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Leah Weiss, PHD    

Mindfulness at Work Expert, Professor at Stanford Business School, Author, Meditation Expert

Leah Weiss, Ph.D. is a researcher, lecturer, consultant, entrepreneur, and author. She teaches Compassionate Leadership at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where she created the perennially waitlisted course “Leading with Mindfulness and Compassion.” She is Founding Faculty at Compassion Institute. She is also the co-founder of Skylyte – a company that specializes in using the latest neuroscience and behavior change to empower high-performing leaders and managers to prevent burnout for themselves and their teams.

Her first book, “How We Work: Live Your Purpose, Reclaim Your Sanity, and Embrace the Daily Grind” focuses on developing compassionate and soft skill-based leadership while also offering research-backed actionable steps towards finding purpose at work. It has currently been translated into 7 different languages. Her latest book, “Bhavana: The Thai secrets of everyday resilience,” came out in the U.K. in May 2019.

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Resilience, Mindfulness, and Compassion can Transform the Workplace

Toxic cultures are the stuff of news headlines recently, but this kind of toxicity isn't new. In fact, the 'dog-eat-dog' culture is something that most workplaces prized until very recently. As these destructive cultures are exposed more and more, HR heads are looking for ways to turn work environments around - the end goal being a safe, productive, efficient, and mindful culture that both HR and employees can feel good about. The way to this 'milk and honey culture' is through mindfulness, compassion, and resilience training - and here's how to do it.

Soft Skills

How to Get Them Back (Yes, You Once Had Them): You probably know that you need soft skills. Most MBA programs are now integrating soft skill courses - but did you know that these skills are innate in children? You can get these skills back through these actionable steps that begin with leadership and end with every employee.

Compassion is for the C-Suite (how compassion has and can start at the leadership level)

Employees follow cues from executives - if your c-suite isn't thinking about a compassionate company culture, it could cost you dollars in the long run.

The Profits of Purpose (how creating a culture of purpose can increase profits, etc)

Purpose isn't just a nice concept - it's a tangible thing steeped in statistics. Employees that feel a lack of purpose don't stick around -- and if they do, they cost companies lots of money. Here are the facts on the importance of purpose.

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