Mirabai Bush, a key adviser to Google's Search Inside Yourself curriculum, explores the role of mindfulness in negotiations with George Kohlrieser, an organizational psychologist and hostage negotiator.
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Rescooped by
ozziegontang
from Lee Thayer: His Thinking Regarding Leadership & High Performance Organizations
onto Mindfulness.com - A Practice May 18, 2013 10:18 AM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOdnlVV_5Co
A nice dialogue looking at the power of mindfulness.
James Newton shared with me and a group of Vistage Chairs a number of years ago: Be a non-anxious presence in a anxious world. George addresses the use of mindfulness in extremely high stress situations.
His perspective of managing my own "mind's eye" allows me to have choice of not being a hostage even with a gun to my head. Even without imminent threat of death I do not have to be a hostage to a relationship, a situation or hosage to myself with my own negative thoughts and feelings. High performance leadership is about managing my own internal states and not being a hostage.
Lee Thayer's thoughts reflect that: Leaders are virtuoso question-askers because they care and use their questions to open themselves and others to new perspectives, alternatives and insights.
Mindfulness in this role of leader influences others because it creates openness to what is possible. I am back to that statement that my daughters were raised on: If you want to know the future create it.
We know that fear shuts down creativity and innovation. Being awake, aware and mindful allows me to be present and live my life intentionally and open to new possibilities.
We are back to the foundation of Mindfulness: Practice. Gratitude, appreciation and being in the moment allows me to change my state of mind; body, thoughts, and emotions.
At any moment what I do have is: Choice.
Mindful and being present are a breath away. It is and will always be about: practice.