Virtual and in-person training programs for traditional and remote teams
Executive coach and mindfulness trainer Marc Lesser offers a range of corporate training programs to help individuals and teams develop more effective, healthy, and harmonious working lives.
Dozens of CEOs, leaders, internal champions, and entrepreneurs have sought Marc’s help in transforming their internal working practices. With a client roster that includes companies like Google, Genentech, Adobe, and Kaiser Permanente, Marc has a proven track record of bringing about positive organizational change through his diverse, evidence-based, and experiential training solutions.
“ Amazing” is a word that is so overused, it loses its value. But the Seven Practices of a Mindful Leader workshop was truly that. I’m always looking for ways to become a better leader, a more empathic listener, and the kind of person who walks through the world with appreciation.
Pamela Scott Senior Director, Brand and Creative at First Republic Bank
A customized approach to meet every challenge
From one-on-one sessions to team-wide workshops Marc’s training programs offer the building blocks for meaningful, positive change at the executive, middle, and/or organizational level. He also offers customized courses, carefully tailored to specific needs, whether it’s the regular day-to-day challenges of business to pandemic-specific issues.
A customized approach to meet every challenge
From one-on-one sessions to team-wide workshops Marc’s training programs offer the building blocks for meaningful, positive change at the executive, middle, and/or organizational level. He also offers customized courses, carefully tailored to specific needs, whether it’s the regular day-to-day challenges of business to pandemic-specific issues.
Seven Practices of a Mindful Leader
Four core modules encompassing seven core mindful leadership practices.
Evolve your leadership skills with a journey into the transformative power of leading with mindfulness. Learn to lead with greater empathy and attentiveness and find out how it can bring about greater efficiency, stronger personal influence, and a smoother working environment. Beginning with the basic principles of mindfulness and mindfulness meditation, this course transposes these age-old teachings into the workplace. It will show you how to spread a more thoughtful, present and engaged attitude throughout your organization, and how to get better results and a happier workplace as a result.
This highly-interactive training is structured around 7 core mindful leadership practices. Through a combination of teaching and experiential practice, learn how to:
Lead with focused inspiration
Respond with more empathy and flexibility
Transform challenges and difficulty into learning and opportunity
Increase connection and trust within and across teams
Foster alignment and radically healthy communication
Let go of a mindset of fear and scarcity by cultivating awe and wonder
Focus on results that matter most
“ Seven Practices of a Mindful Leader” workshop was a most inspiring and thoughtful day, where we had powerful exercises, deep conversations, mindful listening, and joyful meditations. Excited to incorporate these amazing practices into my daily routine! ”
Sigal Traister Mentor at TechWomen
This workshop reminds leaders that we are all human. It underscores the importance of bringing humanity into the workplace versus focusing solely on goals or the mechanistic aspects of work.
Compassionate Accountability
Learn how to foster compassion and accountability, and how this can lead to a greater culture of trust and innovation. This course provides the tools to engender more honest, open communication, and helps teams and individuals learn how to effectively embrace responsibility and transparency.
The key themes of this engaging and interactive training are:
Self-compassion
learning to be kind to oneself and using criticism effectively
Creating cultures of trust
and connection
building strength, unity, and shared goals between individuals
Better communication
how verbal, non-verbal, and digital exchanges can be optimized to increase efficiency and avoid conflict
Compassion and accountability
how to integrate these essential values into your organization from the top down
I had my doubts about spending this long on Zoom but it was incredible – thank you!
Thriving In Uncertainty
1 hour program
The pandemic has changed the way almost everyone in the world works, and even the hardiest people have found it a challenging experience. Discover a set of neuroscience- and mindfulness-based tools and strategies to help cope with uncertainty and stress which will be forever useful in the workplace. Learn methods to allow the experience of difficult emotions without being hijacked by them, tame the fight-or-flight response, and retain focus and efficiency throughout challenging times by embracing a transformative approach to stress.
Program Overview
The foundations of well-being
Engaging and disengaging
Powerful practices
So much here – simple practices for a better life and better interactions with others.
Offsite Facilitation
Marc can develop the perfect training program for your organization to help strengthen, transform, or adapt your business practices based on your specific needs and/or organizational goals. Themes can include — but are not limited to — mindfulness and emotional intelligence, team-building, mindful leadership, and strategic thinking.
Corporate Training Program #4:
Offsite Facilitation
Inspirational takeaways that apply to work and everyday life.