Signature Talks
Rudeness in the workplace costs companies nearly $300 billion annually in lost productivity, absenteeism, turnover and increased medical costs. So why is rudeness in the workplace on the rise (jumping from 55% in 2011 to 62% in 2016)? The good news is that there’s an easy fix. Cultivating compassion within a company can be taught and learned at every level, resulting in increased productivity and efficiency. Learn about the neuroscience and physiology of compassion, and the fixes you can make at the individual, team, and system-wide levels to increase your capacity for compassion.
Workshop Option
Rudeness in the workplace costs companies nearly $300 billion annually in lost productivity, absenteeism, turnover and increased medical costs. So why is rudeness in the workplace on the rise (jumping from 55% in 2011 to 62% in 2016)? The good news is that there’s an easy fix. Cultivating compassion within a company can be taught and learned at every level, resulting in increased productivity and efficiency. Learn about the neuroscience and physiology of compassion, and the fixes you can make at the individual, team, and system-wide levels to increase your capacity for compassion.
Customized Training Option
Dr. Weiss’s peer-led “Reduce Rudeness – Improve Results” training sessions incorporate research, discussions, analyses, training materials, and follow-up coaching.
Soft Skills: The Secret to Successful Leadership
Problem solving, creativity, flexibility, and the ability to take criticism well are all skills that dream company teams are made of. In fact, 78% of CEOs recognize that these “soft skills” must be ingrained in a company’s culture, but many have no idea how to develop them.
There’s a solution to this problem: teach leadership to think creatively, have flexibility, exercise humility, and cultivate the skills needed to drive teams forward without burning them out. Learn the steps to recognize, develop, and foster soft skills resulting in a better return on employee investment.
Workshop Option
In Dr. Weiss’s “Soft Skills” workshop, participants will learn how to effectively develop soft skills, go through interactive exercises to analyze the best soft skill options, and work with Dr. Weiss on ways to effectively develop emotional and social skills in current workplace culture.
Customized Training Option
Dr. Weiss is available to create a peer-lead “Soft Skills Training” for leadership participants. This training includes initial assessment, development of materials, workshops, implementations, and follow-up analyses.
Mindfulness (and Its Investment Analytics)
Mindfulness is a 1.1 billion dollar industry. More than 20% of organizations have mindfulness programs. But guess what? Most companies are doing it wrong. The analytics of mindfulness show that meditation itself is not enough to reap the benefits (increased productivity, less workplace accidents, more efficiency, and a better overall return on investment). Learn how to get more from mindfulness than meditation with specific exercises and the latest research that you can take to your teams.
Workshop Option
Dr. Weiss’s “Mindfulness At Work” workshop is the cumulation of her experience as a Stanford University lecturer and mindfulness expert. This workshop consists of numerous interactive exercises and discussions developed to help leadership bring mindfulness the practices and proven benefits of mindfulness to the workplace.
Customized Training Option
Dr. Weiss’s peer-led “Mindfulness At Work” customized training incorporates research, analyses, material development, and the ongoing coaching necessary to develop and implement mindfulness experts within your organization.
Academic Teaching and Training Experience
As a lecturer, teacher, and trainer, Leah has developed customized trainings that integrate evidence-based meditation techniques with the latest academic research. In this role, Leah provides ongoing coaching and consulting sessions for groups, organization, and individuals. Some of her clients have included Google, LinkedIn, Stanford School of Business, Berkeley, and many others. She has worked closely with the Dalai lama’s main interpreter and has implemented the compassion education and scholarship program at Hope Lab (Omidyar group).
Stanford Graduate School of Business: Leading with Mindfulness and Compassion. This course focuses on applying mindfulness, self-compassion, and compassion in the workplace and leadership. The course addresses topics such as the role that mindfulness plays in enhancing productivity and purpose. Leah’s compassion courses at the Stanford business school have been an integral part of the program since 2013.
Stanford School of Medicine: compassion cultivation program (founded by the Dalai Lama) at the center for compassion and altruism research and education principal teacher and trainer. Leah has worked closely with the Dalai lama’s main English interpreter (Thupten Jinpa) in this role, and has cultivated relationships with many thought leaders in this space. Stanford Bing Institute: compassion course lecturer and trainer. University of California at Irvine, Department of Psychology & Behavior: The Science of compassion, a course exploring the relevance of compassion to individual and collective well-being.