The Anxious Achiever The Secret To Becoming A Mindful Leader with Dr. Ravi Kudesia
Dec 9, 2025
Join Dr. Ravi Kudesia, an associate professor at Temple University, as he unpacks the essence of mindful leadership. Discover how regulating attention can empower leaders to guide teams through change and ambiguity. Ravi shares the importance of resetting energy between meetings and introduces the Ujjayi breathing technique as a quick calming tool. Learn why a relational leadership mindset is vital and how emotional attunement can transform team dynamics. Get ready to rethink leadership as the art of mindful connection and possibility.
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Reset Attention Between Tasks
- Reset between tasks with a brief embodied cue like diaphragmatic breathing to clear attentional residue.
- Set a clear intention for the next interaction to prime the right mindset and behaviors.
Use Ujjayi Breath As A Quick Reset
- Use Ujjayi (constricted-throat) diaphragmatic breathing as a quick physiological reset before meetings.
- Invoke slow exhales to trigger reciprocal inhibition and reduce anxiety before entering new situations.
Leadership Is Relational, Not Solo
- Leadership is relational: influence travels through patterns of relating, not just one person's actions.
- Reframe leadership to design systems and practices that allow people to swap roles and carry change forward.
