aware of what’s going on around us. Our mind has a natural tendency to wander, and research shows that our attention span is getting smaller over time. However, attention matters in business. Mindfulness training helps to train the attentional muscles so we can be more focused and more effective. [13:33] Marcel asks Jacqueline how to practice mindfulness. She shares a simple A-B-C-D technique and invites listeners to join in. [16:25] The main reason meetings are not as effective as they can be, Jacqueline says, is because people are not paying attention, their minds are wandering. She shares how practicing mindfulness helped one organization decrease their meeting time by 35% and become more efficient. [22:47] Marcel asks what to do with our devices so we can be more mindful. Jacqueline comments that even the mere presence of a smartphone during a conversation negatively impacts our ability to feel connected with each other. She shares some practical tips to help us get the best of technology without letting it get the best of us. [28:10] Selflessness is not allowing our natural egoistic tendencies to get in the way of being a good leader. We naturally see the world from our own point of view. Selflessness asks us to be more intentional about others and their needs and how we can best be of service. The foundation of selflessness is bringing more humility and gratitude into our leadership. [30:35] Empathy is when we feel with someone. Compassion is more focused on how we can make their life easier. If as a leader, you can help to alleviate some of the unnecessary stress and pressure your workers face, you will be able to create a kinder and more effective workplace. [35:23] Jacqueline appeals to listeners to put your own oxygen mask on first. You can’t take care of other people if you’re not taking good care of yourself. Her research has proven that the most successful leaders are disciplined about taking care of themselves. [41:14] Resources PotentialProject.com  Email: jacqueline.carter@potentialproject.com 

Host, Ray D'Cruz, interviews Murray Paterson from the Potential Project about mindfulness, and how it can improve performance, from productivity to engagement to well-being.  Murray led the introduction of a mindfulness program for partners of a large law firm, with stunning engagement. Listen to this podcast to learn more about what results mindfulness can generate for your firm.

What goes on in the mind of a leader? On this episode of WorkHuman Radio, we are joined by Jacqueline Carter, the International Partner and North American Director of Potential Project and the author of The Mind of the Leader. Tune in as we talk about her surprising findings on leadership, how to motivate your employees, and why a good people strategy is a good business strategy.

Martin Ström driver Potential Project i Sverige där han hjälper företag och organisationer att nå bättre resultat och få mer fokuserade och välmående medarbetare med hjälp av mindfulness. Han har även skrivit boken Fokus på jobbet tillsammans med Sara Hultman. Vi pratar om att mindfulness på jobbet minskar stress med 30% och ökar effektiviteten med 15% enligt studier. Att hjärnan inte kan multitaska och när vi försöker att göra det så sänks vår kognitiva förmåga till en åttaårings. Martin berättar om skillnaden mellan öppen och riktad uppmärksamhet och hur det kan användas på jobbet. Vi pratar om effektivitet och att det inte handlar om att pressa in mer i ett tajt schema, utan att göra rätt saker på rätt sätt så att vi kan stressa mindre och få ökad balans. Martin berättar att mindfulness leder till ökad trivsel på jobbet, troligtvis eftersom vi tränar upp mentala färdigheter som acceptans, medkänsla, närvaro och vänlighet. Och att snälla medkännande chefer visar sig prestera bättre och få högre lön. Vi pratar om att 44% av våra distraktioner är interna och att börja om är en superkraft vi kan lära oss med hjälp av meditation. Martin ger rådet att meditera även de dagar då man inte känner för det, då ger det som mest. Martin avslutar sedan vårt samtal med att leda en koncentrationsmeditation kallad A-B-C-D. Vill du veta mer eller komma i kontakt med Martin och Potential Project, gå till https://www.potentialproject.com För mer information om Breathe In, våra meditations- och äventyrsresor och podcasten Meditera Mera, besök vår hemsida www.breathein.se

I had the privilege of taking a 5 week Mindset Course through Potential Project and I share my biggest takeaways on this episode!    Potential Project 10% Happier interview with Potential Project Founder and Director  

This week on the donothing podcast, listen to my insightful conversation with corporate meditation and mindfulness coach Elizabeth Prather. Elizabeth has taught mindfulness in many settings and is passionate about using it to cultivate business environments where individuals can thrive and perform at their very best. In addition, she teaches mindfulness to individuals and coaches those who are struggling to find meaning and purpose in their lives while looking for support along the way. Elizabeth’s areas of expertise include managed care provider services operations, fast-paced and rapidly growing organizations, training, customer service, healthcare consulting, non-profit program management and travel management. Elizabeth’s “Mindfulness at Work” programs integrate her deep mindfulness practice and business acumen to ensure sustainable results for clients. As a Senior Consultant and Trainer with the Potential Project (a global leader in corporate-based mindfulness programs), Elizabeth brings her expertise to organizations looking for improved performance and culture change. Elizabeth divides her time between working and immersing herself into mindfulness and meditation through learning and extended retreats. She engaged in a three-year silent meditation retreat in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, which was a transformative experience. During that retreat, it became clear to her that she should share the benefits of mindfulness and meditation with others—especially in the work environment. Connect With Elizabeth Prather The Prather Group LinkedIn For those living in Los Angeles, Elizabeth is starting a four week series on mindfulness for focus, clarity and performance starting in March. Here's the link to more information: http://theprathergroup.com/public-programs-events/. Books Recommended by Elizabeth Prather The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche One Second Ahead: Enhance Your Performance at Work with Mindfulness by Rasmus Hougaard The Mind of the Leader: How to Lead Yourself, Your People, and Your Organization for Extraordinary Results by Rasmus Hougaard

Rasmus Hougaard and Jacqueline Carter from the Potential Project discuss their mission of enhancing performance for leaders and large organizations through mindfulness. Potential Project believes we can cocreate a more peaceful and kinder world by helping others reach a calmer and more focused mindset. Hougaard and Carter have deep roots in the practice of meditation and mindfulness and have written books about what kind of mental qualities are needed for leaders in today's society along with what will effectively drive great work performance. Hougaard and Carter provide insight on how they have achieved this with large organizations such as Microsoft and Google. The Plug Zone Website: https://www.potentialproject.com/ Books: https://www.potentialproject.com/books/the-mind-of-the-leader/

This week we chat with Marissa Afton, client solutions director at Potential Project. A mindfulness practitioner for the past 25 years, she shares one easy way to instantly become more mindful at work and other tips for bringing more mindfulness to performance discussions.

Researchers have found that the accelerated pace of modern office life is taking its toll on productivity, employee engagement, creativity and well-being. Faced with a relentless flood of information and distractions, our brains try to process everything at once increasing our stress, decreasing our effectiveness and negatively impacting our performance.  Ironically, we have become too overworked, unfocused, and busy to stop and ask ourselves the most important question: What can we do to break the cycle of being constantly under pressure, always-on, overloaded with information and in environments filled with distractions? Do we need to accept this as the new workplace reality and continue to survive rather than thrive in modern day work environments? What if your organisation's culture could be fuelled by creativity and productivity? It is possible to train the brain to respond differently to today's constant pressures and distraction? The secret to dealing with life's interruptions is incredibly simple: Give each distraction just “one second's” time, mindfully. Many companies turn to mindfulness to help their workers become more attentive and less distracted. Today's guest has worked with a multitude of fortune 500 countries in over 22 countries. He is the founder and managing director of the Potential Project and the focus of today's show is his wonderful book “One Second Ahead”. We discuss: Mindfulness Selling mindfulness within an organisation Translating the benefits to business needs More about Rasmus here: https://www.potentialproject.com/ His TED Talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0n_CWAiF5yE

Explore the latest leadership research and hear interesting facts, stories and useful references for everyday leadership. You'll also learn more about what is happening in the brain as Hans Melo and Jason from the Potential Project explore the behavioural research and neuroscience behind some of the key principles and theories underpinning modern leadership including mindfulness, resilience and purpose.

Rasmus Hougaard is the founder and managing director of Potential Project, a global leadership training, organizational development and research firm, who help leaders and organization to enhance performance, innovation, and resilience through mindfulness and other practices grounded in neuroscience and research. Rasmus writes for the Harvard Business Review, Forbes, and Business Insider, and has led more than 1500 keynotes and workshops around the world. His most recent book, The Mind of the Leader, is based on research with more than 35,000 leaders and executives and provides a pathway to great leadership in the 21st century. In today’s episode, Rasmus explains why 21st century leaders need to cultivate the qualities of mindfulness, selflessness and compassion for themselves, their teams and their organizations and how this can be practically achieved. Connect with Rasmus: Website: www.potentialproject.com You’ll Learn: [02:11] - Rasmus explains why 86% of leaders rate themselves as inspiring and good role models, but 82% of employees see their leaders as fundamentally uninspiring. [03:28] - Rasmus explains how leaders can better understand themselves and their impact on others. [04:56] - Rasmus shares the mental qualities needed for leaders to be effective in the 21t century based on his research. [05:53] - Rasmus explains why the state of flow can impede our ability to be more mindful at work. [07:38] - Rasmus shares how our daily focus pattern can help us to be more mindful at work. [09:33] - Rasmus explains what leaders can do practically to improve their levels of selflessness and confidence. [11:44] - Rasmus shares his suggestions for finding the balance between self-confidence and selflessness at work. [13:57] - Rasmus explains why more leaders are rating compassion important or extremely important for effective leadership. [17:04] - Rasmus explains how teaching leaders compassion can improve kindness and psychological safety in workplaces. [22:43] - Rasmus shares some of his favorite ways to help leaders be more mindful, selfless and compassionate. [17:23] - Rasmus completes the lightning round. Your Resources: MPPW Podcast on Facebook Everybody Matters by Bob Chapman Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for joining me again this week.  If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of this post. Please leave an honest review for the Making Positive Psychology Work Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.  And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free! You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing. Until next time, take care!  Thank you Rasmus!

Jacqueline Carter, partner, Potential Project, and co-author of the book The Mind of a Leader: How to Lead Yourself, Your People and Your Organization for Extraordinary Results discusses core mental qualities managers and executives need to be effective leaders with Teri Arvesu, vice president of Content Univision Chicago and a member of the NAB Education Foundation's Broadcast Leadership Training class of 2018.

Today Ross and Antoinette met with Jane Grafton….   Jane is a certified coach (ICF) and senior trainer with the Potential Project, a leading global corporate-based mindfulness training company.   Jane shares the central insight she gained through her work with the Potential Project: the distinction between the talkative and the observing mind. The wandering, narrative mind goes off in all sorts of directions, and we have hardly any control over it, whereas that other part of us observes the wandering mind, and is a best described as a space of clarity and awareness.   Ross agreed, “Mindfulness is an important aspect of connecting with yourself, to be more balanced so as to harness the right energies.”   How can we sit in awareness? Jane shares, “the more we observe the wandering mind, the quieter it becomes over time.” The more we can withdraw from distractions and cultivate being present in the current moment, the more we can see things with clarity in ourselves and others and experience things around us thoroughly and without resistance. We then don’t draw upon the past or the future. To experience this space, we need to be here, now with a clear mind.   To connect meaningfully with each other having a clear mind is essential, as otherwise our perception is tainted by judgment, thoughts, preconceived ideas and we don’t see the other for who she or he is.   Being present with what is at this exact moment; to accept and feel what is happening, and to be present with family members, co-workers, a crisis, my fear or my energy.   Jane, “We can’t develop this capacity to be present without some serious pausing practice.” In this state of presence, valuable information is more likely to come to us compared to being in a hectic, panicky mode. “Slowing down, reflecting on what is happening around you and taking in the situation for what it is, keeps the mind free of assumptions,” says Ross.   Please listen to this podcast to hear all about the “IT” and how it is essential in our life.   Book recommendation of Jane: ‘The Mind of The Leader’ by Rasmus Hougaard and Jacqueline Carter https://www.potentialproject.com/books/the-mind-of-the-leader/   Further links: Jane Grafton: https://www.simplytorealise.com/new-gallery/ Potential Project: https://www.potentialproject.com Mindfulness Professionals Network Singapore https://business.smu.edu.sg/mindfulness/Programmes/Mindfulness-Professionals-Network-Singapore

Mindfulness, osjälviskhet och medkännande är nycklarna till framgångsrikt ledarskap i vårt distraktionssamhälle. Det menar Rasmus Hougaard som har intervjuat hundratals ledare i globala storföretag.  Rasmus Hougaard är ursprungligen från Danmark och forskade i organisationsutveckling innan han grundade organisationen Potential Project. Han föreläser och utbildar över hela världen om mindfulness och har tidigare gett ut boken One second ahead om mindfulness på arbetsplatsen. Ett ledarskap för 2000-talet När han och kollegan Jacqueline Carter ställde sig frågan om vilket ledarskap som behövs för 2000-talet inledde de ett omfattande kartläggningsarbete. Efter flera tusen intervjuer med ledare på företag som Accenture och McKinsey i samarbete med Harvard Business Review landade de i de fynd som nu återfinns i boken The mind of the leader. De såg tre tydliga egenskaper som ledare behöver för att verka framgångsrikt idag. Att vara mindful handlar om att träna på att vara fokuserad och närvarande i stunden och i det som är viktigt för att hantera alla de distraktioner vi ständigt utsätts för. Att vara osjälvisk handlar om att motverka det som annars händer när någon blir premierad till ledare - egot växer! Osjälviskhet handlar om att "lämna egot i dörren" och leda mot det större syftet menar Rasmus Hougaard. Att visa medkänsla är viktigt för att våra hjärnor ska känna trygghet och vilja prestera. Det ger oss och våra medarbetare en känsla av att "jag tar emot dig om du faller". Tränar vi på de här egenskaperna blir vi bättre på dem. Hjärnan är plastisk och det vi gör ofta blir vi bättre på, precis som inom idrott. De här tre kvaliteterna bygger en kultur som sätter människan istället för lönsamheten i centrum. Men trots allt är lönsamhet en avgörande motor och drivkraft i företag och näringsliv. Så driver mindfulness, osjälviskhet och medkänsla resultat? Ja, menar Rasmus Hougaard och exemplifierar med historien om Marriott Hotel. När andra företag avskedade många medarbetare under den stora depressionen på 1920-talet valde Marriott att istället ta ännu bättre hand om sina medarbetare. Filosofin är och var att "tar vi hand om våra medarbetare tar de hand om våra gäster, som kommer tillbaka". Det vann de på långsiktigt och idag är Marriott en av de absolut största hotellkedjorna i världen. Mindfulness rustar oss i uppmärksamhetsekonomin Vi lever i en "uppmärksamhetsekonomi" där distraktioner i omvärlden ständigt hotar att stjäla vår uppmärksamhet och vår förmåga till fokus. Rasmus Hougaard beskriver hur vi upplever det här med begreppet PAID: press, alltid uppkopplade, informationsöverbelastning och distraktioner. Mindfulness är ett sätt att hantera utmaningen och istället lägga uppmärksamhet på det man själv vill och behöver långsiktigt. Du hittar mer om Rasmus Hougaard, hans bok och organisationen Potential Project här. Vår samarbetspartner Twitch Health vill påminna oss om att jobba med ergonomin på arbetsplatsen. Att arbeta på rätt sätt, med rätt redskap och bra beteenden är otroligt viktigt för både hälsa och prestation och det är lätt att glömma ergonomi i allt fokus på psykisk hälsa. Twitch Health erbjuder en tids- och kostnadseffektiv arbetsplatsscreening som framför allt fokuserar på hur var och en agerar och beter sig kring arbetsplatsen. Syftet är att få en hållbar och produktiv miljö på arbetet. Läs mer om insatser för ergonomi här.

For companies with a multi-generational workforce, it is oftentimes difficult to find a common ground, especially in terms of workplace trends. Chester Elton’s work revolves around helping clients engage their employees to execute strategy, vision, and values by providing real solutions and building team dynamics. One of the systems he has developed is job sculpting which helps drive productivity by getting people to do what they’re passionate about. Treating each other with respect also goes along way. He teaches that you must challenge the idea, not the person. There are countless challenges for leadership today. Jacqueline Carter tries to address some of that with her company, Potential Project. Jacqueline provides customized leadership and organizational training programs based on mindfulness. She says leaders who promote a people-centric culture are more likely to thrive and not just survive Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Here’s How » Join the Take The Lead community today: Dr. DianeHamilton.com Dr. Diane Hamilton Facebook Dr. Diane Hamilton Twitter Dr. Diane Hamilton LinkedIn Dr. Diane Hamilton YouTube Dr. Diane Hamilton Instagram

Mindfulness, selflessness and compassion are keys to successful leadership in the attention economy of today. This is Rasmus Hougaard's conclusion after interviews with hundreds of C-level executives from leading global companies.  Originally from Denmark, Rasmus Hougaard was a researcher in organizational development before founding the organization Potential Project. Today he teaches mindfulness all over the world and has previously published the book One second ahead about mindfulness at work. A new leadership for our times After Rasmus Hougaard and his colleague Jacqueline Carter asked themselves what kind of leadership was needed in our times they launched an extensive research project. It took them hundreds of interviews with executives from companies like Accenture and McKinsey in cooperation with Harvard Business Review to reach the conclusions they present in their newly released book The mind of the leader. According to Hougaard and Carter, leaders need these three qualities to be successful today: Mindfulness helps us stay focused and present in spite of all the distractions that constantly fight for our attention. Selflessness counteracts the otherwise normal development when we are promoted to leaders - our ego grows! Selflessness means leaving our own ego "at the door" and instead lead towards the greater purpose. Compassion builds trust and security that our brains need to perform. It gives us and our colleagues a sense of having each other's backs. If we practice these qualities we will become better at them. Our brains are plastic and we become good at what we often do, just like in sports training. These three qualities build cultures that evolve around people rather than profits. Still, profits are crucial for businesses to survive and prosper. So will mindfulness, selflessness and compassion really drive results? According to Rasmus Hougaard the answer is yes and to prove it he tells the story about Marriott Hotel. When other businesses laid off employees during the great depression of the 1920's, Marriott chose to do the opposite instead and take extra good care of their workforce. Their philosophy was, and is, that "if we take care of our associates, they will take care of our guest, and our guests will come back". This was the right decision in the long term and today Marriott is one of the world's largest hotel chains. Mindfulness equips us for the attention economy We live in an attention economy today, where distractions are constantly threatening to steal our focus. Rasmus Hougaard describes how we experience the concept PAID: pressure, always on, information overload and distractions. Mindfulness is a way to handle this challenge and to master our own focus. Read more about Rasmus Hougaard, his book and the organization Potential Project here.

For companies with a multi-generational workforce, it is oftentimes difficult to find a common ground, especially in terms of workplace trends. Chester Elton’s work revolves around helping clients engage their employees to execute strategy, vision, and values by providing real solutions and building team dynamics. One of the systems he has developed is job sculpting which helps drive productivity by getting people to do what they’re passionate about. Treating each other with respect also goes along way. He teaches that you must challenge the idea, not the person. There are countless challenges for leadership today. Jacqueline Carter tries to address some of that with her company, Potential Project. Jacqueline provides customized leadership and organizational training programs based on mindfulness. She says leaders who promote a people-centric culture are more likely to thrive and not just survive Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Here’s How » Join the Take The Lead community today: Dr. DianeHamilton.com Dr. Diane Hamilton Facebook Dr. Diane Hamilton Twitter Dr. Diane Hamilton LinkedIn Dr. Diane Hamilton YouTube Dr. Diane Hamilton Instagram

Rasmus Hougaard, Founder of the Potential Project, was the keynote speaker at the IMI Membership Launch Day. Talking about how mindfulness techniques can create a better leader and deliver greater productivity across the board, Rasmus is one of the world's leading minds behind the 'soft' skills a leader needs to succeed.

Rasmus Hougaard and Jacqueline Carter, of the global consulting firm Potential Project, make their case for mindfulness, selflessness, and compassion in leadership. Their survey of 30,000 leaders showed those characteristics are foundational — and often missing from leadership development programs. Practicing self-awareness, they say, leads to more focused and more people-focused organizations. They’re the authors of the new book, “The Mind of the Leader: How to Lead Yourself, Your People, and Your Organization for Extraordinary Results."

Hear Troy Cuthbertson, GM QT Melbourne, Scott Boyes VP Operations NSW-ACT for Accor Hotels, Olga Gelauff, Local Government Manager in Woerden, and Gillian Coutts, CEO of the Potential Project answer the leadership moments questions.

Gillian Coutts CEO of the Potential Project talks about how mindfulness can change your life in really significant ways and change the impact you are having on the people around you both at work and home. Gillian came to a crossroads seven years ago after two very significant events arose in her life - motherhood and cancer. Juggling a senior role at work, motherhood and the debilitating effects of chemotherapy almost brought her to her knees until the practice of mindfulness brought a new perspective and a calm that saved her sanity.

Ann-Sofie och Boel fångar upp nyheter, rapporter och trender om hälsa på jobbet.  #MeToo-kampanjen har knappast undgått någon. Rapporter och upprop om sexuella trakasserier kommer dagligen just nu i bransch efter bransch och skakar om hela samhället. Arbetet  mot sexuella trakasserier - ta hjälp av lagen! Ur ett arbetsplatsperspektiv är det arbetsgivarens ansvar att se till att förebygga att kränkande särbehandling sker och ha tydliga rutiner för vad man ska göra om det uppstår. Vi vill lyfta fram hur viktigt det är att arbetet mot trakasserier och övergrepp inte bara är en policy i text utan något som faktiskt aktivt diskuteras på jobbet med ett tydligt stöd från ledningen. Läs mer om OSA 2015:4 här. Nudging - knuffa inte styra mot hälsa I år tilldelas Nobelpriset i ekonomisk vetenskap Richard Thaler. Han får priset för sitt bidrag till beteendeekonomi. Han har tidigare varit rådgivare i den engelska premiärministern David Camerons så kallade nudge-unit. Nudging kan översättas till att knuffa och handlar om att stötta människor till önskade beteendeförändringar utan lagar och regler. Vi är generellt motvilliga till att bryta invanda beteenden och behöver göra trösklarna låga. Där kommer nudging in. I avsnittet ger vi exempel på hur man kan puffa medarbetare mot goda vanor på arbetsplatsen. Jobbhälsobarometern - ohälsan fortsätter öka Under hösten släppte Sveriges Företagshälsor en ny rapport om hälsoläget på arbetsplatser i Sverige. Sammanfattningsvis kan man säga att ohälsan på arbetet fortsätter öka och yngre mår sämre än äldre, kvinnor mår sämre än män, det är ingen skillnad i hälsa mellan chefer och medarbetare. Hela rapporten kan du läsa här. Digitalt stöd för hållbara vanor Det finns många appar som mäter hur många steg vi tar per dag och vår fysiska status som blodtryck och puls. Men det finns också appar för den inre hälsan som ska hjälpa oss med reflektion och att skapa tid för det vi egentligen tycker är viktigast i livet. Boel tipsar om Shim. Annie tipsar om Remente. Ledarskap - mindfulness räcker inte Ann-Sofie var tidigare i november på ett seminarie anordnat av Potential Project där Rasmus Hougaard berättade om hur ett framgångsrikt ledarskap behöver präglas av närvaro men även osjälviskhet och medkänsla. Mer om boken och allt arbete bakom kan du läsa här. Ann-Sofie nämner också siffran som dyker upp överallt, om medarbetares engagemang. I State of the Global workplace för 2017 står det att endast 10% av medarbetare i västra Europa är engagerade på jobbet. Finns att göra! Nordic Health Convention Ann-Sofie berättar om sitt besök- och deltagande på Nordic Health Convention, en del av Kvalitetsmässan. Där diskuterades både hälsoläget för barn, på arbetsplatsen och för äldre och det är tydligt att barns hälsa är sämre i socioekonomiskt utsatta områden. I podden tipsar vi också om Ingibjörg Jonsdotter och hennes forskning. Hon finns på Göteborgs Universitet. Nordic Health Convention fortsätter till våren. Vår partner Twitch Healths vd Fredrik Karlsson har skrivit ett inlägg med trendspaning på vårt område. Bland annat om vad employee experience handlar om, vad en kidnappad hjärna är och hur anställdas hälsa är en värdering högt på medarbetares önskelista. Läs mer här! Vår partner Skandia har alltid hälsan i fokus och arbetar just nu med att sprida information om de så viktiga varningssignaler man bör ta akt på för att undvika utmattning. En orsak till ohälsa kan vara att aldrig ge hjärnan tillräcklig återhämtning och det skriver Anders Hansen om i en artikel på Skandias hemsida här. Deras hälsoförsäkring stöttar arbetsplatser i det arbetet. Läs mer här.

On this weeks show, I spoke to Stephen Stynes Country Director Potential Project Ireland.Stephen brings over 3 decades of global business experience and is an acknowledged expert in delivering high-performance mindful training to business leaders and teams in large, fast-paced organisations.He is Country Director and lead facilitator on Potential Projects global mindfulness online programs where he specialises in working with clients in the areas of technology and professional services, as well as delivering face to face and blended leadership and team programs in Ireland and Spain.He has lived and worked in Barcelona, New York, San Diego, Santiago de Chile and Colombia and his native Dublin, and has been involved in founding & leading multiple start-ups.He held senior international management positions with Hewlett Packard in technology sales & marketing, before founding one or Europe´s first digital marketing agencies.A mindfulness practitioner since 2005, Stephen delivers mindful performance programs in Ireland and internationally in both English and Spanish.CheersJoehttps://joedalton.ie/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, I talk with Grattan Donnelly. Grattan does a number of different things in his portfolio but mainly working with people using Coaching and Mindfulness. He works as part of a Danish company called Potential Project. Grattan also does training and facilitation. I met Grattan through the IMI Diploma in Executive Coaching. He delivers an 8-week course on developing mindfulness as well which is really highly fulfilling for him. Grattan has always been fascinated by human behaviour and has always had a sense of adventure. Graduating from a B.Comm, Grattan was now free to follow his sense of adventure. He went to Australia for year and came back 12 years later. Grattan said it took him 53 years of his life to figure out what he wanted to do so that message is clear that it’s never too late to find this. We talk about values and one that is most prominent for Grattan is freedom and this matches well in his work. We talk about his journey during these 12 years travelling and many learnings along the way. Travel broadens the mind and the culture shock of coming home was memorable. In 1998, he bought a training franchise for 30k and this made him face one of the big fears that Grattan had from a very young age, which was a fear of public speaking. Something so many of us can relate to. He talks how he worked around confronting this fear for a number of years. We dig into the idea of the opponent in his own head dictated how he operated. This was a real struggle but he keep at it. Looking back now, after learning how the mind works with Mindfulness, he has a different perspective. He’s comfortable with the anxiety now and can deal with it. Then in 2006, when Grattan started the coaching qualification program. From here, he started to realise that he ‘loved learning’ and hated being taught and the cliché of Coaching changing your life became a reality. In 2010, Grattan hit a wall and had burn out. This was a blessing in disguise as it got him on the path of Mindfulness. This part of the journey starts here and we deep dive into how the mind works, the number of thoughts we have every day, what we worry about, and the benefits of mindfulness. We touch on a number of techniques that you can use that can help you slow down and be more present. Other topics touched on are challenges with our current systems, opening up with mindfulness, one-to-one coaching, being in the moment, self-awareness, triggers for mindful moments (like Crows), living on autopilot, dealing with ups and downs, accepting things for what they are, not being able to control everything. I hope you enjoy the story that is packed with good messages Grattan shares from his journey. His clear message is to ‘just enjoy the journey’ and to ‘relax’ as nothing is under control and to get out there and start your mindfulness practice via a proper course. And hopefully you can apply a mindfulness technique when meeting new people. Books – 1.Think to Think, Nancy Kline 2.Presence based coaching Doug Silsbee Get in touch with Grattan here with Mindfulness and Coaching – potentialproject.comOr directly with Grattan here for one to one executive coaching -https://www.linkedin.com/in/grattan-donnelly-b6ab3713/?ppe=1

NEW: Download the Limitless Laowai Consulting App for free by searching in your app store or clicking http://subsplash.com/limitlesslaowai/app!! All Limitless audio, video, wellness and event content designed to unlock greater freedom and possibility in your life! Through this series you've learned loads about what mindfulness is and its benefits to helping us live our lives on purpose. In this episode with Brandon Mehrgut, a Senior Trainer at Potential Project and the founder of Shanghai Mindfulness, he'll walk us through a guided mindfulness exercise so you can get a feel of what it actually looks like in practice. We welcome your feedback! Email Ally at ally@limitlesslaowai.com and connect with Brandon on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandonmehrgut/. A special thanks to this show's sponsor, Concordia International School Shanghai. Discover more at www.concordiashanghai.org.

NEW: Download the Limitless Laowai Consulting App for free by searching in your app store or clicking http://subsplash.com/limitlesslaowai/app!! All Limitless audio, video, wellness and event content designed to unlock greater freedom and possibility in your life! At Limitless, we're all about enhancing our own self-awareness. Can mindfulness help you in this way, too? In this episode with Brandon Mehrgut, a Senior Trainer at Potential Project and the founder of Shanghai Mindfulness, you'll learn some practical ways that practicing mindfulness fuels greater self-awareness. We welcome your feedback! Email Ally at ally@limitlesslaowai.com and connect with Brandon on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandonmehrgut/. A special thanks to this show's sponsor, Concordia International School Shanghai. Discover more at www.concordiashanghai.org.

NEW: Download the Limitless Laowai Consulting App for free by searching in your app store or clicking http://subsplash.com/limitlesslaowai/app!! All Limitless audio, video, wellness and event content designed to unlock greater freedom and possibility in your life! Is mindfulness just an individual practice? What if we could have entire teams acting with more intention and focus? In this episode with Brandon Mehrgut, a Senior Trainer at Potential Project and the founder of Shanghai Mindfulness, we'll learn what mindfulness can look like at work. We welcome your feedback! Email Ally at ally@limitlesslaowai.com and connect with Brandon on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandonmehrgut/. A special thanks to this show's sponsor, Concordia International School Shanghai. Discover more at www.concordiashanghai.org.

NEW: Download the Limitless Laowai Consulting App for free by searching in your app store or clicking http://subsplash.com/limitlesslaowai/app!! All Limitless audio, video, wellness and event content designed to unlock greater freedom and possibility in your life! No matter how you spend your days, chances are you can benefit from enhanced creativity. From the kitchen to the board room, inspiring and then capturing spontaneous moments creativity is key. In this episode with Brandon Mehrgut, a Senior Trainer at Potential Project and the founder of Shanghai Mindfulness, we'll learn just how to do that through mindfulness. We welcome your feedback! Email Ally at ally@limitlesslaowai.com and connect with Brandon on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandonmehrgut/. A special thanks to this show's sponsor, Concordia International School Shanghai. Discover more at www.concordiashanghai.org.

NEW: Download the Limitless Laowai Consulting App for free by searching in your app store or clicking http://subsplash.com/limitlesslaowai/app!! All Limitless audio, video, wellness and event content designed to unlock greater freedom and possibility in your life! We all have things we just need to get done in our day. But how many times have you laid in bed at night with your head spinning with unfinished to-do lists? In this episode with Brandon Mehrgut, a Senior Trainer at Potential Project and the founder of Shanghai Mindfulness, get ready to hear how mindfulness can enhance your focus so you can put first things first consistently throughout your day. We welcome your feedback! Email Ally at ally@limitlesslaowai.com and connect with Brandon on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandonmehrgut/. A special thanks to this show's sponsor, Concordia International School Shanghai. Discover more at www.concordiashanghai.org.

NEW: Download the Limitless Laowai Consulting App for free by searching in your app store or clicking http://subsplash.com/limitlesslaowai/app!! All Limitless audio, video, wellness and event content designed to unlock greater freedom and possibility in your life! Who doesn't need a serious readjustment to their work-life balance??? In this episode with Brandon Mehrgut, a Senior Trainer at Potential Project and the founder of Shanghai Mindfulness, we'll look at how getting intentional with your thoughts and actions through mindfulness may be the key to more balance and fulfillment in these two areas that can seem to be in conflict. We welcome your feedback! Email Ally at ally@limitlesslaowai.com and connect with Brandon on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandonmehrgut/. A special thanks to this show's sponsor, Concordia International School Shanghai. Discover more at www.concordiashanghai.org.

NEW: Download the Limitless Laowai Consulting App for free by searching in your app store or clicking http://subsplash.com/limitlesslaowai/app!! All Limitless audio, video, wellness and event content designed to unlock greater freedom and possibility in your life! Brandon Mehrgut is a Senior Trainer at Potential Project and the founder of Shanghai Mindfulness. In this seven part series on Mindfulness, we'll look at its profound impact it can make on grounding, inspiring and fueling your life. In this first show, you'll get a brief introduction to what mindfulness actually is and how Brandon got personally hooked on the practice, as well as teaching others to do the same. We welcome your feedback! Email Ally at ally@limitlesslaowai.com and connect with Brandon on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandonmehrgut/. A special thanks to this show's sponsor, Concordia International School Shanghai. Discover more at www.concordiashanghai.org.

Bill Scheinman has been teaching mindfulness since 2001 and leads corporate mindfulness workshops throughout the Bay Area as well as classes in mindfulness-based stress reduction. He is a se- nior facilitator with the Potential Project, teaches online mindful- ness classes with eMindful, and works with individuals as a mind- fulness coach. He is a graduate of Spirit Rock's Community Dhar- ma Leaders program and is a former president of the Board of the San Francisco Insight Meditation Community. He is the author of the mindfulness guide, Moment By Moment, and he blogs about mindfulness and dharma on his website, www.stressreductionat- work.com. Support the show______________ To participate live and be notified of upcoming speakers in advance, please Like us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/gaybuddhistfellowship) or visit https://gaybuddhist.org/calendar/ To support our efforts to share these talks with LGBTQIA audiences worldwide, please visit www.GayBuddhist.org.There you can: Donate Learn how to participate live Find our schedule of upcoming speakers Join our mailing list or discussion forum Enjoy many hundreds of these recorded talks dating back to 1996 CREDITSAudio Engineer: George HubbardProducer: Tom BrueinMusic/Logo/Artwork: Derek Lassiter

Sometimes life gets in the way of your entrepreneurial journey. Stuff happens and you find yourself wondering if it is all worth it. The grind of keeping your dreams moving forward can weigh heavy. When this happens you might want to quit. Go back to a regular job. But don't. Bad days are just part of the journey. When you need entrepreneurial inspiration - take action to get back in the game. 1. Observe. Great entrepreneurs are always watching and learning. They see what other companies (inside and outside their industry) are doing and look for fresh ideas to get their business a kick in the pants. 2. Read a book. In a world of constant information overload, we benefit from going old school sometimes. Pick up a good book and read. Better yet, re-read a book that inspired you years ago and look for those nuggets that got you going in the first place. 3. Get away from your routine. Sometimes a vacation, even just for a few hours, is all you need to re-charge. Go do something that is not your normal activities, and that break could be just the reset you need. 4. Network across generational lines. Too many people only associate with people who are from their own age group. Millennials need to cultivate friendships with Baby Boomers and Gen Xers. Also the older group needs to make connections with younger professionals. Not just a LinkedIn relationship, but real friendships. When we are exposed to people who have had different experiences, we learn. 5. Ask smart people for advice. Reach out to those you admire and ask them for ideas . Smart people often love to share their ideas with others, but few people make the ask. It is easy to be inspired by people who have wisdom and experience, but if you do not seek them out, you are missing out. 6. Join a mastermind group or group coaching program. Surround yourself with supportive people who will hold you accountable. A group like "The Potential Project" (http://www.thomsinger.com/group-coaching-program) 7. Attend a conference. Get to your industry association and participate. Going to conferences brings you in direct contact with like minded people and fresh ideas. It many take a few years of participating before you will reap the whole value, but showing up at events is a great way to get inspired.

I get the opportunity this week to speak with another Culture Changer.  While our guest Linda Inlay focused on how she strategically helps schools to adapt new and healthy cultures, our guest this week Amy shares about how she is bringing mindfulness into corporations where she helps individuals to find their whole wholeness, while helping corporations build more mindful, kind, and healthy cultures as well.I got connected to Amy when a friend tipped me off to her sweet book "Knowing Beautiful, A New Bedtime Story for Women."  She speaks about how she gained inspiration from reading her children their sweet bedtime stories, and how it helped her to realize women could use a conscious new bedtime story from criticism and not good enough, to love, acknowledgement, and acceptance.Once again, it is so awesome to get to know a woman out there who is making an incredible difference in her world.To connect with her:DelightForTheSoul.comPotentialProject.comMore on Amy:Amy Tirion is a Speaker, author, mindfulness consultant and founder of Delight for the Soul, Amy Tirion leads employee engagement and individual wellness and mindfulness programs that focus on the intellect, energy, and emotion of personal change. Amy's profession started with a ten-year change management consulting career with Accenture included leading their "People, Values, and Culture" programs for the 1200 employees within their Bay Area offices. In 2011, she started Delight for the Soul to offer one-of-a-kind experiences that help her clients access their own source of wisdom, clarity, and inspiration.Amy is one of fourteen inspiring women profiled nationally in a documentary series on Inner Beauty produced by Elizabeth Arden. Amy's book entitled Knowing Beautiful: A New Bedtime Story for Women won the national 2015 Silver Medal Living Now Award. Amy's current focus it to bring mindfulness into organizations, as a consultant with the global firm, The Potential Project. She is also an artist, dancer, contributor to the Huffington Post and a restorative yoga trainer. Amy uses her background to bring different modalities of mind-body and creative exploration to her clients for holistic support of their change journey. Amy lives in San Francisco with her husband and two teenage daughters

A ten-minute guided breathing exercise from the Potential Project.

A ten-minute guided breathing exercise from the Potential Project.

Jacqueline Carter of The Potential Project joins us to discuss the science of Mindfulness and why it's very likely, the one ingredient that most of us can improve if we're serious about elevating our lives — both personally and professionally.

This is a bonus recording of my chat with Eden Alemania-Dayrit, owner of Books Please book shop. The main episode is at Funegosyo.com/4 What happened was, after the "main interview", I kept the recorder on, and we continued to chat for an extra hour! But I cut out half of the chat, as most of them were inside jokes. :D You'll hear more stories about: Two untapped book niches that she plans to explore How she solves business problems How her mastermind groups work And... you'll hear us trying to give birth to a new project to help aspiring authors finally write their first book Loading...

Bill Scheinman has been teaching mindfulness since 2001 and leads corporate mindfulness workshops throughout the Bay Area as well as classes in mindfulness-based stress reduction. He is a se- nior facilitator with the Potential Project, teaches online mindful- ness classes with eMindful, and works with individuals as a mind- fulness coach. He is a graduate of Spirit Rock's Community Dhar- ma Leaders program and is a former president of the Board of the San Francisco Insight Meditation Community. He is the author of the mindfulness guide, Moment By Moment, and he blogs about mindfulness and dharma on his website, www.stressreductionat- work.com. Support the show______________ To participate live and be notified of upcoming speakers in advance, please Like us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/gaybuddhistfellowship) or visit https://gaybuddhist.org/calendar/ To support our efforts to share these talks with LGBTQIA audiences worldwide, please visit www.GayBuddhist.org.There you can: Donate Learn how to participate live Find our schedule of upcoming speakers Join our mailing list or discussion forum Enjoy many hundreds of these recorded talks dating back to 1996 CREDITSAudio Engineer: George HubbardProducer: Tom BrueinMusic/Logo/Artwork: Derek Lassiter

Rick this week is joined by Chris Majer, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of The Human Potential Project, who is the author of “The Power to Transform: Passion, Power, and Purpose in Daily Life” (Rodale), which teaches the strategies corporate, military, and sports leaders have used to positively transform themselves and their organizations in a … Continue reading Chris Majer of The Human Potential Project →

Bill Scheinman has been teaching mindfulness since 2001 and leads corporate mindfulness workshops throughout the Bay Area as well as classes in mindfulness-based stress reduction. He is a se- nior facilitator with the Potential Project, teaches online mindful- ness classes with eMindful, and works with individuals as a mind- fulness coach. He is a graduate of Spirit Rock's Community Dhar- ma Leaders program and is a former president of the Board of the San Francisco Insight Meditation Community. He is the author of the mindfulness guide, Moment By Moment, and he blogs about mindfulness and dharma on his website, www.stressreductionat- work.com. Support the show______________ To participate live and be notified of upcoming speakers in advance, please Like us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/gaybuddhistfellowship) or visit https://gaybuddhist.org/calendar/ To support our efforts to share these talks with LGBTQIA audiences worldwide, please visit www.GayBuddhist.org.There you can: Donate Learn how to participate live Find our schedule of upcoming speakers Join our mailing list or discussion forum Enjoy many hundreds of these recorded talks dating back to 1996 CREDITSAudio Engineer: George HubbardProducer: Tom BrueinMusic/Logo/Artwork: Derek Lassiter