Mindful Leadership in Practice

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. Introduction: Key Elements of Leadership in the Twenty-First Century

   • Volker Schulte, Christoph Steinebach, Klaske N. Veth

   Pages 1-9

3. Fundamentals of Mindful Leadership: Philosophy, History and Cultivation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11

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   2. Mechanisms of Action of Mindfulness as a Prerequisite for Mindful Leadership

      • Volker Schulte, Susanne Hübenthal

      Pages 13-30

   3. Religious Roots of the Concept of Mindfulness as a Reference Point for Ethical Leadership

      • Arie Verkuil

      Pages 31-42

   4. Ethical Cornerstones of People-Oriented Leadership

      • Volker Schulte, Paul Imhof

      Pages 43-55

   5. Is Mindfulness a Key Characteristic of a Jugaad Leader?

      • Anuradha Sathiyaseelan, Sathiyaseelan Balasundaram, Michael Zirkler

      Pages 57-73

   6. The “Ideal Ruler” in China: Confucian Tradition and Contemporary Political Practice

      • Thomas Zimmer

      Pages 75-89

4. Transfer from Theory to Practice

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 91-91

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   2. Resilience and Mindfulness: Concepts and Interventions for Organizations in Times of Change

      • Christoph Steinebach, Álvaro I. Langer, Vanessa Nowak

      Pages 93-108

   3. Taming the Mind

      • Klaske N. Veth

      Pages 109-119

   4. The Role of Ethics in Leadership: A Practical Model for Mindful Ethical Leadership

      • Martijn de Kiewit

      Pages 121-146

   5. Digitalization as a Challenge for Mindful Leadership

      • Kristina Bodrožić-Brnić, Thomas Thiessen

      Pages 147-158

   6. Mental Training as a Self-Management Practice at Work

      • Marc Aeschbacher, Valeria Legena

      Pages 159-170

   7. Leadership and Cooperation: Ethical Considerations and Moral Frameworking

      • Michael Zirkler, Nikolaus Knoepffler, Reyk Albrecht

      Pages 171-195

   8. Mindfulness and Technology

      • Jan Willem de Graaf

      Pages 197-210

   9. Outlooks: A Plea for a Humane Society

      • Volker Schulte, Christoph Steinebach, Klaske N. Veth

      Pages 211-213

This book shows why mindful leadership is the key element for supportive management and leadership in the 21st century. It highlights the fundamentals of mindful leadership in philosophy and history in different cultural traditions and shows latest research on mindfulness and digitalization, technology, social networking, and leading-self concepts. The book bridges the past and the future. By combining a range of research perspectives, it connects mindfulness to serving leadership concepts and describes resilience for both individuals and organizations. In addition, it presents theoretical aspects and practical recommendations on how to implement mindful leadership and supportive environments in organizational cultures. The book encompasses history, present leadership challenges and future management perspectives and enables the implementation of models of good practice into daily working life. It includes contributions from researchers of different continents, and offers an international overview of state-of-the art leadership research.

This book is of interest to professionals and researchers working on leadership, from the perspective of positive psychology, organizational studies, and wellbeing studies.  

• Mindful Leadership
• Cardinal Virtues and Management
• Mental Training
• Mindful and Resilience
• Mindfulness and Compassion
• Leadership Traditions
• Ethics in Leadership
• Digitalization and Mindfulness
• Self-Management
• Self-Awareness

• University of Applied Sciences Northwest Switzerland, Windisch, Switzerland

  Volker Schulte

• ZHAW – School of Applied Psychology, Zürich, Switzerland

  Christoph Steinebach

• Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

  Klaske Veth

Volker Schulte, PhD, is Professor for Leadership, HRM and Health Management at the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland. He studied History and Social Sciences at the Universities of Tuebingen, Bochum and Goettingen. He was a Fulbright Scholar at New York University and has a doctorate in political science. He worked for the Directorate of Health Education at the World Health Organization and as vice-director of Health Promotion Switzerland. Before, he was manager of the Swiss AIDS prevention Campaign at the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health and as a project manager at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs.

Christoph Steinebach, PhD, is Professor for Applied Developmental Psychology at Zürich University of Applied Sciences. After having worked at a child guidance clinic for some years he became head of a center for early education. In 1995 Christoph Steinebach became professor of special education at the Catholic University of Applied Sciences in Freiburg (Germany), serving for some years as head of institute of research and development and president. Since 2006 he is dean of the School of Applied Psychology, director of the Institute of Applied Psychology, Zurich (Switzerland). In 2013 he was additionally appointed adjunct professor at Ryerson University, Toronto (CA). Christoph Steinebach is currently president of the European Federation of Psychologists’ Associations (EFPA) and member of the Executive Council of SPS Swiss Psychological Society.

Klaske Veth, PhD, is Professor of Applied Sciences, Sustainable HRM at the Hanze University of Applied Sciences in Groningen, Germany. She is responsible for two programmes at the AOG School of Management: New Leadership in Organizations and HR Strategy & Leadership. Within her professorship she focuses on the research lines: Well-being@Work (W@W), (Self)Leadership and Inclusive entrepreneurship. This includes themes such as social psychological HRM, vitality, healthy aging, personal leadership and social impact. She also gives lectures within various masters and (post) bachelors programs. She has published in various (inter)national scientific journals and books and presented at scientific conferences in the Netherlands and abroad including in the working field. During her career she obtained her PhD at Radboud University in Nijmegen on ‘The Driving Power of Development – HRM and Employee Outcomes Across the Life-Span’ (nominated for best dissertation at the International HRM conference). She has worked in various (management) HR positions and sectors. At the University of Utrecht she completed the postgraduate training Coaching and Consulting in Context. She completed her initial MSc education in Management & Organization Sciences ('with pleasure') at Tilburg University.