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The Mindful Leader: Bringing Out The Best In Ourselves and Others

With Michael Carroll

September 11-14, 2008

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As workplace leaders in business, governmental, and educational organizations, we are always trying to meet the deadline, finish the project, grow our business, close the deal, and make our activities more effective. The speed and pace can be intense - getting it done faster, better, cheaper, and smarter.

Such a style of leadership with all its ambition and energy has its benefits no doubt, but it also has a profound blind spot: In our relentless pursuit of ‘success,’ we often neglect our workplace and the people in it. In trying to get from Point A to Point B as efficiently as possible, we often arrive at our destination to find disgruntled clients, burnt out employees, and alienated colleagues. We forget that we want to get to Point B with our sanity intact.

When our career is sharply focused on being more successful, more admired, or just more comfortable, we can deceive ourselves into neglecting the world around us, managing our lives like projects rather than actually living them. In this retreat we will explore how to bring a new vision of leadership to work, not based solely on ambition, will, and power, but drawn from the ancient vision of a leader as wise, compassionate, and intelligent.

Covering many of the topics presented in his book The Mindful Leader (Shambhala 2007), Michael Carroll will lead this 3-day retreat providing participants opportunities to learn and practice mindfulness-awareness meditation, attend lectures, participate in group contemplative exercises, and discuss the role of work in cultivating a mindful relationship to our life.

$350.00 Program fees include 3 meals per day served by the Karme Choling kitchen.

About Michael Carroll

Michael Carroll is the author of Awake at Work (Shambhala 2004) and The Mindful Leader (Shambhala 2007). He has held executive positions with such companies as Shearson Lehman/American Express, Paine Webber, Simon & Schuster and The Walt Disney Company over his 25 year business career. Michael has an active consulting and coaching business with client firms such as  Procter & Gamble, AstraZeneca, Aramark, National Board of Medical Examiners, Lutheran Medical Center, and others

Michael has been studying Tibetan Buddhism since 1976, graduated from Buddhist seminary in 1980 and is a senior teacher in the Shambhala Buddhist tradition.  He has lectured at Wharton Business School, Columbia University, St. Mary’s University, Won Institute, Kripalu, Cape Cod Institute, Zen Center of New York and many other practice centers throughout North America and Europe.

This program is being held at Karmê Chöling Shambhala Meditation Center in Barnet, Vermont.  To register please email registration@tailofthetiger.org with your name, address, phone number, email address, name of the program and choice of accommodations. You will be contacted for deposit information and confirmation of registration.

In an effort to make our programs accessible to all, we offer an interest free payment plan. This plan allows you to pay 50% of the total prior to or at the time of registration and give post-dated check or credit card authorization for the remainder of the balance for up to six month post program. If you are interested in this payment option, please let the registration department know when you confirm your registration.