What are the Top 10 Talents of a Mindful Leader?

According to Michael Carroll in his book – The Mindful Leader: Awakening Your Natural Management Skills Through Mindfulness Meditation, the top 10 talents of a mindful leader are –

1. Simplicity – getting to the cushion and practising mindfulness meditation
2. Poise – gathering the mind
3. Respect – touching our hearts
4. Courage – letting go of thoughts
5. Confidence – opening to what is arising
6. Enthusiasm – leaping into uncertainty
7. Patience – abiding in the present moment
8. Awareness – glimpsing open space
9. Skillfulness – extending out off the cushion
10. Humility – dissolving the fixed sense of self and others.

If you had to pick your top 10 talents for a mindful leader, what would they be?

Click here to view a clip of Michael Carroll speaking at Leading@Google about Mindfulness.

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• 20 Quotes for a Mindful Day
• Healing from Within with Jon Kabat-Zinn
• 15 Paradoxes relevant to Stress Management