The Mind of the 21st Century Leader: Core Strategies for Business Success
Mindfulness, selflessness and compassion are leadership qualities critical to creating high performing, people-centered organizations. This is the conclusion of research conducted with more 35,000 global leaders from companies like Microsoft, Google, Accenture, Lego, Cisco and others. Organizations and leaders aren’t meeting employees’ basic human needs of finding meaning, purpose, connection and genuine happiness at work. In her keynote as in her book, Jacqueline Carter offers a radical yet practical solution, which has people at the center of the strategy. In this dynamic session, she shares the findings of this research, along with stories from interviews with more than 200 global executives and CEOs of Fortune 500 companies. Join us to learn about this radical redefinition of what it takes to be an effective leader—and a practical, hard-nosed solution to every organization’s engagement and execution challenges.
About Jacqueline Carter:
Jacqueline Carter is an International Partner and North American Director of Potential Project and co-author, with Rasmus Hougaard, of The Mind of The Leader. She has over 20 years of experience working with organizations around the globe to enhance effectiveness and improve performance by applying principles of mindfulness. With a Master of Science in Organizational Behavior and wide-ranging experience supporting organizations through large scale change, Jacqueline has held leadership and consulting roles across many industries, including transportation, oil and gas, insurance and government. She is also the co-author of One Second Ahead: Enhance your Performance at Work with Mindfulness.