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Leading with Trust & Integrity Course Discussion: Please reflect on the following questions and share your perspectives …

What would your ideal high-trust culture look like for you?

What hurdles will you face in trying to achieve this?

If you already have an ideal high-trust culture, how can it be maintained?

Leading with Trust & Integrity Course Discussion: Please reflect on the following questions and share your perspectives …

Is trust repair common in your organization?

What do you see as the biggest obstacles?

Please share any suggestions or experiences you have in your organization of successfully repairing trust.

Leading with Trust & Integrity Course Discussion: Please reflect on the following questions and share your perspective ...

What are the most common factors that erode trust in your organization? What have you noticed the impact to be?

Leading with Trust & Integrity Course Discussion: Please reflect on the following question and share your perspective ...

What behaviors have you found to be the most helpful in building trust in your workplace?

Leading with Trust & Integrity Course Discussion: Please reflect on the following reflection prompts and share your perspective ...

What are the benefits your organization would experience if there was more trust? What will it take to get there?

Leading with Trust & Integrity Course Discussion: Please reflect on the following questions and share your perspective ...

What are the biggest challenges that you experience in your workplace with respect to trust?

What goals do you, as a leader, have for addressing these challenges?

The Mindful Leader Course Discussion: watch the video "Dare to Lead" Brené Brown says vulnerability is the "only path to courage."

Share your thoughts on the following reflection prompts:

• How has this course changed the way you see leadership?
  

• What are some new aspirations and intentions for you?
  

• What are the next steps you long to take toward more mindful and wise compassionate leadership?

The Mindful Leader Course Discussion: Watch this video of Dr. Kristin Neff, world leading researcher and expert on self-compassion, to learn the difference of tender and fierce self-compassion.

Reflect and share what this video brought up in you.

• In what direction do you need to balance your tender and fierce self-compassion?
  

• Where could you need more tender self-compassion at work?
  

• Where could you need more protective self-compassion (setting boundaries, saying “no”) at work?
  

The Mindful Leader Course Discussion: Often we get trapped in our emotions. Rather than getting stuck in our emotions, acting them out, suppressing, or escaping our emotions, we can choose a mindful way to work with our emotions. Share your thoughts on the following prompts:

• Reflect and share how this differs from your usual way of dealing with your emotions.
  

• Reflect and share any new insights or a-ha moments you have experienced.

The Mindful Leader Course Discussion: Watch "Mindfulness in Everyday Life" with Jon Kabat Zinn in conversation with Oprah Winfrey.

Share your reflections on the following questions:

• What are your first insights and feelings after watching this interview?
  

• What commitment do you want to make to yourself to living your life as fully as possible?

The Mindful Leader Course Discussion: Now that you have some practice with meditation, share your thoughts on the following questions.

• Which practices are the easiest to implement in your day?

• Which practices do you like?

• What challenges and obstacles do you encounter in practicing mindfulness?

• What would help you to overcome these challenges and obstacles?

The Mindful Leader Course Discussion: Read this Harvard Business Review article, “Why Leaders Need Meditation Now More Than Ever." Share your thoughts about why meditation is important for organizational leaders.