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Mindful Leadership: Sind achtsame Führungskräfte leistungsfähigere Führungskräfte?

Mindful leadership: are mindful leaders more efficient leaders?

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Zusammenfassung

In den letzten Jahren hat sich Achtsamkeit zu einem konzeptionellen Fokus innerhalb der Gesundheitswissenschaften entwickelt; über hundert Studien belegen die gesundheitlichen Effekte von achtsamkeitsbasierten Interventionen. In klinischen und nichtklinischen Anwendungen haben sich achtsamkeitsbasierte Verfahren etabliert, zum Beispiel in der Stressprävention, Suchtbehandlung oder Partnerschaftsberatung. Im Arbeitskontext jedoch finden achtsamkeitsbasierte Ansätze bislang nur wenig Beachtung. Vor diesem Hintergrund versucht diese Arbeit zu beleuchten, ob und wenn ja wie Achtsamkeit Führungskräften helfen kann, ihre Aufgaben erfolgreicher und gleichzeitig entspannter zu bewältigen.

Abstract

In the last years, mindfulness became the focus of increasing research interest in the health sciences. More than hundred studies highlight the positive impact of mindfulness based interventions on a variety of health relevant parameters. Mindfulness became a well-established intervention in clinical and non-clinical contexts such as stress prevention, substance abuse treatment or relationship counselling in couples. The concept has until now not received much attention in business contexts; implications and applications in this field are highlighted in this article. In particular, it is described how mindfulness may help leaders and managers to perform their tasks more successfully and in a much more relaxed way.

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  1. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Generation Research Program, Prof.-Max-Lange-Platz 11, 83646, Bad Tölz, Deutschland

    Sebastian Sauer, Karin Andert & Niko Kohls

  2. Universität Koblenz-Landau, Campus Landau, Fachbereich Psychologie, Psychologie des Arbeits- und Sozialverhaltens, Fortstraße 7, 76829, Landau, Deutschland

    Günter F. Müller

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Sauer, S., Andert, K., Kohls, N. et al. Mindful Leadership: Sind achtsame Führungskräfte leistungsfähigere Führungskräfte?. Gruppendyn Organisationsberat 42, 339–349 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11612-011-0164-5

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