Dr. Martyn Newman explains how mindfulness and breathing meditation help leaders build emotional intelligence, sustain focus, and improve decision-making. He credits Dr. Alan Wallace's techniques and shares how he's adapted them for executives.
Hello, I'm Martin Newman. I'm a clinical and corporate psychologist. I've spent the last 15 years working.
With leaders around the world developing their emotional intelligence, or as I describe it, their emotional capital.
Most leaders I speak to aren't so.
Much interested in psychological theory as much as wanting to understand how to develop practical psychological skills that can help them be more influential and add real value to their business.
One of the main insights I share.
With them is that their leadership influence.
Is greatly enhanced by bringing a more.
Peaceful and focused mind to their challenges.
Through the practice of mindfulness. I'm convinced that developing a peaceful and.
Focused mind through the practice of mindfulness.
Is a powerful master key to managing.
Attention and sustaining the energy levels necessary to lead for the long term.
I recommend mindfulness work to almost all.
Leaders I work with.
Importantly, mindfulness can be enhanced by practicing specific training techniques such as mindfulness of breathing and other meditation techniques that have the effect of calm, calming and concentrating.
The mind, as well as soothing and relaxing the body.
Many of the mindfulness and meditation exercises.
That I'm going to guide you through in this series of video and audio recordings were first taught to me by my friend and colleague, Dr. Alan Wallace. Alan is recognized as one of the world's most authoritative scholars on mindfulness theory and practice.
I've adapted these techniques and taught them.
Along with a number of other practices to thousands of people over the years.
And I've consistently heard from leaders that.
Practicing these techniques has increased their emotional intelligence. They also tell me that it's improved their ability to concentrate and make clear decisions and also improve their ability to.
Learn and retain information, as well as.
Their ability to deal with stress and interestingly, has increased their energy levels and productivity over the years. I would say that of all the practices I recommend to senior executives for improving leadership effectiveness, the single technique that I get most positive feedback about is the mindfulness work that I do with them. So let's get straight into these practices and I hope you find them useful.
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