Rasmus Hougaard has 2 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 2 narrators, with an average listener rating of 4★ across 4 ratings. The most-rated is The Mind of the Leader.
The Mind of the Leader
Summary
Join the global movement that's making corporations more people-centric to achieve great results. The world is facing a global leadership crisis. Seventy-seven percent of leaders think they do a good job of engaging their people, yet 88 percent of employees say their leaders don't engage enough. There is also a high level of suffering in the workplace: 35 percent of employees would forgo a pay raise to see their leaders fired. This is an enormous waste of human talent - despite the fact that $46 billion is spent each year on leadership development. Based on extensive research, including assessments of more than 35,000 leaders and interviews with 250 C-level executives, The Mind of the Leader concludes that organizations and leaders aren't meeting employees' basic human needs of finding meaning, purpose, connection, and genuine happiness in their work. But more than a description of the problem, The Mind of the Leader offers a radical, yet practical, solution. To solve the leadership crisis, organizations need to put people at the center of their strategy. They need to develop managers and executives who lead with three core mental qualities: mindfulness, selflessness, and compassion. Using real-world inspirational examples from Marriott, Accenture, McKinsey & Company, LinkedIn, and many more, The Mind of the Leader shows how this new kind of leadership turns conventional leadership thinking upside down. It represents a radical redefinition of what it takes to be an effective leader - and a practical, hard-nosed solution to every organization's engagement and execution problems.
©2018 Rasmus Hougaard and Jacqueline Carter (P)2018 Tantor
One Second Ahead
Summary
Researchers have found that the accelerated pace of modern office life is taking its toll on productivity, employee engagement, creativity and wellbeing. Faced with a relentless flood of information and distractions, our brains try to process everything at once, increasing our stress, decreasing our effectiveness and negatively impacting our performance. Ironically, we have become too overworked, unfocused and busy to stop and ask ourselves the most important question: what can we do to break the cycle of being constantly under pressure, always-on, overloaded with information and in environments filled with distractions? Do we need to accept this as the new workplace reality and continue to survive rather than thrive in modern day work environments? Thankfully, the answer is no. Rasmus Hougaard, Jacqueline Carter and Gillian Coutts demonstrate that it is possible to train the brain to respond differently to today's constant pressures and distraction. All it takes is one second. They propose that we need to learn to work differently so we are more focused, calm and have less clutter in our mind so we can better manage our time and attention. What if we could hit the 'pause' button on our day, step back and meet challenges with a sense of clarity and purpose? And what if there was a way not just of 'getting things done', but ensuring that what does get done are the right things to do? Based on a program in corporate mindfulness designed by Hougaard and the partners of The Potential Project, One Second Ahead provides practical tools and techniques as well as real-world examples and lessons from organisations that have implemented mindfulness on a large scale. Thoroughly tested in a diverse range of industries, this program has resulted in measurable increases in productivity, effectiveness and job satisfaction. With the new mindset proposed in One Second Ahead, listeners will be able to put an end to ineffective multitasking, unproductive meetings, poor communication and other unhealthy workplace behaviours by applying mindfulness to every day work life. All too often, we think that being mindful requires engaging in a special activity like meditation or yoga. Sure, these activities are beneficial and important to train the mind, but there are many simple things we can do to be mindful all day long. One Second Ahead is a handbook for more mindful work that offers: Practical, easy to apply, tools and techniques to enhance performance and effectiveness in day-to-day work activities such as meetings, emails, communication, planning, creativity and more. Real-world stories of how mindfulness changed the workdays of leaders and front line employees. Tips for cultivating mental strategies and routines that can reduce clutter, increase focus and rewire your brain to enhance presence, patience, kindness and other valuable mind states. Simple yet detailed step-by-step instructions for a more systematic approach to mindfulness training to enhance focus and awareness. Guidelines for a 10-minute-per-day mindfulness program that can reshape your life both at work and at home. One Second Ahead can transform daily work life by helping individuals and teams realise more of their potential through greater focus and awareness. The tools and techniques in this book can transform individual and organisational performance one mind at a time.
©2016 Rasmus Hougaard, Jacqueline Carter, Gillian Coutts (P)2020 Audible, Ltd