Mirabai Bush was a co-founder of the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society and served as Executive Director there until 2008. Under her direction, The Center developed its programs in education, law, business, and activism and its network of thousands of people integrating contemplative practice and perspective into their lives and work. Mirabai holds a […]
Dr. Daniel Goleman is an internationally known psychologist who lectures frequently to professional groups, business audiences, and on college campuses. As a science journalist Goleman reported on the brain and behavioral sciences for The New York Times for many years. His 1995 book, Emotional Intelligence was on the New York Times bestseller list for a […]
Dr. Henry L. (Dick) Thompson is the founder, president and CEO of High Performing Systems, Inc., an international management consulting and training firm he founded in 1984 to help leaders, teams and organizations achieve high performance. The philosophy of HPS is based on a systems approach to performance improvement. Clients are Fortune 500 companies, government […]
Dr. Kevin Ochsner is Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Psychology at Columbia University. Kevin’s research interests include the psychological and neural processes involved in emotion, self-control, and person perception. All of his work employs a social cognitive neuroscience approach that seeks to integrate the theories and methods of social […]
Dr. Cathy Greenberg and I discussed why leaders under perform and what Executive Coaching can do for them. We all want to be star performers, but things get in the way. A leaders default is to find fault in normal situations. Dr. Relly Nadler: There is brand new research that just came out from Case Western […]
Dr. Greenberg and I were talking about coaching and what you are typically working with are your strengths which we are trying to build and broaden. If derailers are present, you have to pay attention to them; Zenger Folkman called them “fatal flaws.” These can take you off the track — off the rail’; in […]
Dr. Noel M. Tichy is a Professor of Management & Organizations at the University of Michigan. He has been the director of Global Business Partnership, and for over a decade he ran the Global Leadership Program, a 36-company consortium of Japanese, European and North American companies to develop senior executives and conduct action research on […]
Michael Tompkins is the visionary CEO of Miraval, recognized as one of the nation’s finest health resorts and creator of the new “Mindful Living” experience. He is a fifteen year veteran of the luxury hospitality industry. He began his career at Miraval in 2007. He has been instrumental in Miraval’s Life in Balance Spa with […]
Phil Jones is known as “The Connector” because he is one of the country’s best Professional Powerbrokers of deals, money and relationships. He leverages his vast field of influence and extensive contact base to bring a range of serious players together to get exceptional deals completed and outcomes banked for his clients that few others […]
Today is the perfect time to enhance your leadership skills to fill the leadership gap. Research shows that 40% of organizations say that they do not have enough leaders. Baby boomers are retiring at the rate of 10,000 each day — 78 million by the year 2020! Good leaders drive organizational profit, productivity and engagement. […]