The Tea in Team

Practicing Mindfulness as a Leader

Your team is a sponge, just waiting to soak up the energy you bring into the room. Think of yourself as a teapot, leader. You have the power to saturate your team with soothing warmth and healing. You also have the power to burn them. The key to infusing those who follow you, with calm, is to manage the calm within yourself first. That is the power of mindfulness in leadership, which we'll discuss further in the next chapter.

But first, let's explore another element of leadership that often goes overlooked. The steeping time. Once you've poured your healing magic over your team, you must wait for the oils and essences from the tea leaves to adapt to their new environment and become fragrant and fully realized. There is power in a healing leader, but a patient healing leader is unstoppable.