Lunch & Learn Webinar

Happiness and the Practice of Mindfulness

Wednesday, February 20, 2019 from 12:00-12:45 PM PT

In this webinar, Dr. Fred Luskin, the founder of the Stanford Forgiveness Projects and author of the best-selling book Forgive for Good, will explore the practical implementation of the science of happiness, based on research that shows the central importance of strong relationships, a motivating positive purpose and a capacity to savor the good in one's life. Underlying each is the need for mindful attention to our goals and priorities. These elements when coupled with the decision to pay attention as our life whizzes by allows us to feel both a bit happier and more in control. This webinar is also our launching pad for the Mindfulness @Work 21-Day Challenge and an opportunity for you to be part of this challenge. Join us and discover amazing insights about happiness, mindfulness, and your opportunity to make 2019 a happier and more accomplished year.

About the presenter:

Dr. Luskin is the author of the best-selling books Forgive for Good: A Proven Prescription for Health and Happiness and Forgive for Love: The Missing Ingredient for a Healthy and Happy Relationship. His book Forgive for Good is the best-selling self-help book published on the topic of forgiveness. His research has shown that the Forgive for Good forgiveness methodology leads participants suffering from a wide range of concerns to improved physical and mental health.

Dr. Luskin founded and currently serves as Director of the Stanford University Forgiveness Projects.  He is also Senior Consultant in Health Promotion/Wellness at the Stanford University Health Center and Department Chair in Clinical Psychology at Sofia University. At Stanford Dr. Luskin teaches classes on Positive Psychology, The Art and Science of Meditation, Forgiveness, Wellness, Flourishing and The Psychology of Storytelling to undergraduate and graduate students. He also conducts numerous workshops and staff development trainings in relationship enhancement, stress management and positive psychology through the Stanford Be Well program.

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Leading and Facilitating Multicultural Collaboration in a New World at Work

Thursday, November 16, 2017 from 12:15-12:45 PM PT

Working in an increasingly interconnected and interdependent world provides the opportunity to learn and benefit from culturally diverse perspectives and practices. Yet this potential is not fully optimized within our organizations and communities. The challenges of time, trust, distance, and communication contribute to failed collaborations. The outcome is a lack of innovation, performance, and results. How can leaders and teams meet the new demands for multicultural collaboration and global innovation performance? Join us for an insightful webinar to learn about the multicultural collaboration drivers and findings from a new book on Leading Global Innovation.

About the presenter:

Dr. Karina Jensen, Founder and Managing Director, Global Minds Network Practice Director at Centre for Leadership and Effective Organisations and Professor of Global Innovation and Leadership, NEOMA Business School

Karina Jensen is a Practice Director at the Centre for Leadership and Effective Organisations and a Professor of Global Innovation and Leadership at NEOMA Business School in France. She is also Founder and Managing Director of Global Minds Network, a consulting and training firm. An international management consultant, change facilitator, and educator with 20 years of experience, she has launched and managed global products, services, and programs for leading multinational firms in Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the Americas. Karina Jensen has research and teaching experience in the areas of global innovation management, leadership, creativity, and multicultural collaboration. Her new book Leading Global Innovation is based on research with over 200 leaders and 45 multinational firms. Connect with Karina on LinkedIn (linkedin.com/in/karinarjensen ), Twitter (@DrKarinaJensen) or www.globalmindsnetwork.com

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Emotional Resilience in Action: How to Succeed in High Risk Conversations

Thursday, June 15, 2017 from 12:15-12:55 PM PT

Whether we initiate on purpose or stumble in by accident, high risk conversations activate our emotions and get our adrenaline coursing, especially when stakes are high. We can feel anxious or frustrated, sometimes to the point where we lose touch with our effective selves.

Imagine if you could navigate these challenging interactions with ease and confidence. By mastering self-regulation, you can easily find your way back to center irrespective of the actions and reactions of others.

In this highly experiential 30 minute session, you will improve your emotional resilience by increasing your ability to regulate emotions in high risk conversations. This gives you that edge to be effective in any conversation.

About the presenter

Lela Djakovic (lela@eqedgroup.com) is the founder and CEO at EQED, a Silicon Valley advisory firm that focuses on designing high performing teams and enhancing business performance by leveraging emotional intelligence (EQ) and resilience skills. She is always searching for the fastest and most effective ways to build EQ, and bring about lasting behavioral change.

Lela facilitates the popular elective Interpersonal Dynamics (aka Touchy Feely) at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. She co-founded three other ventures in finance, software and cosmetics. Previously, she worked in leveraged finance and was a credit and commodity derivatives trader at Goldman Sachs in London. Lela holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a BSc (Hons) in Mathematics from the University of Durham, England.

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Designing for Service: Happy Team, Happy Customer

Thursday, March 16, 2017 from 12:15-12:45 PM PT

Our world is now made of services. We need new tools to think across this space, to not only create memorable and valuable experiences for our customers, but also empower our organizations to change the way we do business for the better. In this talk, we’ll introduce you to an emerging field in the design world: Service Design. Expand your mindset, and add some new tricks to your toolkit in understanding the powerful world of Service Design.

• Learn about a new design discipline, Service Design, which helps improve both your customer experience and your organization’s service delivery
• Understand why every company is a service company, and how a service-based mindset can launch you ahead of the competition
• Learn how design thinking can help address customer pain points in your service
• Learn basic terminology and core concepts key to delivering great service experiences

About the presenters

Erik Flowers is a Principal Service Designer at Intuit, a financial services company and maker of the TurboTax, Mint, and QuickBooks. He is re-envisioning customer experiences, and building organizational capacity inside the company to design end-to-end and surface-to-core.

Megan Miller is Service Design Manager for Stanford University IT, where her team works to design seamless and quality customer experiences for the university. She is building momentum around service design and inspiring colleagues to embrace true end-to-end thinking.

Erik and Megan are Co-Founders of www.PracticalServiceDesign.com, an online resource and community of practice for service designers around the world.

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Why Every Business Person Needs to Be an "Aha" Leader

Thursday, February 2, 2017 from 12:15-12:45 PM PT

About the presenter

Mitchell Levy is an accomplished Entrepreneur who has created 20 businesses in Silicon Valley including 4 publishing companies that have published over 800 books. Currently, Mr. Levy is The AHA Guy at AHAthat & CEO of THiNKaha. He is a bestselling author with fifty six business books and a contributor at Entrepreneur Magazine. In addition to these accomplishments, Mr. Levy has provided strategic consulting to over one hundred companies, advised over five hundred CEOs on critical business issues, and has been chairman of the board of a NASDAQ-listed company. 

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The Explanation Revolution: Why New Skills Are Needed for a Complicated World

Thursday, December 1, 2016 from 12:15-12:45 PM PT

The skill of explanation is both essential and easy to take for granted. Master explainer Lee LeFever will be your guide in discovering the true power of explanation strategy and why it represents an opportunity that professionals have ignored for too long.

Key takeaways

• Take a step back and start to see explanation from a new and fascinating perspective
• Understand why revolutions large and small depend on explainers
• Learn why so many experts struggle with clear communication and what's needed for improvement
• Learn a memorable and unique approach to explaining nearly any idea effectively
• Discover the essential elements of many explanations and why they matter

About the presenter

Lee LeFever has been a professional explainer for over a decade. He is the co-founder of Common Craft, author of The Art of Explanation (Wiley, 2012) and host of the Explainer Academy. Since 2007, Common Craft has won numerous awards, created explanations for the world's most respected brands and created explainer videos that have earned over 50 million online video views. Today, Common Craft produces educational guides, ready-made videos and visuals that are used by educators and explainers in over 50 countries. Lee lives in Seattle with his wife and business parter, Sachi. 

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Compassionate Leadership: When The Dalai Lama And Brain Scientists Agree on Something, You Want To Listen!

Thursday, October 6, 2016 from 12:15-12:45 PM PT

What exactly is Compassionate Leadership and why is it so important for today’s workplace? During this webinar, you’ll learn the 3 keys to Compassionate Leadership and their immediate effects on productivity, happiness, and creating a positive work environment. When the Dalai Lama and brain scientists agree on something, you definitely want to listen! Learn how research is supporting the cognitive (knowing) and affective (feeling) benefits of compassion, simple tools to bring more awareness to your compassion levels, and what you can do right now to benefit from being a Compassionate Leader.

Key takeaways

• 3 keys to Compassionate Leadership so they’ll always be top of mind and ready to integrate
• Evidence based research supporting the development of compassion and how that benefits you both personally and professionally
• Easy to follow tips so you can incorporate compassion into your day to day life, work, etc.
• Simple “checkpoints” to self-analyze and bring more awareness to your compassionate self

About the presenter

Nancy Marmolejo teaches entrepreneurs, leaders, and teams how to tap into their unique genius and use it to lead, communicate, and create more powerfully. Her top-rated podcast, Itenco: Lessons For The Leading Edge, invites listeners to move from their usual ways of doing things and onto their leading edge.

Since 2003, Nancy’s business consulting has helped clients from around the world communicate more clearly, improve productivity, and develop compassionate leadership skills. She’s won numerous awards for her business and has been featured in Smart Money, Redbook, Latina Magazine, The Orange County Register, Univision, NPR and many more.

Nancy has contributed to many books including 365 Days of Gratitude, The Twitter Handbook, and The Zen of Marketing. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her family and a very large orange cat, aptly named Orange Kitty.