Meet Jenny Steadman, Acting Director of Potential Project and my first guest in conversation for Season 3 of the Rawthentic Leadership Podcast. The topic of our conversation was, in my opinion, the perfect choice for the start of a new business year, ‘The Essence of Mindfulness in Leadership’.
Here are some of the many topics we covered. You can listen to the podcast on all major platforms and the BrainSmart website:-
- A synopsis of Jenny’s eclectic career, starting out as a classical musician
- Jenny’s interesting introduction to mindfulness
- A working, practical definition of mindfulness
- Why we need mindfulness more than ever before as leaders
- Practical tips to catch moments of stillness
- The power of a short body scan
- Using mindfulness to quickly destress
- Supercharging our insight when it comes to making judgements
- The link between mindfulness and mitigating bias
- The benefits of cognitive flexibility
- How mindfulness came into mainstream business
- Mindful mayonnaise!
- The increase in per-reviewed research on the benefits of mindfulness in the workplace
- The work of the Potential Project
- The interesting impact of mindfulness on physical safety in the workplace
- Compassionate Leadership – How to do hard things in a human way (book link in the comments)
- When care is a barrier to action
- How empathy can be a double-edged sword
- The difference between empathy and compassion
- What it means to be fully present
- Two small yet effective strategies to experience mindfulness
You can connect with Jenny using the following links:-
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenny-steadman/
Jenny’s website https://www.jennysteadman.com.au/
Potential Project https://www.potentialproject.com/
Client case studies – https://www.potentialproject.com/clients
Compassionate Leadership – the book – https://www.compassionateleadershipbook.com/
Mindful mayonnaise! https://www.godairyfree.org/product-reviews/earth-balance-mindful-mayo