Bringing Mindfulness Practice to Leadership and Business Education

Abstract

Mindfulness is a learned skill developed through individual practice. Evidence on the positive outcomes associated with mindfulness has resulted in organizations adopting mindfulness programs. Leadership and business educators have sought to cultivate mindfulness in the classroom to promote learning and increase learners’ awareness of their own and others’ perspectives. In an attempt to enhance students’ mindfulness and to draw connections between mindfulness and individual and organizational effectiveness, the authors incorporated a series of mindfulness exercises into their classes. While developed for undergraduate and graduate courses in leadership, the exercises would also be appropriate in other courses in the business curriculum.