For over two decades Michael Carroll worked on Wall Street and in the publishing industry, holding executive positions at Shearson Lehman Brothers, Paine Webber, Simon & Schuster, and the Walt Disney Company. Founding director of AAW Associates, Carroll consults with major corporations on bringing mindfulness into the workplace. He is a longtime student of Buddhist meditation and an authorized teacher in the lineage of Chögyam Trungpa. Carroll has taught mindfulness meditation at the Wharton School of Business, Columbia University, Kripalu, and the Cape Cod Institute. For more information, visit www.awakeatwork.net.

In The Mindful Leader , Michael Carroll focuses on ten key principles of mindfulness and how they apply to leading groups and organizations, addressing a range of topics along the way, including how to:

• heal the “toxic workplace,” where anxiety and stress impede performance

•cultivate courage and confidence in the face of workplace difficulties

•pursue organizational goals without neglecting what’s happening here and now

•lead with wisdom and gentleness, not just with ambition and power

•start a personal meditation practice to develop your innate leadership talents

The Mindful Leader is also available on audio CD.