Authenticity and Mindfulness in Business w/ Tevis Trower

Bio: Tevis Trower believes in humanizing the work experience. Heralded in bestselling Megatrends 2010 as “corporate mindfulness guru for the new millennium”, Tevis has assisted powerful organizations ranging from Disney to Morgan Stanley in optimizing their most precious assets: human beings. She has created and facilitated global executive immersions for prestigious organizations including Harvard Business Review Events, Young Presidents Organization, PWC, Bloomberg LP, Viacom, Google and The Economist on issues including mindfulness, executive lifestyle, personal mastery, innovation, and the role of consciousness in creating radical success. Notes: Tevis’s background and how she got to where she is todayWhat is the experience we have of being alive and how do our choices impact our lives?“What is it that makes us afraid of each other at work?”“How we do anything (as they say) is how we do everything”What is inside of us that gives us courage to be a creator? How and why people get less creative over timeHow work culture is changingThe Edelman Trust BarometerWe are starting to see that people trust their employer more than any other medium (politicians, the church, businesses)Employers want transparency and vulnerability in leadershipThe mistakes that companies are making around authenticity and leadershipWhat is corporate psychopathyAmongst the general population, the incidence of psychopathy is 1% but in corporations the rate is 3%Talking about “imposter syndrome” and how people change their personalities to avoid riskHigh performers work themselves into burnout b/c they are afraid of judgementHow to improve authenticity and mindfulness in our organizationsChange starts at the top“Executive impact on culture is mission critical”The importance of alignment and measurement to influence changeHow to deal with imposter syndrome“Most of us have some demons that are keeping us from fully expressing ourselves”The red flags to look for burnoutTrend: The dance between pulse surveys and what can happen with the resultsBook: Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor FranklBook: The Letters to a Young PoetBook: Let Your Life Speak by Parker PalmerAdvice: Go do weird stuffLinks: Book: Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor FranklBook: Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria RilkeBook: Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation by Parker PalmerBook: The Game-Changer’s Guide to Radical Success by Tevis TrowerBalance Integration websiteBalance Integration on FacebookBalance Integration on LinkedInBalance Integration on TwitterTevis on TwitterFor questions, comments and guest suggestions, contact the host, Andy Storch, at [email protected] Mentioned in this episode:Think Tank conferenceGet your tickets now for the Talent Development Think Tank Conference https://tdtt.us/conference/