This Will Also Pass: an interview on Mindfulness
0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / January 20, 2012 / Posted in Breathe, Meditation, Mindful Business, Mindful Leadership, MindfulnessJohan Bergstad is a licensed psychologist in Sweden, mindfulness teacher, writer/poet and photographer. The movie he recently released: This Will Also Pass” is a wonderful interview he did with, retired surgeon and Mindfulness teacher, Andries J Kroese.
For those interested in learning more about Mindfulness a good starting place is Mindful.org, that is hosted by Shambhala [...]
Mindfulness: Living and Leading with Intention
0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / January 8, 2012 / Posted in Mindful Business, Mindful Leadership, MindfulnessI have been influenced in the practice of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh since the mid-80’s and by Karen Sothers and Steve Alper since the mid-90s with their work at the Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine under the leadership of Dr Mimi Guarneri. With my 25 years as a Vistage Chair I have been blessed [...]
Lee Thayer on Leadership Virtuosity: Steps To Being Mindful
0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / October 31, 2011 / Posted in Mindful Business, Mindful LeadershipLee Thayer’s Leadership Virtuosity in his series of books on leadership is a must read for all who want to see what is the cost of becoming a virtuoso leader.
Some of Lee’s thoughts:
The Performing Leader
The primary advantage of de-personalizing performance–of making the person’s performance and not his psyche and/or personality the issue–is that the [...]
And Then There were 15-Mindfulness In Life and Leadership
0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / October 11, 2011 / Posted in Mindful Business, Mindful Leadership, Mindfulness
Today was added the 13th, 14th and 15th women who have received the Nobel Peace Prize. These women Nobel Prize winners, many who you will not have known until you read about them, embody mindfulness.
The first nine women Peace Prize winners you can read [...]
Creating A Mindful Society-Free to stream until November 1st
1 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / October 10, 2011 / Posted in Mindful Business, Mindful Leadership, Mindful Running, MindfulnessGreat Opportunity to listen to excellent program on Mindfulness for free.
You can stream the video of this marvelous session on Creating A Mindful Society. It can be viewed for free for 30 days starting October 3rd.
Go to: live.soundstrue.com and register (name and email) You can then return when you have time to listen [...]
Be Mindful: Silent is hidden in the word “Listen”
3 Comments by Ozzie Gontang / May 31, 2011 / Posted in Meditation, Mindful Business, Mindful Leadership, Mindfulness, The Running MindI decided to carry 3 books and a journal with me during Kip’s and my 3 month travel portion of my 4 month Sabbatical. The three books are:
Mindfulness for Dummies by Shamash Alidina
Leadership: Thinking, Being, Doing by Lee Thayer
Claiming Your Place At The Fire: Living The Second Half of your Life on Purpose by [...]
Mindfulness: Present Moment. Kairos: Appropriate Time
2 Comments by Ozzie Gontang / January 16, 2011 / Posted in Meditation, Mindful Business, Mindful Leadership, Mindfulness, UncategorizedBruce Peters is a dear friend, former fellow Vistage Chairman, host of WCEOhq-Radio, and like me a champion of the work and wisdom of Lee Thayer. Check out his archives with his numerous dialogues with Lee.
I wanted to share Bruce’s response which reflects: When the mind is ready, the message appears.
Bruce [...]
Mindful Readings for a Retiring CEO & Anyone Else
0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / January 3, 2011 / Posted in Mindful Business, Mindful Leadership A friend of mine and fellow Vistage Chair, Allen Hauge, asked a question about some readings for a retiring CEO. This is what I shared.
Here is a short list of books that I think would be helpful to a retiring CEO (was he/she tired the first time?) or anyone else for that matter [...]
Mindfulness: A tradition of storytelling
0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / November 24, 2010 / Posted in Mindful Business, Mindful Leadership, Mindfulness, UncategorizedI remember reading the last paragraph that KVpops shared in his blog:
It’s all about telling a great story in the simplest manner with a great insight or an observation thrown in. Whether you are writing a novel, short story, feature film or even a 60 second spot, the rules are the same: set up [...]
Mindful Leadership: A Lesson from Marshall Goldsmith
0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / September 8, 2010 / Posted in Mindful Business, Mindful LeadershipMarshall Goldsmith’s presentation to the Leading@Google Video Series is well worth the watch. He shared his wisdom about 3 years ago with me and my fellow Chairs at the Vistage 50th anniversary celebration in San Diego. You will enjoy reading Bob Nourse’s recollections about his founding of TEC, now called Vistage.
Be sure to check [...]
