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A Mindful Season
As the holiday season approaches, Janice Marturano asks us to consider the treasures in our lives and offers a short practice for reflecting on those treasures. Read More 
Janice Marturano is founder and executive director of the Institute for Mindful Leadership, a no-nprofit that trains and supports leaders in exploring mindfulness and leadership excellence. She founded the institute after ending her tenure as Vice President, Public Responsibility and Deputy General Counsel for General Mills. She is the author of Finding the Space to Lead: A Practical Guide to Mindful Leadership.
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Leadership Burnout: A Simple Way to Re-engage
A short mindfulness practice to reboot your brain and re-engage. Read More
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What Happens If I Don’t Bolt?
Janice Marturano on mindfulness's debut at the World Economic Forum in Davos—and how one conference goer thought twice about bolting from the session. Read More
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A Season for Connecting
Mindful's leadership blogger on how to wind down this holiday season and come to terms with what's important to you. Read More
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How not to be a “prepackaged leader”—and why
A few days ago, I was reading an interview with James Hackett, the CEO of Steelcase. When he was asked about his most memorable leadership lessons, he spoke of the importance of becoming a leader who was not “prepackaged.” In the course of his… Read More
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The Wisdom of Eagles
Did you know that Minnesota has one of the highest concentrations of eagles in the country? A couple of years ago, I had a chance to visit the National Eagle Center, just south of Red Wing. While there I was able to see eagles that had been rescued (no cages)… Read More
Attention & Awareness
The rewards of stopping and noticing
In preparation for the Institute for Mindful Leadership's recent Mindful Leadership retreat, we send some prework to the participants, inviting them to begin to notice some of the "autopilot" conditioning we all engage in from time to time, especially in parts of the day when we are… Read More
Calm
Being Consumed
I was recently reminded of a column I once read. It was written by an organizational leader who was describing her realization about the auto-pilot way she was going through her life, and her ultimate discovery of the mind’s capacity to cultivate awareness. She shared that ”Blackberries used to be something we consumed,… Read More
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Impermanence and Business
Winter might be imminent, but the peak of the fall season is still vivid in my mind. While its brilliant colors are striking aesthetically, I also appreciate them as a reminder of impermanence. In our “autopilot existence,” it may be easy to miss the springing forth of new green leaves and… Read More
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