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Mindful Leadership & Communication in a Crisis
Lili Powell, Ph.D.
C H A R L O T T E S V I L L E , V A W A S H I N G T O N , D C S A N F R A N C I S C O , C A S H A N G H A I , C H I N A
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COVID-19 CRISIS HITS ON ALL LEVELS
Regional Economic LeadershipHuman Scale
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WORK FROM HOME IS NOW YOUR BUSINESS
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The Fantasy
Arousal/Energy
Perfo
rman
ce
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The Fantasy
Perfo
rman
ce
Yerkes-Dodson Law
Arousal/Energy
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Hypo-arousal
Hyper-arousal
Resilience = Effort & Recovery over TimeZo
ne
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Hypo-arousal
Hyper-arousal
Out-a-matrolZo
ne
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Hypo-arousal
Hyper-arousal
Personal Composite Zo
ne
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• Take leadership & communication for granted• Caught up in urgency & short-term thinking • Fatigue from adapting quickly & frequently• Limited by ego, mindsets & biases• Feel uncomfortable paying attention to & speaking about
emotions & values • More comfort focusing on tasks rather than relationships• Miss impact on reputation
UNDERSTAND YOUR OWN REACTIVIT Y PATTERNS
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No focus in the leader, no focus in the follower
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Practicing Personal Resilience• Exercise mindfulness• Compartmentalize your
cognitive load• Take detachment breaks• Develop mental agility• Cultivate compassion
Rich Hernandez, “5 Ways to Boost Your Personal Resilience at Work,” HBR blog (2016)
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Mindfulness starts with
a quality of attention . . .
Now
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. . . so you can make
better choices & perform better
Now
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Leading Mindfully means
improving the quality of collective attention
to produce better results
Now
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6. Match your words with actions7. Show your humanity8. Model what you want to see9. Build in recovery time – respect
normal work hours, for yourself & for your people
10.Manage for tomorrow11.Describe a better future state12.Take care of yourself & others for
the long haul
1. Gather your wits, center yourself & identify priorities (repeat)
2. Gather as much accurate information as possible
3. Talk directly to your people about what you do know when you know it
4. Talk about what you don’t know 5. Consolidate information into a
regular daily briefing or email
A MINDFUL PLAYBOOK FOR AN ON-GOING CRISIS
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Q&A
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with Lili Powell & Jeremy HunterLive Virtual Course
Weekly, 6 May – 10 June, 2020
LEADING MINDFULLY: LEADING THROUGH CRISISDARDEN EXECUTIVE EDUCATION
https://www.darden.virginia.edu/executive-education/leading-mindfully-through-crisis
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Let’s try a real-time experiment . . .
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Practice: Centering in the present
ArriveBreatheConnect
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Lili Powell, “Can We Talk?” Mindful (2016) www.mindful.org/can-we-talk