Scott Shute is a pioneer of creating workplace mindfulness programs and advancing the discussion around compassion at work. He blends his experience as a Silicon Valley executive with his lifelong practice and passion as a wisdom seeker and teacher. In his recent role at LinkedIn, Scott was the Head of Mindfulness and Compassion programs, and he is the author of the highly acclaimed book, The Full Body Yes. Here, he is interviewed by Emilie Mogensen.
Read MoreScott goes in-depth with ABC 6 News on how realistic it is for both employees and bosses to find that utopian workplace.
Read MoreListen to Scott talk about why workplace change must come from the inside out and how if companies can get compassionate leadership right, they will be an inspiration to the world.
Read MoreAfter a career as a customer-facing executive, Scott Shute designed and took his dream job, as Head of Mindfulness and Compassion Programs at LinkedIn. On the eve of his departure from LinkedIn, we spoke about Scott’s approach to leadership, which he describes as inside-out. This approach, based in compassion, has never been more critical than now amid the Great Resignation and so much other stress and tumult for employees within and beyond the workplace.
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How The Full Body Yes helps readers learn to mainstream mindfulness.
The four steps we can take to merge our work and happiness now.
Questions we can ask ourselves if re-evaluating whether or not we will choose to go back to work during the pandemic.
A 2-minute mindfulness exercise for making it easier to make choices.
How we can practice living without judgment at a time when the world is in so much chaos.
Scott shares what brought him to meditation practice in his early life and how that eventually led him to bring that to his work. Scott and Sharon discuss the role that compassion plays in the workplace, both in leadership and relationships, about his book, and what constitutes the experience of a “full-body yes,” especially given the inequities in life and our culture. The episode closes with Scott leading a guided meditation on self-compassion.
Read MoreIn this conversation Scott talks about how companies can best help their employees, the place mindfulness and compassion take in the workplace, and The impact that moving from a "Me" to "We" mindset can have on an organization.
Read MoreHow does a kid who grew up on a farm in the midwest, who struggled with mental illness on a level that led him to contemplate taking his own life, end up a rising star in industry, author, and the Head of Mindfulness and Compassion at mega tech-company LinkedIn? More than that, how does he end up deeply present, at peace, and alive with possibility and joy?
Read MoreIn this grand moment of transition, we have a golden opportunity to reimagine the future of work, a future where companies, and work itself, can be part of the healing process that needs to occur.
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