Mindful Leadership in Practice

Volker Schulte, PhD, is Professor for Leadership, HRM and Health Management at the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland. He studied History and Social Sciences at the Universities of Tuebingen, Bochum and Goettingen. He was a Fulbright Scholar at New York University and has a doctorate in political science. He worked for the Directorate of Health Education at the World Health Organization and as vice-director of Health Promotion Switzerland. Before, he was manager of the Swiss AIDS prevention Campaign at the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health and as a project manager at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs.Christoph Steinebach, PhD, is Professor for Applied Developmental Psychology at Zürich University of Applied Sciences. After having worked at a child guidance clinic for some years he became head of a center for early education. In 1995 Christoph Steinebach became professor of special education at the Catholic University of Applied Sciences in Freiburg (Germany), serving for some years as head of institute of research and development and president. Since 2006 he is dean of the School of Applied Psychology, director of the Institute of Applied Psychology, Zurich (Switzerland). In 2013 he was additionally appointed adjunct professor at Ryerson University, Toronto (CA). Christoph Steinebach is currently president of the European Federation of Psychologists’ Associations (EFPA) and member of the Executive Council of SPS Swiss Psychological Society.Klaske Veth, PhD, is Professor of Applied Sciences, Sustainable HRM at the Hanze University of Applied Sciences in Groningen, Germany. She is responsible for two programmes at the AOG School of Management: New Leadership in Organizations and HR Strategy & Leadership. Within her professorship she focuses on the research lines: Well-being@Work (W@W), (Self)Leadership and Inclusive entrepreneurship. This includes themes such as social psychological HRM, vitality, healthy aging, personal leadership and social impact. She also gives lectures within various masters and (post) bachelors programs. She has published in various (inter)national scientific journals and books and presented at scientific conferences in the Netherlands and abroad including in the working field. During her career she obtained her PhD at Radboud University in Nijmegen on ‘The Driving Power of Development – HRM and Employee Outcomes Across the Life-Span’ (nominated for best dissertation at the International HRM conference). She has worked in various (management) HR positions and sectors. At the University of Utrecht she completed the postgraduate training Coaching and Consulting in Context. She completed her initial MSc education in Management & Organization Sciences ('with pleasure') at Tilburg University.

• Part 1: Fundamentals of Mindful Leadership – Philosophy, History and Application.- Chapter 1: Analysis of Work and Organization Today.- Chapter 2: A History of the Mindful Leadership Concept.- Chapter 3: Indian Perspectives on Mindful leadership.- Chapter 4: The ideal Emperor from Chinese Perspective.- Chapter 5: The Concept of Mindful Leadership and its Christian Roots.- Chapter 6: Cardinal Virtues and Leadership.- Part II: Traditions and Perspectives of Mindful Leadership.- Chapter 7: Ethics in the Mindfulness Context.- Chapter 8: Taming the Minds - Health and Resilience.- Chapter 9: Digitalization as a Challenge for Mindful Leadership.- Part III: Transfer from Theory to Practice.- Chapter 10: Interventions of Mindfulness and Compassion.- Chapter 11: Mindfulness and Technology.- Chapter 12: Mindfulness in Social Networks – Self-management and Distanced Sociability.- Chapter 13: Mental Training Through Mindfulness.

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