Rasmus Hougaard

AI has the potential to transform leadership and business—or to lead us toward an automated and uninspiring work experience. Which will it be? Humans have always been good at inventing tools that change the way we live and work, but not always good at adapting to those changes. The internet has given us instant access to gigabytes of data and yet has made us more distracted. Social media has enabled constant connection to our networks and yet it can also alienate or isolate us. What impact will the phenomenal growth of AI ultimately have on our life and work? So far, that question has mostly prompted a wave of anxiety about the disappearance of jobs and the loss of humanity in our work lives. But as founder and managing partner of Potential Project Rasmus Hougaard and senior partner Jacqueline Carter show in this essential book, that's a very limited perspective, leaving out a crucial point: AI has the power to transform leadership for the better. The key is in how leaders use it. The authors conducted in-depth interviews with more than a hundred CEOs and executives across a range of industries, met with top AI experts, and completed 360-degree surveys of scores of leaders and employees worldwide. They found that by thoughtfully delegating tasks to AI and using it to augment skills and behaviors, leaders can unlock a truly human experience of work while enhancing organizational performance. The AI-augmented leader moves beyond a focus on the technology itself to constantly probe how it can strengthen the core qualities of human-centered leadership: awareness, wisdom, and compassion. In this way, AI can help leaders and organizations become more human. With deep insight and rigorous research, More Human will help leaders navigate our AI-enabled future.

What's the worst that can happen? Anxiety is the most prevalent mental disorder worldwide. But rumination, worry, and catastrophizing don't have to hold you back at work. By understanding how anxiety works, you can better manage these feelings. This book will help you distinguish stress from anxiety, use self-compassion and mindfulness to combat the symptoms, find the support you need, and move forward more comfortably and confidently in your job. This volume includes the work of:Alice BoyesJudson BrewerRasmus HougaardJacqueline CarterHow to be human at work. The HBR Emotional Intelligence Series features smart, essential reading on the human side of professional life from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Each book in the series offers proven research showing how our emotions impact our work lives, practical advice for managing difficult people and situations, and inspiring essays on what it means to tend to our emotional well-being at work. Uplifting and practical, these books describe the social skills that are critical for ambitious professionals to master.

Improve the way you work—and feel—by forming better habits. We all have habits. Some of them we've carefully established; others we may have simply fallen into. Some help us get our work done; others hold us back. This book explores how to change your behavior to break counterproductive tendencies, combat everyday stressors, and ultimately reach your goals at work and in life. This volume includes the work of:James ClearRasmus HougaardJacqueline CarterWhitney JohnsonHow to be human at work. The HBR Emotional Intelligence Series features smart, essential reading on the human side of professional life from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Each book in the series offers proven research showing how our emotions impact our work lives, practical advice for managing difficult people and situations, and inspiring essays on what it means to tend to our emotional well-being at work. Uplifting and practical, these books describe the social skills that are critical for ambitious professionals to master.

Improve the way you work—and feel—by forming better habits. We all have habits. Some of them we've carefully established; others we may have simply fallen into. Some help us get our work done; others hold us back. This book explores how to change your behavior to break counterproductive tendencies, combat everyday stressors, and ultimately reach your goals at work and in life. This volume includes the work of:James ClearRasmus HougaardJacqueline CarterWhitney JohnsonHow to be human at work. The HBR Emotional Intelligence Series features smart, essential reading on the human side of professional life from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Each book in the series offers proven research showing how our emotions impact our work lives, practical advice for managing difficult people and situations, and inspiring essays on what it means to tend to our emotional well-being at work. Uplifting and practical, these books describe the social skills that are critical for ambitious professionals to master.

Leadership is hard. How can you balance compassion for your people with effectiveness in getting the job done? A global pandemic, economic volatility, natural disasters, civil and political unrest. From New York to Barcelona to Hong Kong, it can feel as if the world as we know it is coming apart. Through it all, our human spirit is being tested. Now more than ever, it's imperative for leaders to demonstrate compassion. But in hard times like these, leaders need to make hard decisions—deliver negative feedback, make difficult choices that disappoint people, and in some cases lay people off. How do you do the hard things that come with the responsibility of leadership while remaining a good human being and bringing out the best in others? Most people think we have to make a binary choice between being a good human being and being a tough, effective leader. But this is a false dichotomy. Being human and doing what needs to be done are not mutually exclusive. In truth, doing hard things and making difficult decisions is often the most compassionate thing to do. As founder and CEO of Potential Project, Rasmus Hougaard and his longtime coauthor, Jacqueline Carter, show in this powerful, practical book, you must always balance caring for your people with leadership wisdom and effectiveness. Using data from thousands of leaders, employees, and companies in nearly a hundred countries, the authors find that when leaders bring the right balance of compassion and wisdom to the job, they foster much higher levels of employee engagement, performance, loyalty, and well-being in their people. With rich examples from Netflix, IKEA, Unilever, and many other global companies, as well as practical tools and advice for leaders and managers at any level, Compassionate Leadership is your indispensable guide to doing the hard work of leadership in a human way.

La Mente del L der ofrece una soluci n radical, pero pr ctica. Para resolver la crisis de liderazgo, las organizaciones necesitan poner a las personas en el centro de su estrategia. Necesitan desarrollar gerentes y ejecutivos que lideren con tres cualidades mentales fundamentales: la atenci n, el altruismo y la compasi n. Utilizando ejemplos inspiradores del mundo real de Marriott, Accenture, McKinsey & Company, LinkedIn y muchos m s, "La mente del l der" muestra c mo este nuevo tipo de liderazgo pone al rev s el pensamiento convencional de liderazgo. Representa una redefinici n radical de lo que se necesita para ser un l der eficaz y una soluci n pr ctica y dura a los problemas de compromiso y ejecuci n de cada organizaci n. 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.

Become a mindful listener at work. Listening is a critical skill that leaders and managers often take for granted. By learning to listen mindfully, you can keep your employees more engaged, foster the discovery of new ideas, and hear what you need to hear in a discussion rather than what you expect to hear. The book will teach you what great listeners do, how to stay fully present in challenging conversations, and how empathic listening can help others learn and grow. This volume includes the work of:Peter BregmanJack Zenger and Joseph FolkmanRasmus Hougaard and Jacqueline CarterAmy Jen Su and Muriel Maignan WilkinsHow to be human at work. The HBR Emotional Intelligence Series features smart, essential reading on the human side of professional life from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Each book in the series offers proven research showing how our emotions impact our work lives, practical advice for managing difficult people and situations, and inspiring essays on what it means to tend to our emotional well-being at work. Uplifting and practical, these books describe the social skills that are critical for ambitious professionals to master.

Become a mindful listener at work. Listening is a critical skill that leaders and managers often take for granted. By learning to listen mindfully, you can keep your employees more engaged, foster the discovery of new ideas, and hear what you need to hear in a discussion rather than what you expect to hear. The book will teach you what great listeners do, how to stay fully present in challenging conversations, and how empathic listening can help others learn and grow. This volume includes the work of:Peter BregmanJack Zenger and Joseph FolkmanRasmus Hougaard and Jacqueline CarterAmy Jen Su and Muriel Maignan WilkinsHow to be human at work. The HBR Emotional Intelligence Series features smart, essential reading on the human side of professional life from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Each book in the series offers proven research showing how our emotions impact our work lives, practical advice for managing difficult people and situations, and inspiring essays on what it means to tend to our emotional well-being at work. Uplifting and practical, these books describe the social skills that are critical for ambitious professionals to master.

The importance of achieving focus goes well beyond your own productivity. Deep focus allows you to lead others successfully, find clarity amid uncertainty, and heighten your sense of professional fulfillment. Yet the forces that challenge sustained focus range from dinging phones to office politics to life's everyday worries. This book explains how to strengthen your ability to focus, manage your team's attention, and break the cycle of distraction. This volume includes the work of: Daniel GolemanHeidi GrantAmy Jen SuRasmus Hougaard HOW TO BE HUMAN AT WORK. The HBR Emotional Intelligence Series features smart, essential reading on the human side of professional life from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Each book in the series offers proven research showing how our emotions impact our work lives, practical advice for managing difficult people and situations, and inspiring essays on what it means to tend to our emotional well-being at work. Uplifting and practical, these books describe the social skills that are critical for ambitious professionals to master.

The importance of achieving focus goes well beyond your own productivity. Deep focus allows you to lead others successfully, find clarity amid uncertainty, and heighten your sense of professional fulfillment. Yet the forces that challenge sustained focus range from dinging phones to office politics to life's everyday worries. This book explains how to strengthen your ability to focus, manage your team's attention, and break the cycle of distraction. This volume includes the work of: Daniel GolemanHeidi GrantAmy Jen SuRasmus Hougaard HOW TO BE HUMAN AT WORK. The HBR Emotional Intelligence Series features smart, essential reading on the human side of professional life from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Each book in the series offers proven research showing how our emotions impact our work lives, practical advice for managing difficult people and situations, and inspiring essays on what it means to tend to our emotional well-being at work. Uplifting and practical, these books describe the social skills that are critical for ambitious professionals to master.

I en tid, hvor medarbejdere mangler motivation og mening i arbejdet, og flere og flere bliver syge af stress og angst, er der behov for ledere, som tilbyder en anden form for ledelse, end den vi kender. I The Mind of the Leader sættes medarbejderne i centrum for organisationens strategi for derigennem at nå de bedste resultater. Spørger man ledere, om de selv synes, de er gode til at motivere medarbejderne, svarer 77 procent positivt. Spørger man til gengæld medarbejderne, mener 88 procent, at ledelsen ikke slår til, hvad angår mål, motivation og forbundethed. Der er med andre ord en manglende selvforståelse hos mange ledere. I The Mind of the Leader tilbydes en ny og radikal ledelsesforståelse, som vender traditionel ledelse på hovedet, og som tager udgangspunkt i mindfulness, uselviskhed og medfølelse. I eksempler fra Marriott, McKinsey, Accenture, LinkedIn og flere andre organisationer kan læseren iagttage, hvad andre har gjort, og bogen er samtidig spækket med praktiske løsninger på enhver organisations problemer med engagement og handling.

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.

Tutkimusten mukaan johtajuus on kriisissä. Johtajuuskriisi ratkaistaan fokusoimalla strategia ihmisiin, ei asioihin, ja ihmiskeskeinen johtajuus on tulevaisuuden avainasia. Kirjaa varten tehtyyn tutkimukseen vastasi 35 000 esimiestä ja siihen haastateltiin 250 johtoryhmätason johtajaa ympäri maailman. Aineiston pohjalta kirjan kirjoittajat paljastavat, miten ymmärtämällä oman mielen toimintaa ja kehittämällä sen olennaisia osia johtajat voivat johtaa itseään voidakseen paremmin johtaa muita. Ajatteleva johtaja johdattaa kohti ihmiskeskeistä johtajuutta, jossa strategian ytimessä on ihminen. Kirjoittajat havaitsivat, että hyvä johtaja tarvitsee kolme mielen tärkeää ominaisuutta: Johtajan on oltava tietoinen, pyyteetön ja myötätuntoinen. Inspiroivien kansainvälisten esimerkkien, kuten Marriottin, McKinseyn ja LinkedInin, lisäksi kirjaan on haastateltu myös suomalaisia johtajia ja päättäjiä, mm. Pekka Haavistoa, Ilkka Paanasta, Satu Huberia, Anne Brunilaa ja Mika Anttosta. Kirjan esipuheen on kirjoittanut Matti Alahuhta. Rasmus Hougaard on Potential Projectin perustaja ja toimitusjohtaja. Potential Project on johtajien ja tietotyöläisten mindfulnessiin perustuvien koulutusratkaisujen tuottaja ja kouluttaja. Potential Project toimii globaalisti Fortune 500 -yritysten kanssa. Rasmus on johtanut yli 1 500 työpajaa ja ohjelmaa ja on säännöllisesti mukana tunnetuissa julkaisuissa, kuten Business Insiderissa, Harvard Business Reviewissa ja Forbesissa. Hänet valittiin vuoden 2018 Thinkers50-listalle. Teetta Kalajo on Potential Project Finlandin maajohtaja, johdon konsultti ja työyhteisövalmentaja. Teetalla on yli 15 vuodenkokemus työyhteisöjen, esimiesten ja organisaation kehittämisestä Suomessa, Etelä-Euroopassa ja Latinalaisessa Amerikassa IT-sektorilla. Hänellä on pitkä työelämän mindfulness-kouluttajan kokemus suurissa kansainvälisissä organisaatioissa Suomessa. Heljä Ora toimii Potential Projectin tiimissä kouluttajana ja valmentajana. Hänellä on vankka kokemus organisaatioiden kehittäjänä sekä johdon ja avainhenkilöstön valmentajana eri toimialojen yrityksissä ja julkisella sektorilla. Heljällä on laaja-alainen poikkitieteellinen koulutus mielen ja tietoisuuden tutkimuksen eri alueilta. Peruskoulutukseltaan hän on YTM, kognitiivinen terapeutti ja ratkaisukeskeinen valmentaja.

Researchers have found that the accelerated pace of modern office life is taking its toll on productivity, employee engagement, creativity and well-being. 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. In their new book, ONE SECOND AHEAD: Enhance Your Performance at Work with Mindfulness (Palgrave Macmillan; November 2015), 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 organizations 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 proposedin One Second Ahead, readers will be able to put an end to ineffective multitasking, unproductive meetings, poor communication, and other unhealthy workplace behaviors 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 mindstates 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; A reproducible planning worksheet and further resources in the Appendix. One Second Ahead can transform daily work life by helping individuals and teams realize more of their potential through greater focus and awareness. The tools and techniques in this book can transform individual and organizational performance one mind at a time.

Når Google, Sony, McKinsey, Carlsberg og mange andre virksomheder tilbyder mindfulness-træning til deres ledere og medarbejdere, gør de det for at øge de ansattes velvære og performance. Vi føler os ofte under pres på grund af en stresset og kompleks arbejdsdag, og vi bliver hele tiden afbrudt og distraheret af mails, telefoner og møder. Derfor har vi brug for metoder til at skabe ro og koncentration, og her er mindfulness et fantastisk værktøj. Bogens forfatter har i samarbejde med forskere, ledere og mindfulness-eksperter fra hele verden udviklet programmet Corporate-Based Mindfulness Training, som her for første gang præsenteres i bogform. Forskere fra Cambridge og Rigshospitalet har dokumenteret, at programmet øger arbejdsglæde, work-life balance, fokus og performance og mindsker stress. Programmet bruges i over tyve lande, bl.a. af Nike, American Express, Google, General Electric, Sony og Carlsberg.