Today’s leaders are grappling with the speed and complexity of change, the task of helping healthy cooperation and position among teams, and the resulting tension and burnout. The practice of mindful leadership may be one of the most important competencies running a business today if market leaders are to go beyond fear, stress and anxiety, nagging self-doubt, and the sensation of constant overwhelm.

Marc Lesser has taught his proven seven-step method to market leaders at Google, Genentech, SAP, Facebook, and dozens about Seven Methods of a Mindful Leader: Lessons from Google and a Zen Monastery Kitchen of various other Fortune 500 companies for over two decades and has distilled a lifetime of mindfulness and business knowledge into these chapters. This extremely practical yet accessible book attracts on Marc’s experience as a CEO of three companies, as cofounder of the world-renowned Search Inside Yourself (SIY) plan within Google, so that as a longtime Zen practitioner.

The principles in this book could be applied to leadership at any level, providing listeners with the various tools they need to shift awareness, enhance communication, build trust, eliminate fear and self-doubt, and minimize needless workplace drama. Embracing anybody of the seven practices alone can be life-changing. When used jointly, they support a path of well-being, efficiency, and positive influence.