Mindfulness is KEY to Leadership with Marc Lesser

Jamming with Jason Mefford

You've probably heard the term "mindfulness" but does it have any place in corporate #leadership??

Top organizations all around the world are starting to embrace the concept, so this week I'm talking with Marc Lesser on the #JammingwithJason #podcast.

I met Marc several years ago at the Mindful Workplace Summit in northern California who not only has been studying and practicing mindfulness for decades, but he's also been the CEO of several companies, so he knows exactly how mindfulness fits into corporate leadership.

And since command and control, dictator style leadership hurts people, organizations, and is dying... wouldn't you rather learn how to embrace the future of leadership?

Marc Lesser is a speaker, facilitator, workshop leader, and executive coach. He is known for his engaging, experiential presentations that integrate mindfulness and emotional intelligence practices and training. He is the author of 4 books, including Seven Practices of a Mindful Leader: Lessons from Google and a Zen Monastery Kitchen, and CEO of ZBA Associates, an executive development and leadership consulting company.

Marc helped develop the world-renowned Search Inside Yourself (SIY) program within Google – a mindfulness-based emotional intelligence training for leaders which teaches the art of integrating mindfulness, emotional intelligence, and business savvy for creating great corporate cultures and a better world.

He founded and was CEO of 3 companies, and has an MBA degree from New York University. Marc was a resident of the San Francisco Zen Center for 10 years, and director of Tassajara, Zen Mountain Center, the first Zen monastery in the western world. He leads Mill Valley Zen, a weekly meditation group.

Learn more about Marc at: https://marclesser.net/

Listen in at: http://www.jasonmefford.com/jammingwithjason/

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