Mindful Leadership: Building Human Connections
Explore innovative mindfulness techniques to foster self-understanding and meaningful connections with others.
Explore innovative mindfulness techniques to foster self-understanding and meaningful connections with others.
This course offers a holistic approach to mindfulness, focusing on strengthening relationships with self, others, and nature. You'll explore mindfulness from Buddhist psychology, critical theory, and contemplative studies perspectives. The curriculum covers key concepts like compassion, sympathetic joy, cultural humility, and dignity. Through various contemplative activities including meditation, art, poetry, and journaling, you'll develop practical skills to integrate mindfulness into daily life. The course addresses challenges in sustaining mindfulness practices and provides strategies for emotional regulation and cross-cultural communication. By the end, you'll have created a personal vision for leading a dignified life and fostering deeper human connections.
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What you'll learn
Cultivate a holistic perspective on mindfulness and its applications in daily life
Develop and sustain practices for compassion and sympathetic joy
Understand the concept of situated intersectional awareness and its role in self-reflection
Explore cultural humility and its importance in cross-cultural communication
Learn techniques for emotional regulation and dealing with difficult emotions
Understand the relationship between mindfulness and dignity
Skills you'll gain
This course includes:
3.35 Hours PreRecorded video
12 assignments
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There are 4 modules in this course
This comprehensive course explores innovative approaches to mindfulness, dignity, and human connection. Students will gain a holistic understanding of mindfulness from three perspectives: Buddhist psychology, critical theory, and contemplative studies. The curriculum covers key concepts such as compassion, sympathetic joy, situated intersectional awareness, and cultural humility. Participants will learn various contemplative practices including meditation, art-making, poetry writing, and journaling to cultivate mindfulness in daily life. The course addresses challenges in sustaining mindfulness practices and provides strategies for emotional regulation and cross-cultural communication. Students will explore the relationship between mindfulness and dignity, learning about three types of dignity and how to implement a dignity vision in communities. Through hands-on activities and reflections, learners will develop a personal vision for leading a connected life with dignity and fostering deeper human connections.
The Foundations of Mindful Mindset: Compassion & Sympathetic Joy
Module 1 · 3 Hours to complete
Understanding & Working on Self: A Complex Process
Module 2 · 2 Hours to complete
Connecting to Others at the Interpersonal Level
Module 3 · 3 Hours to complete
Using Mindfulness to Live with Dignity
Module 4 · 3 Hours to complete
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Instructor
Barger Leadership Institute Professor at the University of Michigan
Ramaswami Mahalingam is a cultural psychologist and the Barger Leadership Institute Professor at the University of Michigan, where he focuses on fostering caring and compassionate workplaces that uphold dignity for all employees. His research examines dignity across various organizational contexts, including janitorial work, healthcare settings, gender and technology, and the experiences of crematorium workers. Dr. Mahalingam is dedicated to developing leaders who prioritize dignity and contribute to workplace well-being. He has published extensively, co-editing two significant books: Multicultural Curriculum and Cultural Psychology of Immigrants. He teaches a range of courses such as Mindfulness and Engaged Living, Mindful Leadership and Creativity, and Immigrant Psychology. In addition to his academic role, he actively engages in research across multiple countries, exploring the intersection of culture, dignity, and workplace dynamics. His contributions to psychology and education have been recognized with numerous awards for teaching and mentoring.
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