Expansive Leadership with Latha Poonamallee | Episode # 56

How does mindfulness practice impact us in a business setting? We hear a lot about mindfulness, but how can it be used to better our leadership and management? Today’s very impressive and knowledgeable guest, author Latha Poonamallee, shares just that.

Latha has an incredible combination of interests and expertise as an academic, author, and tech entrepreneur. She is passionate about radical change towards building a more just, equitable, sustainable, compassionate and prosperous world and her work is certainly reflective of that. Latha’s recently published book Expansive Leadership: Cultivating Mindfulness to Lead Self and Others in a Changing World - A 28-Day Program is a structured journey to help aspiring and current leaders to clarify their identities, to identify and reflect on their mental models to become more expansive leaders.

How does mindfulness practice impact us in a business setting? We hear a lot about mindfulness, but how can it be used to better our leadership and management? Today’s very impressive and knowledgeable guest, author Latha Poonamallee, shares just that.

Latha has an incredible combination of interests and expertise as an academic, author, and tech entrepreneur. She is passionate about radical change towards building a more just, equitable, sustainable, compassionate and prosperous world and her work is certainly reflective of that. Latha’s recently published book Expansive Leadership: Cultivating Mindfulness to Lead Self and Others in a Changing World – A 28-Day Program is a structured journey to help aspiring and current leaders to clarify their identities, to identify and reflect on their mental models to become more expansive leaders.

In this episode, Latha helps us understand the need for a shift in mental models from being focused on the right behaviors to a self-reflection practice. This shift can lead to impactful change in developing one’s emotional intelligence and can give us space to respond rather than react. She emphasizes the importance of moving from individual practice of mindfulness to interpersonal and community practice to come together for the benefit of the community and world at large.

What We Talked About in This Episode:

Latha’s Interesting Combination of Expertise
How Latha’s Work Around Brain Health Connects to Leadership
Latha’s Inspiration for Writing Expansive Leadership
Practicing Mindfulness with Technology
Self-Reflection in Current World Climate
Shifting Mental Model to be More Expansive Rather Than Looking at Behaviors Alone
Finding Your Core Identity and Forgiving Yourself For Not Living It
Intentionally Developing Your Emotional Intelligence
Shifting From Reaction to Reponse
Mindfulness as a Collective Practice: From Individual, to Interpersonal, to Community
The Importance of Diligent Practice in What Works For You Individually
The Power of Breathing and Noticing Your Breath and Patterns
Management and Social Justice Conversation Series
Latha’s Cynicism Around Organizations But Optimism and Support of Individuals
Latha’s Book Recommendation and Daily Rituals

About Our Guest:

Latha Poonamallee is an Associate Professor, Chair of Faculty of Management, and University Fellow at the New School in New York City. Her scholarship, teaching, and practice centers generative organizing for radical change towards building a more just, equitable, sustainable, compassionate and prosperous world. Latha is also a tech entrepreneur and co-founded In-Med Prognostics, a neuroscience AI venture that brings affordable and accessible brain health tools to underserved markets. As Fulbright Fellow, she worked with the Botswana Civil Society, Botswana Government, US Embassy in Botswana, USAID, and the private sector to develop a social entrepreneurship ecosystem in the country. Her recent book, Expansive Leadership, is a structured 28-day mindfulness and contemplative journey that helps aspiring and current leaders to clarify their identities and reflect on their mental models to become more expansive leaders.

To reach Latha, go to her website: https://lathapoonamallee.com/

Connect with Latha Poonamallee:

Latha Poonamallee Home Page
Latha Poonamallee on LinkedIn
Expansive Leadership: Cultivating Mindfulness to Lead Self and Others in a Changing World – A 28-Day Program by Latha Poonamallee
Management and Social Justice Conversation Series

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