How To Master Mindful Leadership with Zen Practitioner Marc Lesser

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Mark Divine

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🗓️ 9 April 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Marc Lesser is a speaker, facilitator, workshop leader, and executive coach. He is known for his engaging, experiential presentations that integrate mindfulness and emotional intelligence practices and training. He is the author of 5 books, including Finding Clarity: How Compassionate Accountability Builds Vibrant Relationships, Thriving Workplaces, and Meaningful Lives, and CEO of ZBA Associates, an executive development and leadership consulting company. His podcast Zen Bones: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Times features cutting-edge interviews, supportive tools for creating more meaningful work, and potent mindfulness practices to develop yourself, influence your organization, and change the world.

Key Takeaways:

The Power of Zen for Leadership and Personal Growth: Zen practice and meditation offer valuable tools for developing concentration, mindfulness, and compassion, which are essential for effective leadership and personal growth.
Mindfulness-Based EQ: Integrating mindfulness-based emotional intelligence with meditation practices can enhance communication, trust, and alignment within organizations.
Shedding Mental Barriers: Recognizing and letting go of resistance and unhelpful mental models is crucial for personal and professional growth.
Balancing Compassion and Accountability: Compassionate accountability, which balances performance and results with trust and empathy, is a key concept for creating effective and harmonious workplaces.
Nurturing Inner Growth: Cultivating self-awareness, curiosity, and the willingness to face difficulties head-on is essential for personal and professional development.

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0:00.0	Coming up on the Mark Devine show, I think of mindfulness practice and Zen practice, you know, in a way, it's a the world of non-duality, not being so convinced that we think we know what this world actually is.
0:15.0	Practices, I'd say like selflessness and timelessness, effortlessness,
0:21.0	seeing how, I guess the experience of the mystery and miraculousness of being alive,
0:28.9	being here as a, of our consciousness, being a human being for a short time on this planet,
0:35.8	and being able to live that, live that sense of sacredness and appreciation. I'm
0:44.0	Hi this is Mark Devine,
0:48.0	host of the Mark Devine show.
0:49.0	Welcome, thank you so much for joining me today.
0:51.0	Superstoke to have you here.
0:52.0	I will endeavor to make this
0:55.3	45 minutes an extraordinary one for you. I love to talk to folks from all walks of life on this show
1:01.1	to include top CEOs and executive coaches and elite athletes and warriors and
1:06.2	Zen Masters will start their own businesses and open up mindfulness programs at Google.
1:12.7	For instance, my guest today, Mark Lesser.
1:16.2	He's a CEO, an executive coach, and a Zen teacher.
1:19.2	He's founded over three companies
1:20.8	and helped develop that mindfulness program called Search Inside Yourself at Google.
1:25.6	He was a resident of San Francisco's Zen Center for 10 years and the director of the
1:30.2	Tassahara Zen Mountain Center, the first Zen monastery in the Western world,
1:34.4	is also recently the author of Finding Clarity,
1:38.4	Why Avoiding Conflict is Trouble in Strategies for Finding More Clarity. Mark, thanks so much for joining me on the
1:44.8	Mark Devine show. Before I get into the show, I wanted you to know that I'm opening up
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