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Better Decisions. Better Thinking. Better Outcomes.: How to go from Mind Full to Mindful Leadership
Silver Award Winner, Nonfiction Authors Association Book AwardsDistinguished Favorite Award, Leadership Category, 2019 Independent Press AwardsStress and our overloaded brains are two of the underlying causes creating conflict, tension, and drama in the workplace. They also result in poor decision making and less-than-optimal thinking by leaders at all levels of the workforce.Daily juggling of data, reports, email, meetings, decisions, and way too much information has leaders operating in "mind full" modes. This is not good. A more effective method is to make decisions in a mindful mode, a skill that can be learned.
As a leader, the decisions you make and execute shape the lives of team members, colleagues, direct reports, customers, suppliers, and the communities in which you operate and live.Unfortunately, the majority of leaders are unaware of how stress, multitasking, and overtaxed brains trigger poor decisions, thinking, and outcomes.
This book will help readers become more cognizant of when stress is triggering them toward poor decision making. It will also help leaders become more aware of the many benefits that mindfulness practices will bring to their decision-making and thinking capabilities.
Key topics
How stress leads to poor decision making.The impact and benefits of mindfulness for leaders.Steps for reducing stress.Techniques for shifting into mindfulness at work and elsewhere.Brain facts and myths.Tips for improving brain health.Mindfulness techniques that can be used at work and elsewhere.Mindfulness meditation techniques that can be used at work and elsewhere.Additionally, Better Decisions. Better Thinking. Better Outcomes. delves into some of the latest neuroscience research on the steps that all of us can take to protect our brains and manage the health of our brains well into our elderly years. Unfortunately, we are entering an era when increasing dementia, Alzheimer's disease, and stroke are going to hit individuals, families, and society hard. Current estimates predict the United States will see a 60% increase in Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia by 2030 from today's already staggering levels.
Fortunately, using the techniques and tips in this book, such an increase is preventable. But only if the right actions are taken now, by you, your family members, your work colleagues, and everyone else. By helping ourselves, and one another, take the proper steps to enhance brain health, we can reduce the financial costs to society -- and the brutal emotional costs to families -- of dementia and Alzheimer's disease.
This book shares some of the new scientific research that shows how mindfulness, stress relief and management techniques, meditation, and better dietary habits could slow and even postpone the debilitating effects of dementia and Alzheimer's disease. You will also learn about new neuroscientific studies showing that neuroplasticity - the ability to grow neuronal connectivity across the brain - can continue well into our 70s.
The techniques described in this book will help you make better decisions and improve your thinking prowess. They will also result in you becoming a less stressed and far healthier person. Those are four great outcomes that will benefit you immediately, and for years to come.
As a leader, the decisions you make and execute shape the lives of team members, colleagues, direct reports, customers, suppliers, and the communities in which you operate and live.Unfortunately, the majority of leaders are unaware of how stress, multitasking, and overtaxed brains trigger poor decisions, thinking, and outcomes.
This book will help readers become more cognizant of when stress is triggering them toward poor decision making. It will also help leaders become more aware of the many benefits that mindfulness practices will bring to their decision-making and thinking capabilities.
Key topics
How stress leads to poor decision making.The impact and benefits of mindfulness for leaders.Steps for reducing stress.Techniques for shifting into mindfulness at work and elsewhere.Brain facts and myths.Tips for improving brain health.Mindfulness techniques that can be used at work and elsewhere.Mindfulness meditation techniques that can be used at work and elsewhere.Additionally, Better Decisions. Better Thinking. Better Outcomes. delves into some of the latest neuroscience research on the steps that all of us can take to protect our brains and manage the health of our brains well into our elderly years. Unfortunately, we are entering an era when increasing dementia, Alzheimer's disease, and stroke are going to hit individuals, families, and society hard. Current estimates predict the United States will see a 60% increase in Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia by 2030 from today's already staggering levels.
Fortunately, using the techniques and tips in this book, such an increase is preventable. But only if the right actions are taken now, by you, your family members, your work colleagues, and everyone else. By helping ourselves, and one another, take the proper steps to enhance brain health, we can reduce the financial costs to society -- and the brutal emotional costs to families -- of dementia and Alzheimer's disease.
This book shares some of the new scientific research that shows how mindfulness, stress relief and management techniques, meditation, and better dietary habits could slow and even postpone the debilitating effects of dementia and Alzheimer's disease. You will also learn about new neuroscientific studies showing that neuroplasticity - the ability to grow neuronal connectivity across the brain - can continue well into our 70s.
The techniques described in this book will help you make better decisions and improve your thinking prowess. They will also result in you becoming a less stressed and far healthier person. Those are four great outcomes that will benefit you immediately, and for years to come.
230 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 13, 2018
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About the author
Steven Howard
53 books8 followersSteven Howard is an award-winning author of 20 leadership, marketing, and professional development books and the editor of nine personal development books in the Project You series. He is also a certified Health Coach, helping people on their transformation journeys to better health, long-term cognitive protection, and longer lives.
His book Better Decisions Better Thinking Better Outcomes received a Silver Award from the Nonfiction Authors Association in February 2019.
His book Leadership Lessons from the Volkswagen Saga received three book industry excellence awards.
He has published 20 leadership, marketing, and business related books, and writes The Art of Great Leadership blog. In 2014 he was named to a list of the Global Top 100 SEO Copywriters.
He is the founder of the leadership development and training company Caliente Leadership, which focuses on turning good managers and leaders into great leaders.
He is well-known and recognized for his truly international and cultural perspective, having lived in the USA for 29 years, in Singapore for 21 years and in Australia for 12 years. He currently resides in Southern California.
His book Better Decisions Better Thinking Better Outcomes received a Silver Award from the Nonfiction Authors Association in February 2019.
His book Leadership Lessons from the Volkswagen Saga received three book industry excellence awards.
He has published 20 leadership, marketing, and business related books, and writes The Art of Great Leadership blog. In 2014 he was named to a list of the Global Top 100 SEO Copywriters.
He is the founder of the leadership development and training company Caliente Leadership, which focuses on turning good managers and leaders into great leaders.
He is well-known and recognized for his truly international and cultural perspective, having lived in the USA for 29 years, in Singapore for 21 years and in Australia for 12 years. He currently resides in Southern California.
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January 8, 2019
This book obviously comes from decades of experience! This is a publication everyone can benefit from reading. I mean, aren't we all "leaders" in one way or another in our lives? Even being a trained psychotherapist with many years in the healthcare field, and having just written a holistic healing book, I have learned quite a bit by reading this publication, which I really appreciate. Also, I related and applied it to a stressful and conflictual experience I've been going through which was quite helpful, and the situation is now resolved. This is not a quick read which is good because it's loaded with highly useful information. My plan is to suggest it to employees as I'm an Employee Assistance Counselor. I can also suggest it to my practice-building consultation clients. In addition, my husband will be reading the book as I can see it being highly useful for his employees/organization as well.
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