Marc Lesser

Mindful Non-Profit Leadership Training
2020-01-24 - 2020-05-30 | Spirit Rock, Community Meditation Center, 5000 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Woodacre, CA, 94973, United States
This five-month training program will be geared toward those in leadership positions working in social and environmental justice, education, health care, and other non-profit organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area. It will cultivate the mindful leadership skills of focus, clarity, emotional regulation, compassion, self-awareness, and well-being for non-profit leaders in the social change sector.
Through mindfulness curriculum, meditation instruction, group discussions, and practice opportunities, participants will cultivate skills and behaviors that can be applied directly to their personal and professional lives. By developing and incorporating these intentional practices, participants will strengthen professional relationships and workplace environments, expanding impact beyond their own learning for the broader benefit of their work and organization.
PROGRAM DETAILS
• A certificate and training program for Directors, Executive Directors, Board Members, C-level leaders, or equivalent, of non-profit organizations, within the San Francisco Bay Area.
• Commitment: two 2-day commuter retreats, three 1-day retreats.
• Cohort community & peer support is a foundational component of the program to support ongoing mindfulness skill development and integration.
• Participation is limited to 40 participants.
• Accommodations are not available at Spirit Rock for the commuter and day retreats. Although Spirit Rock staff have not personally viewed or vetted them, as a courtesy to our out-of-town guests, we suggest you check out these nearby accommodations
• All sessions in the training program will be held at Spirit Rock.
• Participation in the program will be confirmed once program requirements are verified.
PROGRAM DATES:

January 24-25, 2020; 10:00am – 4:30pm
February 22, 2020; 10:00am – 4:30pm
March 14, 2020; 10:00am – 4:30pm
April 18, 2020; 10:00am – 4:30pm
May 29-30, 2020; 10:00am – 4:30pm

Mill Valley Zen Meditation Group
2020-01-08 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | CA, United States
Wednesday evening meditations and meeting with Marc Lesser and occasional guest teachers.
Schedule: each Wednesday (recurring) from 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.

Register at https://millvalleyzen.com/.
Mill Valley Zen is open to anyone wanting to learn to meditate, to have a regular meditation practice, to sit with others, to study Zen, to investigate the question of what it means to be a human being in these challenging and amazing times.
This group was formed for people who want to have a regular meditation practice and find it difficult to maintain a regular practice in the midst of their busy lives, as well as for those who want to refresh or deepen their practices.

Step into Your Life: A 1-day Meditation and Mindfulness Retreat
2020-01-05 09:00 - 17:00 | Homestead Community Center, 315 Montford Ave, Mill Valley, CA, 94941, United States
“The practice I speak of is not meditation. It is simply the dharma gate of repose and bliss…It is the manifestation of ultimate reality…Once its heart is grasped, you are like a dragon when he gains the water, like a tiger when she enters the mountains.”
–Dogen
In our world of busyness, of more/faster/better, this one-day retreat offers time to stop, reflect, and renew. We will explore the practices of effort and effortless as a path to well-being and “stepping into your life.”
Together we’ll follow a gentle schedule of sitting and walking meditation, a talk, and some discussion. No prior meditation experience is necessary; this retreat is also for those looking to renew or deepen an existing meditation and mindfulness practice.
A vegetarian lunch will be served.
Tickets:
$100: General Admission
$80: Mill Valley Zen Members
$50: Limited Income (young adults (18-26), elders (65+) with limited/fixed incomes, unemployed, disabled)
* Scroll down to purchase.

Webinar - Seven Practices of a Mindful Leader
2019-11-22 09:30
Learn how the inner work of mindfulness meets the outer work of leadership and business as a force for positive change. This mindfulness-based emotional intelligence training integrates self-awareness, communication skills, and cutting-edge neuroscience with depth and accessibility for leaders.
This webinar will draw from Marc Lesser’s acclaimed book “Seven Practices of a Mindful Leader: Lessons from Google and a Zen Monastery Kitchen” structured around seven core mindfulness practices:

Love the work
Do the work
Don’t be an expert
Connect to your pain
Connect to the pain of others
Depend on others
Keep making it simpler

2019 Mindful Leadership Summit
2019-11-14 - 2019-11-17 | Grand Hyatt Hotel, 1000 H St NW, Washington, DC, 20001, United States
Over the last 6 years, this annual event has brought together 3,540 leaders from over 34 countries. The Summit includes keynote talks, panel discussions, interactive workshops, practices, mindful movement, and plenty of opportunities to share and connect. Attendees learn from the experts about how to be a better leader, transform workplace culture, improve a team’s health & performance, and create a thriving people-centric organization.
Marc Lesser will be presenting twice at the Summit:
• November 16: Keynote address (topic TBA)
• November 17, 1:00 – 4:00 pm: Seven Practices of a Mindful Leader workshop. This mindfulness-based emotional intelligence training integrates self-awareness, communication skills, and cutting-edge neuroscience with depth and accessibility for leaders, and will draw from Marc Lesser’s acclaimed book Seven Practices of a Mindful Leader: Lessons from Google and a Zen Monastery Kitchen.

"Mindful Leadership" at SVC 2019: Welcome to the NEXT Economy
2019-11-13 02:45 - 15:45 | Claremont Club & Spa, 41 Tunnel Rd, Berkeley, CA, 94705, United States
In this talk, Marc will cover 7 simple yet profound practices that shift awareness, enhance communication, build trust, eliminate fear and self-doubt, and cut down on unnecessary workplace drama.
You’ll learn how the inner work of mindfulness and self-awareness meets the outer work of leadership and business as forces for positive change and results that matter.
Embracing any one of the 7 practices alone can be life-changing. When used together, they support a path of well-being, productivity, and positive influence.
The principles in this talk are relevant to leadership at any level, though they also have applications for anyone interested in building the inner strengths necessary to meet and shift the personal, professional, and global challenges we all face.

Step into Your Life: A One-day Meditation and Mindfulness Retreat
2019-11-10 10:00 - 17:00 | Green Gulch Farm, Muir Beach, CA, United States
In our world of busyness, of more/faster/better, this one-day retreat offers time to stop, reflect, and renew. We will explore the practices of effort and effortless as a path to well-being and stepping into your life. Together we’ll follow a gentle schedule of sitting and walking meditation, interspersed with time to write, reflect, and take in the richness of the Green Gulch Farm environment.
A great way to begin, renew, or deepen your meditation and mindfulness practice.

Seven Practices of a Mindful Leader - LinkedIn
2019-10-25 09:00 - 17:00 | LinkedIn, San Francisco, 222 Second Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105, United States
What would your work look like if you knew how to stay focused without being rigid, if you got more of the right things done, if you could transform challenges into opportunities?
Join Marc Lesser, CEO of ZBA Associates and former CEO of Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute, and Scott Shute, head of Mindfulness and Compassion Programs at LinkedIn, to learn about the practical, evidence-based tools you can utilize to shift awareness, enhance communication, build trust, reduce fear and self-doubt, and cut down on unnecessary drama in the workplace.
In this workshop, which is suitable for leaders at any level, you’ll explore how the inner work of mindfulness and self-awareness meets the outer work of leadership and business as a force for positive change and results that matter.
You’ll learn how to:
1. Cultivate your leadership presence
2. Thrive in the midst of change and challenges
3. “Own” your power and your ability to empower others
4. Improve focus and flexibility
5. Cultivate greater self-awareness and resilience
6. Increase engagement, collaboration, and wellbeing
This highly-interactive training is structured around the 7 core mindful leadership practices from Marc Lesser’s book, Seven Practices of a Mindful Leader.
This workshop will take place at LinkedIn headquarters in San Francisco and is open to the public though space is extremely limited.

2019 Page Up Annual Conference: A Mindful Future for Work
2019-10-24 08:45 - 09:35 | JW Marriott San Francisco Union Square, 515 Mason Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
There’s a new race for attention underway in communications and marketing, driven by emerging technologies, evolving news and consumption patterns, and shifting public sentiment on issues and industries. The Page Up Annual Conference in San Francisco on October 23-25 will address these challenges and help members identify new ways to stay on top of current and developing trends, while also addressing the impact on our industry, organizations, and teams.

Marc Lesser will be delivering a keynote presentation on October 24 on the Seven Practices of a Mindful Leader.

"NEW NASHVILLE" - Leading The Way In A Global Market
2019-10-03 08:00 - 15:30 | OZ Arts Nashville, 6172 Cockrill Bend Cir, Nashville, TN, 37209
The Global Diversity Leadership Exchange features a unique convergence of thought leaders at the intersection of commerce, culture, commitment, and communications, who will address the myths, realities, and leading indicators for driving business success and growth through diversity, inclusion, and sustainable business practices in emerging markets in the US and abroad.
This Executive Leadership Symposium, which will be facilitated by Marc Lesser, will further ongoing dialogue on community-focused infrastructure and inclusive wealth building in America’s new “IT” city, Nashville. From philanthropy to business to the media, this unique conference experience creates an environment where challenges, insights, breakthroughs and inspirations are shared, discussed, and committed into action.

Austin Zen Center Workshop
2019-09-29 08:00 - 14:30 | Austin Zen Center, 3014 Washington Square, Austin, TX, 78705, United States
Marc Lesser is internationally recognized for pioneering work in mindful leadership, creating exceptional business cultures, and supporting profound well-being.
In this workshop, you’ll explore the tools you need to shift awareness, enhance communication, build trust, eliminate fear and self-doubt, and cut down on unnecessary workplace drama.
You’ll learn how the inner work of mindfulness and self-awareness meets the outer work of leadership and business as forces for positive change and results that matter.
This highly-interactive workshop is based on Marc’s latest book, Seven Practices of a Mindful Leader: Lessons from Google and a Zen Monastery Kitchen.
The practices are:
1. Love the work
2. Do the work
3. Don’t be an expert
4. Connect to your pain
5. Connect to the pain of others
6. Depend on others
7. Keep making it simpler
Embracing any one of the 7 practices alone can be life-changing. When used together, they support a path of well-being, productivity, and positive influence.
The principles in this workshop can be applied to leadership at any level, though it’s also suitable for anyone interested in building the inner strengths necessary to meet and shift the personal, professional, and global challenges we all face.

Austin Zen Center Dharma Talk
2019-09-28 08:15 - 09:00 | Austin Zen Center, 3014 Washington Square, Austin, TX, 78705, United States
Seven Practices of a Mindful Leader evolved out of Marc Lesser’s work helping to create Search Inside Yourself, a mindfulness-based emotional intelligence program at Google. It builds on his experiences as a Zen teacher, particularly his time as head cook at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, the first Zen monastery in the western world.

Seven Practices of a Mindful Leader - Berlin
2019-09-06 00:00 - 08:00 | Factory Berlin, Rheinsberger Str. 76/77, Berlin, 10115, Germany
1-day Training with Marc Lesser and Mounira Latrache | September 6, 2019; 9:00 am to 5:00 pm CEST
What would your work look like if you knew how to stay focused without being rigid, if you got more of the right things done, if you could transform challenges into opportunities?
In this 1-day workshop, which is suitable for leaders at any level, you’ll receive the tools you need to shift awareness, enhance communication, build trust, reduce fear and self-doubt, and cut down on unnecessary workplace drama.
We’ll explore how the inner work of mindfulness and self-awareness meets the outer work of leadership and business as a force for positive change and results that matter. You’ll learn how to:

Cultivate your leadership presence
Thrive in the midst of change and challenges
“Own” your power and your ability to empower others
Improve focus and flexibility
Cultivate greater self-awareness and resilience
Increase engagement, collaboration, and wellbeing

This highly interactive training is structured around 7 core mindful leadership practices:
1) Love the work: Lead with focused inspiration.
2) Do the work: Learn to respond with more empathy and flexibility.
3) Don’t be an expert: Let go of thinking you are right. Step into greater wonder, openness, and vulnerability.
4) Connect to your pain: Transform challenges and difficulty into learning and opportunity.
5) Connect to the pain of others: Increase connection and trust.
6) Depend on others: Empower others and be empowered by others to foster alignment and radically healthy communication.
7) Keep making it simpler: Let go of a mindset of fear and scarcity. Cultivate awe and wonder. Focus on results that matter most.
Sustaining and Integrating the Practices: program participants will learn group support and problem-solving methodology providing the framework for ongoing, independent group process following the training, as a means to sustain and integrate the practices

Disconnecting and Reconnecting: Mindful Living in the Modern World Retreat
2019-08-22 17:00 - 2019-08-25 12:00 | Tassajara, 39171 Tassajara Road, Carmel Valley, CA, 93924, United States
with Dan Zigmond and Marc Lesser
August 22 – 25, 2019 (Thursday – Sunday)
All are welcome.
We often live life in a hectic fog, working too much and noticing too little.
So many of our days are filled with convenient distractions, promising happiness but delivering mostly busyness and frustration. During this retreat we will disconnect, slow down, and rediscover the magic of attention and focus. Whether it is noticing the food we eat, listening to our own bodies, sitting in Zen meditation, or truly engaging with the people around us, we’ll explore what it means to be fully present. You will leave prepared to bring mindfulness to your work and your home and reclaim a healthier and happier way to live.
Retreat fee: $288 ($245/Member)* Retreat fee does not include accommodations.

Green Gulch Farm Dharma Talk
2019-08-18 10:00 - 11:00 | Green Gulch Farm, Muir Beach, CA, United States
Dharma talks are a traditional method of transmitting the heart and understanding of Buddha’s Way. Public Dharma talks are offered every Sunday morning at Green Gulch at 10:00 am in the zendo as part of the Sunday Morning Program. Everyone is welcome to attend, and chairs are available.

Aware Leadership Workshop with Daniel Siegel, MD
2019-08-09 - 2019-08-11 | 1140 Multiversity, 800 Bethany Drive, Scotts Valley, CA, 95066, United States
Living and Leading a Meaningful and Connected Life
What does it really mean to lead with awareness—to be clear, open, and compassionate—and to live a life of authentic connection and purposeful engagement?

Join best-selling author and renowned psychiatrist Dan Siegel, MD, and mindfulness and emotional intelligence expert Marc Lesser, for an intensive deep dive on how to cultivate and embody leading with awareness as a way to transform yourself and the world.

During this powerful weekend, you’ll:

Examine the integration of mindfulness, emotional intelligence, and leadership
Develop and utilize an awareness practice
Implement mindfulness exercises for integrating leadership and life
Explore how mindfulness grows healthier brains, reduces stress, and increases energy

Align your awareness and leadership practices so that together they seamlessly encourage heightened focus, open awareness, and the emotional intelligence capacities needed for truly conscious leadership. Research suggests that these skills cultivate vital aspects of both self-development and leadership growth. Learn how this kind of integration serves as a practical bridge between the science of well-being and the experience of embodied leadership through scientifically-inspired and experiential exercises.

In this workshop, you’ll gain skills and ideas to create a comprehensive approach to unifying mindfulness, relationship, and leadership. Develop greater meaning and connection as you flourish in your daily life at work and home.

Dharma Off the Cushion: Seven Practices of a Mindful Leader
2019-07-26 19:00 - 21:00 | Sukhasiddhi Foundation, 771 Center Blvd, Fairfax, CA, 94930, United States
Marc Lesser is internationally recognized for pioneering work in mindful leadership, creating exceptional business cultures, and supporting profound well-being. In this workshop, you’ll explore the tools you need to shift awareness, enhance communication, build trust, eliminate fear and self-doubt, and cut down on unnecessary workplace drama.
You’ll learn how the inner work of mindfulness and self-awareness meets the outer work of leadership and business as forces for positive change and results that matter.
This highly-interactive workshop is based on Marc’s latest book, Seven Practices of a Mindful Leader: Lessons from Google and a Zen Monastery Kitchen.
The practices are:
1. Love the work
2. Do the work
3. Don’t be an expert
4. Connect to your pain
5. Connect to the pain of others
6. Depend on others
7. Keep making it simpler
Embracing any one of the 7 practices alone can be life-changing. When used together, they support a path of well-being, productivity, and positive influence.
The principles in this workshop can be applied to leadership at any level, though it’s also suitable for anyone interested in building the inner strengths necessary to meet and shift the personal, professional, and global challenges we all face.
Cost: Sliding scale $20. – $30. This event is a benefit for Sukhasiddha Foundation. Register here.

Tech Open Air - Berlin
2019-07-03 05:00 - 10:00 | Funkhaus Berlin, Nalepastraße 18, Berlin, 12459, Germany
THE FUTURE-PROOF FESTIVAL
Berlin, July 2 – 5, 2019
TOA is Europe’s Leading Technology Festival. Their mission is to help people future-proof their businesses and their lives. They believe that technology is transforming the way we work, live and relate: only if you understand technology can you take advantage of the opportunities it’s creating.
Marc Lesser will be delivering a keynote and participating in a panel discussion on July 3, 2019.

Main Stage Keynote: How to Be an Emotional Jedi
Podium Circle: Ready for The 4th Industrial Evolution?

Company Time @Green Gulch with Norman Fischer
2019-06-08 10:00 - 17:00 | Green Gulch Farm, Muir Beach, CA, United States
A Buddhist Retreat for People in the Business World
With Marc Lesser and Norman Fischer
Company Time, begun in 1996, is a gathering of people from diverse professions and occupations, and all realms of private, corporate, government, for-profit and nonprofit organizations. Company Time retreats do not propose easy solutions, but do provide time and tools to address our questions in an atmosphere of trust and confidentiality. Based on the ethical precepts of Mahayana Buddhism, we share insights and ideas on how we can bring a spirit of honesty, integrity and clarity from our spiritual practice into our workplaces and provide support for each other to take up our livelihoods in a wholehearted way.
Our schedule includes light yoga, gentle meditation, teachings, large and small group discussions, and time to enjoy a walk at Green Gulch Farm. Newcomers to Buddhist practice are welcome.
Fee: $120; current members: $108; limited income: $96.
Some partial scholarships available.
Lunch and tea are included.
Register here or call the Green Gulch Farm main office at 415.383.3134 or the SFZC Reservations Office at 888.743.9362 or 415.475.9362.

Google: Author Talk
2019-06-06 05:00 - 06:30 | Google
Seven Practices of a Mindful Leader evolved out of Marc Lesser’s work helping to create Search Inside Yourself, a mindfulness-based emotional intelligence program at Google. It builds on his experiences as a Zen teacher, particularly his time as head cook at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, the first Zen monastery in the western world.
This event is not open to the public.

Genentech: Seven Practices of a Mindful Leader
2019-06-05 14:00 - 15:00

Spirit Rock: Mindful Leader Day Retreat
2019-05-31 03:00 - 09:30 | Spirit Rock, 5000 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Woodacre, CA, 94973, United States
Whether you are a CEO, a care provider, leading your family, or leading your life, we all lead and all have influence in many realms; usually much more than we realize.

In this day retreat, we will practice developing ways to integrate mindfulness into our ability to envision, empower, connect, collaborate, and skillfully respond to change.
This interactive workshop is structured around seven core practices, with an emphasis on embodiment:

• Love the work
• Do the work
• Don’t be an expert
• Connect to your pain
• Connect to the pain of others
• Depend on others
• Keep making it simpler

Teachings are appropriate for health care professionals as well as the general public. Health care professionals will be able to incorporate the tools and practices offered in this program in ways beneficial to clients or patients. Mindfulness practices can be used to improve job performance and satisfaction, reducing burnout in high stress health care settings. Continuing Education (CE) credit available. See below for attendance requirements and more information.

Learning Objectives for participating health care professionals-
Based on the content of this program, you will be able to:

• Describe how mindfulness can be a useful tool for cultivating self-awareness and empathy;
• Describe how a mindfulness practice can support and grow resilience and self-management;
• Describe how mindfulness practices can improve management styles and working with a team, resulting in the provision of higher quality health care;
• Implement mindfulness-based leadership strategies for improving communication when collaborating with a team or supporting patients and clients.

Continuing Education content level: Introductory

Sliding Scale: $75 – 200. Code ML1D19.
5.5 CE credits available for $55, for psychologists and California licensed MFTs, LCSWs, LEPs, LPCCs, nurses, and chiropractors.

Garrison Institute: Concern for Independent Living Benefit
2019-05-29 12:00 - 17:00 | Garrison Institute, Route 9D at Glenclyffe, Garrison, NY, 10524, United States
This private half-day retreat hosted by Garrison Institute benefits Concern for Independent Living, a non-profit agency committed to helping individuals and families to live in the community with dignity and enhanced opportunities through the provision of housing and support services.
This event is not open to the public.

San Francisco Zen Center Author Talk and Workshop
2019-04-27 03:00 - 09:30 | San Francisco Zen Center, 300 Page Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
10:15 – 11:00 am: Public Talk (free)
11:10 am – 12:00 pm: Book signing and Q&A (free)
1:00 – 4:30 pm: Workshop
Marc Lesser’s new book, Seven Practices of a Mindful Leader: Lessons from Google and a Zen Monastery Kitchen, draws on a lifetime of integrating mindfulness practice, business, and leadership. The book evolved largely from Marc’s work helping to create and lead “Search Inside Yourself,” the mindfulness-based emotional intelligence program that originated at Google, and ultimately led to the foundation of the Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute, which Marc co-founded and led as CEO for five years. It also builds on his experiences as a Zen teacher at San Francisco Zen Center (SFZC), particularly his time as head cook and director at Tassajara, Zen Mountain Center, the first Zen monastery in the western world.
Join Marc at SFZC for a free author talk, Q&A, and book signing on Saturday morning, April 27, beginning at 10:00 am. In his talk, Marc will cover the seven simple yet profound practices from his new book that support conscious, compassionate leadership. While these principles can be applied to leadership at any level, they’re also relevant for anyone wanting to build the inner strengths necessary to meet and shift the personal, professional, and global challenges we all face.
The talk and Q&A will be followed by an afternoon workshop, 1:00 – 4:30 pm, where participants will learn how the inner work of mindfulness and self-awareness meets the outer work of leadership and business as forces for positive change and results that matter.
In this highly-interactive workshop, Marc will go deeper into each of the seven practices, which are:

Love the work
Do the work
Don’t be an expert
Connect to your pain
Connect to the pain of others
Depend on others
Keep making it simpler

Embracing any one of the seven practices alone can be life-changing. When used together, they support a path of well-being, productivity, and positive influence. After attending this workshop, you’ll understand why some of the world’s most successful companies routinely incorporate the seven practices of mindful leadership, integrating mindfulness, emotional intelligence, and business savvy, to create great corporate cultures, and even a better world.
Fees: $60; $54 current SFZC members; $48 limited income. NOTE: There is no charge for the lecture and Q&A. Some partial scholarships available.

Esalen 5-day Workshop, Mindfulness, Sensory Awareness and Zen Practice
2019-04-07 18:00 - 2019-04-12 12:00 | Esalen, 55000 CA-1, Big Sur, CA, 93920, United States
With Lee Lesser
In our world of busy-ness — of more, faster, better — this retreat offers time to stop, reflect, and renew. It is a time to step fully into the richness of our lives. Together we will follow a gentle schedule of sensory awareness practice and sitting meditation interspersed with talks, Zen stories, and journal writing, as well as small group and large group dialogue as we uncover how these stories and dialogues may be utilized to transform our way of being in the world as leaders.
Each day our practice will be focused on one or two of the seven practices of a mindful leader: Love the work; Do the work; Don’t be an expert; Connect to your pain; Connect to the pain of others; Depend on others; and Keep making it simple.
We will practice developing ways to integrate mindfulness into our ability to envision, connect, empower, and collaborate. Sensory Awareness and Zen are practices through which we connect with our natural intelligence and vitality; we can discover what responds in us in the midst of change and growth; and we can learn to rely on our sensations as guides to the fresh terrain of each moment.

Garrison Institute: Seven Practices of a Mindful Leader Workshop
2019-03-22 18:00 - 2019-03-24 12:00 | Garrison Institute, Route 9D at Glenclyffe, Garrison, NY, 10524, United States
In this 2-day workshop, which is suitable for leaders at any level, you’ll receive the tools you need to shift awareness, enhance communication, build trust, eliminate fear and self-doubt, and cut down on unnecessary workplace drama.
We’ll explore how the inner work of mindfulness and self-awareness meets the outer work of leadership and business as forces for positive change and results that matter. You’ll learn how to:
• Cultivate your leadership presence
• Thrive in the midst of change and challenges
• “Own” your power and your ability to empower others
• Improve focus and flexibility
• Cultivate greater self-awareness and resilience
• Increase engagement, collaboration, and well-being
This highly-interactive training is structured around 7 core mindful leadership practices:
1) Love the work: Lead with focused inspiration.
2) Do the work: Learn to respond with more empathy and flexibility.
3) Don’t be an expert: Let go of thinking you are right. Step into greater wonder, openness, and vulnerability.
4) Connect to your pain: Transform challenges and difficulty into learning and opportunity.
5) Connect to the pain of others: Increase connection and trust
6) Depend on others: Empower others and be empowered by others to foster alignment and radically healthy communication.
7) Keep making it simpler: Let go of a mindset of fear and scarcity. Cultivate awe and wonder. Focus on results that matter most.
Embracing any one of the 7 practices alone can be life-changing. When used together, they support a path of well-being, productivity, and positive influence.
Sustaining and Integrating the Practices: program participants will learn group support and problem solving methodology providing the framework for ongoing, independent group study following the training, as a means to sustain and integrate the practices.
Presenter Information
Marc Lesser has taught his proven 7-step method to leaders at Google, Genentech, Comcast, Facebook, and dozens of other Fortune 500 companies for over 20 years. This experiential workshop draws on Marc’s experience as a CEO of 3 companies, as co-founder of the world-renowned Search Inside Yourself (SIY) program within Google, and as a long-time Zen practitioner. For more information on training, visit https://marclesser.net/training-for-organizations/.
Marc’s latest book, Seven Practices of a Mindful Leader: Lessons from Google and a Zen Monastery Kitchen, is now available online and in stores.

Seven Practices of a Mindful Leader Evening Workshop
2019-03-19 16:00 - 18:00 | ABC Home, 888 Broadway, New York, NY, 10003, United States
Marc Lesser is internationally recognized for pioneering work in mindful leadership, creating exceptional business cultures, and supporting profound well-being.
In this workshop, you’ll explore the tools you need to shift awareness, enhance communication, build trust, eliminate fear and self-doubt, and cut down on unnecessary workplace drama.
You’ll learn how the inner work of mindfulness and self-awareness meets the outer work of leadership and business as forces for positive change and results that matter.
This highly-interactive workshop is based on Marc’s latest book, Seven Practices of a Mindful Leader: Lessons from Google and a Zen Monastery Kitchen.
The practices are:
1. Love the work
2. Do the work
3. Don’t be an expert
4. Connect to your pain
5. Connect to the pain of others
6. Depend on others
7. Keep making it simpler
Embracing any one of the 7 practices alone can be life-changing. When used together, they support a path of well-being, productivity, and positive influence.
The principles in this workshop can be applied to leadership at any level, though it’s also suitable for anyone interested in building the inner strengths necessary to meet and shift the personal, professional, and global challenges we all face.
Purchase tickets.

LinkedIn: Author Talk
2019-03-14 07:00 - 08:30 | LinkedIn, San Francisco, 222 Second Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105, United States

Change Leadership Summit: Online Event
2019-02-25 00:00 - 2019-03-01 09:00
February 25 – March 1, 2019
MINDFUL LEADERSHIP- LESSONS FROM GOOGLE AND A ZEN MONASTERY KITCHEN
In this session, you will learn:

Leadership is developing awareness and helping people
How cultivating trust prevents cynicism
Using the seven practices of mindfulness to lead through relationships

Register here.

Book Passage Signing and Book Talk
2019-02-23 05:00 - 06:00 | Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, CA, 94925, United States
