Mindfulness (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)

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The benefits of mindfulness include better performance, heightened creativity, deeper self-awareness, and increased charismanot to mention greater peace of mind. This book gives you practical steps for building a sense of presence into your daily work routine. It also explains the science behind mindfulness and why it works and gives clear-eyed warnings about the pitfalls of the fad. This volume includes the work of: Daniel GolemanEllen LangerSusan DavidChristina Congleton This collection of articles includes Mindfulness in the Age of Complexity, an interview with Ellen Langer by Alison Beard; Mindfulness Can Literally Change Your Brain, by Christina Congleton, Britta K. Hölzel, and Sara W. Lazar; How to Practice Mindfulness Throughout Your Work Day, by Rasmus Hougaard and Jacqueline Carter; Resilience for the Rest of Us, by Daniel Goleman; Emotional Agility: How Effective Leaders Manage Their Thoughts and Feelings, by Susan David and Christina Congleton; Dont Let Power Corrupt You, by Dacher Keltner; Mindfulness for People Who Are Too Busy to Meditate, by Maria Gonzalez; Is Something Lost When We Use Mindfulness as a Productivity Tool? by Charlotte Lieberman; and There Are Risks to Mindfulness at Work, by David Brendel. How to be human at work. The HBR Emotional Intelligence Series features smart, essential reading on the human side of professional life from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Each book in the series offers proven research showing how our emotions impact our work lives, practical advice for managing difficult people and situations, and inspiring essays on what it means to tend to our emotional well-being at work. Uplifting and practical, these books describe the social skills that are critical for ambitious professionals to master. Contents Mindfulness Contents Ch 1: Mindfulness in the Age of Complexity Ch 2: Mindfulness Can Literally Change Your Brain Ch 3: How to Practice Mindfulness Throughout Your Work Day Ch 4: Resilience for the Rest of Us Ch 5: Emotional Agility Ch 6: Don't Let Power Corrupt You Ch 7: Mindfulness for People Who Are Too Busy to Meditate Ch 8: Is Something Lost When We Use Mindfulness as a Productivity Tool Ch 9: There Are Risks to Mindfulness at Work Index Resilience Contents Ch 1: How Resilience Works Ch 2: Resilience for the Rest of Us Ch 3: How to Evaluate, Manage, and Strengthen Your Resilience Ch 4: Find the Coaching in Criticism Ch 5: Firing Back Ch 6: Resilience is About How You Recharge, Not How You Endure Index Influence and Persuasion Contents Ch 1: Understand the Four Components of Influence Ch 2: Harnessing the Science of Persuasion Ch 3: Three Things Managers Should Be Doing Every Day Ch 4: Learning Charisma Ch 5: To Win People Over, Speak to Their Wants and Needs Ch 6: Storytelling That Moves People Ch 7: The Surprising Persuasiveness of a Sticky Note Ch 8: When to Sell with Facts and Figures, and When to Appeal to Emotions Index Happiness Contents Ch 1: Happiness Isn’t the Absence of Negative Feelings Ch 2: Being Happy at Work Matters Ch 3: The Science Behind the Smile Ch 4: The Power of Small Wins Ch 5: Creating Sustainable Performance Ch 6: The Research We’ve Ignored About Happiness at Work Ch 7: The Happiness Backlash Index Authentic Leadership Contents Ch 1: Discovering Your Authentic Leadership Ch 2: The Authenticity Paradox Ch 3: What Bosses Gain by Being Vulnerable Ch 4: Practice Tough Empathy Ch 5: Cracking the Code That Stalls People of Color Ch 6: For a Corporate Apology to Work, the CEO Should Look Sad Ch 7: Are Leaders Getting Too Emotional? Index Empathy Contents Ch 1: What Is Empathy? Ch 2: Why Compassion Is a Better Managerial Tactic Than Toughness Ch 3: What Great Listeners Actually Do Ch 4: Empathy Is Key to a Great Meeting Ch 5: It’s Harder to Empathize with People If You’ve Been in Their Shoes Ch 6: Becoming Powerful Makes You Less Empathetic Ch 7: A Process for Empathetic Product Design Ch 8: How Facebook Uses Empathy to Keep User Data Safe Ch 9: The Limits of Empathy Ch 10: What the Dalai Lama Taught Daniel Goleman About Emotional Intelligence Index Dealing with Difficult People Contents Ch 1: To Resolve a Conflict, First Decide: Is It Hot or Cold? Ch 2: Taking the Stress Out of Stressful Conversations Ch 3: The Secret to Dealing with Difficult People: It's About You Ch 4: How to Deal with a Mean Colleague Ch 5: How to Deal with a Passive-Aggressive Colleague Ch 6: How to Work with Someone Who's Always Stressed Out Ch 7: How to Manage Someone Who Thinks Everything Is Urgent Ch 8: Do You Hate Your Boss? Index Leadership Presence Contents Ch 1: Deconstructing Executive Presence Ch 2: How New Managers Can Send the Right Leadership Signals Ch 3: To Sound Like a Leader, Think About What You Say, and How and When You Say It Ch 4: Connect, Then Lead Ch 5: The Power of Talk: Who Gets Heard and Why Ch 6: Too Much Charisma Can Make Leaders Look Less Effective Index Purpose, Meaning, and Passion Contents Ch 1: Finding Meaning at Work, Even When Your Job Is Dull Ch 2: What to Do When Your Heart Isn't in Your Work Anymore Ch 3: You Don't Find Your Purpose--You Build It Ch 4: How to Find Meaning in a Job That Isn't Your True Calling Ch 5: You're Never Done Finding Purpose at Work Ch 6: From Purpose to Impact Ch 7: Five Questions to Help Your Employees Find Their Inner Purpose Ch 8: How to Make Work More Meaningful for Your Team Ch 9: The Power of Small Wins Ch 10: The Founder of TOMS on Reimagining the Company's Mission Index Confidence Contents Ch 1: How to Build Confidence Ch 2: Overcome the Eight Barriers to Confidence Ch 3: Everyone Suffers from Imposter Syndrome Ch 4: Mental Preparation Secrets of Top Athletes Ch 5: Learning a Little About Something Makes Us Overconfident Ch 6: To Ace Your Job Interview, Get into Character and Rehearse Ch 7: Six Ways to Look More Confident During a Presentation Ch 8: You Don’t Just Need One Leadershop Voice—You Need Many Ch 9: Cultivate a Culture of Confidence Ch 10: Great Leaders Are Confident, Connected, Committed, and Courageous Ch 11: Helping an Employee Overcome Their Self-Doubt Ch 12: To Seem Confident, Women Have to Be Seen as Warm Ch 13: Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders? Ch 14: Less Confident People Are More Successful Index Mindful Listening Contents Ch 1: What Great Listeners Actually Do Ch 2: What Gets in the Way of Listening Ch 3: Listening to People Ch 4: Three Ways Leaders Can Listen with More Empathy Ch 5: If You Aspire to Be a Great Leader, Be Present Ch 6: Become a Better Listener Ch. 7: To Change Someone’s Mind, Stop Talking and Listen Ch 8: Defusing an Emotionally Charged Conversation with a Colleague Ch 9: The Power of Listening in Helping People Ch 10: When You’re the Person Your Colleagues Always Vent To Ch 11: Managing the Critical Voices Inside Your Head Index Focus Contents Ch 1: The Focused Leader Ch 2: Break the Cycle of Stress and Distraction by Using Your Emotional Intelligence Ch 3: To Improve Your Focus, Notice How You Lose It Ch. 4: What to Do When You're Feeling Distracted at Work Ch 5: How to Make Yourself Work When You Just Don't Want To Ch 6: Productivity Tips for People Who Hate Productivity Tips Ch 7: 5 Ways to Focus Your Energy During a Work Crunch Ch 8: Your Team's Time Management Problem Might Be a Focus Problem Ch 9: How to Practice Mindfulness Throughout Your Work Day Ch 10: Your Brain Can Only Take So Much Focus Index Self-Awareness Contents Ch 1: The First Component of Emotional Intelligence Ch 2: What Self-Awareness Really Is (and How to Cultivate It) Ch 3: Successful Leaders Know What Made Them Who They Are Ch 4: Two Ways to Clarify Your Professional Passions Ch 5: Emotional Agility Ch 6: Why You Should Make Time for Self-Reflection (Even if You Hate Doing It) Ch 7: You, By the Numbers Ch 8: How Are You Perceived at Work? Here's an Exercise to Find Out Ch 9: How to Solicit Negative Feedback When Your Manager Doesn't Want to Give It Ch 10: Find the Coaching in Criticism Ch 11: Shakespeare's Characters Show Us How Personal Growth Should Happen Index Power and Impact Contents Ch 1: Don't Let Power Corrupt You Ch 2: What's Your Power Style? Ch 3: How to Figure Out How Much Influence You Have at Work Ch 4: Four Ways Leader Fritter Their Power Away Ch 5: Make Your Team Feel Powerful Ch 6: How to Use Your Superpower for Good Ch 7: Feeling Powerful at Work Makes Us Feel Worse When We Get Home Ch 8: How to Work with a Manipulative Person Ch 9: Sex, Power and the Systems That Enable Men Like Harvey Weinstein Ch 10: Use Your Everyday Privilege to Help Others Ch 11: To Create Change, Leadership Is More Important Than Authority Ch 12: How to Think About Building Your Legacy Ch 13: How Humble Leadership Really Works Index