512: Retraining Your Brain for More Effective Leadership with Matt Tenney

Matt Tenney discusses how mindfulness vastly improves the way we lead and relate with others.

You’ll Learn:
1) How an emphasis on goals hurts your leadership
2) A monastic practice that improves engagement
3) Why mindfulness is the ultimate success habit

About Matt
Matt Tenney is a social entrepreneur and the author of Serve to Be Great: Leadership Lessons from a Prison, a Monastery, and a Boardroom. He is also an international keynote speaker, a trainer, and a consultant with the prestigious Perth Leadership Institute, whose clients include numerous Fortune 500 companies. He works with companies, associations, universities, and non-profits to develop highly effective leaders who achieve lasting success by focusing on serving and inspiring greatness in the people around them. Matt envisions a world where the vast majority of people realize that effectively serving others is the key to true greatness. When he’s not traveling for speaking engagements, he can often be found in Nashville, TN.
Matt’s book: Serve to Be Great: Leadership Lessons from a Prison, a Monastery, and a Boardroom Matt’s book: The Mindfulness Edge: How to Rewire Your Brain for Leadership and Personal Excellence Without Adding to Your Schedule with Tim Gard Matt’s website: MattTenney.com
Resources mentioned in the show:
Study: “From Jerusalem to Jericho: A Study of Situational and Dispositional Variables in Helping Behavior” by John M. Darley and C. Daniel Batson Personality: Richard Davidson Book: Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body by Daniel Goleman and Richard Davidson Book: Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life by Thich Nhat Hanh
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