Acceptance and Commitment
Therapy (ACT), 61
Adderall, 99–100
amygdala, 50
anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), 30–31
Bank of America, 101
Bejar, Arturo, 84
Bond, Frank, 60
the brain
anterior cingulate cortex, 30–31
hippocampus, 31–32
meditation’s effect on, 31, 32, 91–92
neuroscience experiments about mindfulness, 29–30
training for focus, 50–52, 109
Brendel, David, 107–116
Brinke, Leanne ten, 80
“Building Resilience,” 49
Cable, Tom, 102
Carter, Jacqueline, 37–45
charisma and mindfulness, 9–10
complexity
availability of information and, 20–21
Conant, Douglas, 85
Congleton, Christina, 27–33, 55–70
cortisol, 31–32
David, Susan, 55–70
Davidson, Richard, 50–51
Deutsche Bank, 101
Docter, Pete, 87
email addiction, 42–43
emotional agility
accepting your ideas and emotions, 66–67
acting on your values, 67–68
benefits of developing, 60
effective leaders and, 69–70
inner experiences’ impact on control, 61–63
inner stream of thoughts and feelings, 57–59
labeling your thoughts and emotions, 64–65
patterns of thoughts and feelings and, 63–64
personal values and, 67–69
recurring emotional challenges and, 59–60
executives. See managers
focus
acting on your values and, 68
attentiveness to other opportunities and, 22
availability of information and, 20–21
developing awareness skills, 40, 42–43, 44
mainstream movement about mindfulness, 102
meditation and, 112–113
productivity and, 100–101, 102
training your brain and, 50–52, 109
Gelles, David, 101
Goldman Sachs, 101
Gonzalez, Maria, 89–96
Google, 101
Grant, Adam, 81
Hammond, Gabriel, 8
Harris, Dan, 110
Hayes, Steven C., 61
HBO, 101
hippocampus, 31–32
Hölzel, Britta K., 27–33
Hougaard, Rasmus, 37–45
judgmental, versus being mindful, 10–11
Keltner, Dacher, 71–88
Kraus, Michael, 82
Langer Mindfulness Institute, 23–24
Lazar, Sara W., 27–33
Lieberman, Charlotte, 97–106
Liu, Chris, 80
Malone, Thomas, 81
managers
addressing dissent mindfully, 14–15
advice on mindfulness for, 12–14, 25
being aware of others’ perspectives, 16
creating a more mindful organization, 17–18
importance of mindfulness for, 22, 32–33
interest in mindfulness, 53
stress and resilience and, 53–54
stress’s dependency on perspective, 13–14
techniques for being mindful, 12–14
value in honesty, 15–16
value in qualitative information, 19–20
meditation
effect on the brain, 30–31, 32, 91–92
focus and, 112–113
healing power of, 100–101
impact of practicing mindfulness, 51–53, 95
mainstreaming of, 101–104, 110
micro meditations technique, 92–94
mindfulness in action technique, 94–95
self-compassion and, 104–105
micro meditations, 92–94
“mindfulness in action,” 94–95
mindfulness practice
applying to meetings, 43
attention economy and, 40
basis of being judgmental, 10–11
challenge of being productive, 39
charisma and, 9–10
definition of mindfulness, 4
developing focus and awareness skills, 42–43
ending the day by, 44–45
innovation link to, 8–9
performance breaks and, 44, 52–53
potential of mindfulness, 7–8, 23–24
starting the day by, 40–41
stress’ dependency on perspective, 13–14
throughout the day, 94–95
value in qualitative information, 19–20
without meditation, 92–94
Mindful Work, 101
Neff, Kristin, 104
Personal Values Card Sort, 68
power paradox
avoiding, 77–79
consequences of the abuse of power, 76–77
impact of power on behavior, 73–76
practicing empathy and, 81, 83–84
practicing generosity and, 82, 86–87
practicing gratitude and, 81–82, 84–86
reflection and self-awareness and, 77–80
present, being, 5–7
productivity
applying mindfulness to focus and, 100–101
challenge of being productive, 39
dangers of artificial aids to, 99–100
mainstream mindfulness movement and, 101–102
meditation and, 103–104
self-compassion and, 104–105
resilience
leadership stress and, 53–54
neural key to, 50
practicing mindfulness daily and, 52–53
retraining the brain for, 50–53
steps to tackle distress, 51–52
ways to become more resilient, 49–50
risks to mindfulness
avoidance of critical thinking tasks and, 112–113
“cult of mindfulness,” 111
goal of mindfulness practices, 111, 115
groupthink and, 113–114
medical fields’ interest in mindfulness, 110
mindfulness described, 109–110
top-down direction on practicing mindfulness and, 114
Seattle Seahawks, 102
self-compassion, 104–105
self-regulation, 32–33
Seligman, Martin, 49
Sinek, Simon, 80
Srivastava, Sameer, 80
stability, counterproductiveness of, 4–5
stress
dependency on perspective, 13–14
diagnosing leadership stress, 53–54
neurochemistry of, 31–32
steps to tackle distress, 51–52
Target, 101
Ten Percent Happier, 110
Wegner, Daniel, 60
Winters, Kelly, 87
Woolley, Anita, 81
workability, 68
work/life integration, 12–13