Mindfulness-Based Strategic Awareness Training: A Complete Program For Leaders And Individuals

Mindfulness-Based Strategic Awareness Training: A Complete Program for Leaders and Individuals is the first book to link mindfulness training and positive psychology to the leadership, strategy and management issues faced by individuals and organizations. 
Sets out a complete program in Mindfulness-based Strategic Awareness Training (MBSAT), a new form of strengths-based business mindfulness training which enhances participantsesquo; ability to perceive opportunities, adapt and grow Draws on research from neuroscience, positive psychology, behavioural finance  and management to show how leaders, managers and individuals can build and maintain more resonant relationships and adapt to constant change Includes real-life vignettes, specific instructions and a wealth of resources designed to guide experiential learning including background information, exercises, guidelines, hand-outs, graphics, and guided audio meditations Mindfulness training is increasingly used in organizational contexts cdash; the author is a pioneer in designing and delivering training that applies mindfulness and positive psychology to the strategic challenges of management and business Reviews by Experts

This book is important for all who seek to lead organizations, showing how mindfulness can be combined with the findings from positive psychology for the benefit of all. The book is not just good theory.  It also provides a step-by-step practical program to cultivate a balance between motivation for outcomes on the one hand, and compassion toward self and others on the other.  Here are skills that can be learned; skills that can truly inspire and sustain wise leadership.

Mark Williams, Emeritus Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Oxford, was also the Founding Director of the Oxford Mindfulness Centre. Now Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Psychiatry of Oxford University.

Author of dquo;Mindfulness: An Eight week Plan for Finding Peace in a Frantic World dquo;, Co-author with Zindel V. Segal and John Teasdale of sdquo;Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depressionadquo; and author and co-author of a series other standard works in the field of mindfulness

 

In todayssquo;s disruptive times, it is happy and loyal customers that count. This rich and practical book provides an exceptionally smart learning tool to help consumers make mindful decisions that lead to happiness.  And for any leader and manager it is a key reading for making wise business and marketing decisions that create value.

Bernd Schmitt, Ph.D., Professor, Columbia Business School, New York.

Author of edquo;Experiential Marketing: How to Get Consumers to Sense, Fell, Think and Act, Relate to your Company and Brands.>dquo; and adquo;Happy Customers Everywhere: How Your Business Can Profit from the Insights of Positive Psychology.rdquo;

 

Juan Humberto Young is the first to integrate positive psychology and mindfulness with a results-oriented focus on business strategy. In today