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5 Traits of a Mindful Leader

WorkHuman

Aspiring to become a mindful leader starts by asking yourself a set of somewhat uncomfortable and confronting questions. What is my motivation for leading? Am I in leadership because I enjoy power, control, and fame? Am I leading to serve or am I leading to be served? Am I willing to put the interests of the organization ahead of my own? Mindful leadership means being able to take an honest look at yourself and asking these questions on a regular basis.

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weekend free-for-all – August 5-6, 2017

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This comment section is open for any non-work-related discussion you’d like to have with other readers, by popular demand. (This one is truly no work and no school.). Book recommendation of the week: The Windfall , by Diksha Basu. If Jane Austin were writing in modern-day India, it would maybe be this. You may also like: all my 2016 book recommendations all my 2015 book recommendations should I ask out an employee at a store where I shop?

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