The most powerful leadership tool you have isn’t authority or expertise, but attention. In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Ravi Kudesia, Associate Professor of Management at Temple University’s Fox School of Business, to break down the science and practice of mindful leadership. We talk about how leaders can regulate their attention, reset your energy between meetings, disrupt habitual scripts, and guide teams through ambiguity without creating panic. Ravi shares how mindfulness helps leaders read the room, experiment more effectively during change, and model emotional grounding for their teams. Get ready to rethink how you show up and discover why mindful leaders make change feel less like chaos and more like possibility.

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In this Episode, You Will Learn

00:00 How do you prepare to teach, lead, and be present?

07:00 How to reset between meetings and clear “attentional residue.”

09:45 A breathing reset you can use anywhere to calm your system.

14:30 Why leaders must shift from individualistic to relational leadership mindsets.

21:15 How a leader’s internal state shapes the emotional health of the entire team.

27:15 How do you lead through change?

33:00 Why middle leaders must become adapters and experiment in ambiguity.

39:45 How leaders can ask better questions in the middle of uncertainty. 

43:00 How attuning to energy in the room changes the way leaders lead.

46:30 What leaders do to cultivate mindfulness?

Resources + Links

Get a copy of my book - The Anxious Achiever

Watch the podcast on YouTube 

Find more resources on our website morraam.com

Follow

Follow me: on LinkedIn @morraaronsmele + Instagram @morraam

Follow Ravi on LinkedIn: @rskudesia