Leadership COP May 2018: The Mindful Influence: A Key Competency for Impact and Top Performance

Abstract

Across industries, fields, and organizations, project managers are facing unprecedented change. From evolving societal norms and expectations to new technology to digitization trends to M&A activity to the new regulation, these changes impact a project manager's ability to excel consistently. As a result, you and your team may experience high-stress, low morale, and burnout. You may ponder: what can I do to improve my performance and achieve the desired outcomes in the face of this change? Before you give up or lose hope, know that mindful influence can help you recharge and efficiently manage the knowns and unknowns.  

In this experiential session you will:

• • Learn the difference between influence and mindful influence
• • Learn why, when, and how to use mindful influence, including how to make your emotions work for you
• • Walk away with a ‘Personalized Action Plan’ to implement mindful influence in your personal and professional life

Speaker: Divya Parekh, MS, LL, PCC

 Divya Parekh is an international Executive Leadership Coach and #1 bestselling author. She is CEO of The DP Group, a global coaching and consulting firm that provides leadership and team development services as well as corporate coaching.

Having success in four primary career paths, Divya has the expertise and knowledge of real-world business backed by a proven record of success. Divya brings over 25 years of rich and extensive experience in academia, the biopharmaceutical industry, and as a global executive and leadership coach. In each of her many roles, she has empowered leaders with breakthrough insights, talent development strategies, and measurable business outcomes.

During her biopharmaceutical journey, Divya led successful multi-million dollar projects from concept to completion in a fast-paced and competitive environment. Divya knows what it takes to initiate communication channels that cut across departments, improve cross-functional collaboration, and leverage scientific principles, technical skills, and Lean Six Sigma problem-solving tools to measure, evaluate, and enhance the productivity of leaders and teams.

Divya has guided many seasoned executives, leaders, and management personnel into realizing their goals by creating a cohesive plan to reach their next level of accomplishment. She believes the key factor in leadership success is the partnerships we cultivate. She helps others to learn the exponential power in developing a thorough understanding of their business partners to build resonant relationships and a foundation of mutual trust and safety.

Working with cross-functional groups, she inspires them to morph into high-performing, collaborative teams. Her technique utilizes measurable assessments, a supportive delivery method and a bit of pointed accountability that ensures the success of both leaders and professionals in the organization. Divya coaches leaders to cultivate interdependence between themselves and their internal and external stakeholder’s to achieve a combined mastery of connectivity and alignment through complicated business and personal challenges. When you function in an environment of mutual trust, Return on Energy and Return on Investment flourish both in business and life.

As a Forbes Coaches Council Official Member, Divya is a regular contributor to Forbes. Divya is also the author of numerous leadership and entrepreneurial books. Her books include Stress Management, Mindfulness Mastery, Critical Thinking, Candid Critique, Appreciative Inquiry, Leadership and Influence, Emotional Intelligence, and The Entrepreneur's Garden.

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