Learn to Lead with Calm, Courage, and Compassion

Mindful Leadership Training Program

Developing self-awareness and cultivating self-regulation skills empowers us to lead others mindfully and most effectively. Being a mindful leader also requires understanding others’ perspectives, communicating effectively, inspiring others, and managing shifting priorities in a constantly changing work environment.

Hoos Well has partnered with eMindful, a leading mindfulness training provider, to offer this Mindful Leadership Series at no cost to leaders and aspiring leaders at UVA.

Program Overview

  • Six 30-minute on-demand (asynchronous) sessions, led by an expert mindfulness teacher in the eM Life platform 
  • Available via the eM Life website or mobile apps (iOS and Android)
  • Goal: Introduce the concept of mindful leadership and its pertinence to well-being, team culture, performance, leadership competencies for UVA's Cornerstone Program, and UVA Health's ASPIRE values.

Learning Objectives

Participants in the Mindful Leadership Program will build mindfulness skills and competencies to: 

  • Show up authentically and lead effectively in a diverse environment.
  • Increase self-awareness and self-regulation.
  • Improve collaboration and problem-solving.
  • Cultivate an inclusive environment.
  • Manage challenging situations with more grace and ease.
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UVA Mindful Leadership Program Curriculum

Expand the sections to below to read a description of each session and how it aligns with leadership competencies for UVA's Cornerstone Program, UVA Health's ASPIRE values, and skills from the eMCC™, the first ever scientifically validated framework of mindfulness. 

  • Session 1: Developing a Learning Mindset

    A learning mindset helps leaders see day-to-day challenges as opportunities to learn and increase their effectiveness. By practicing ‘beginners mind,’ we learn to recognize a tendency to fall into “already knowing,” leading to potential for greater creativity, judgment and problem solving.

    • UVA Leadership Competencies: Demonstrates self-awareness, Situational Adaptability
    • UVA Values: Accountability, Stewardship, Professionalism, Integrity, Equity
    • eMCC™ Skills: Awareness, Curious Observation, Cognitive Flexibility, Attitudes of Mindfulness, Focus

  • Session 2: Developing a Leadership Presence

    Leadership presence is the ability to be with people and situations as they are, not the way we’d like them to be. With mindfulness, learn to show up authentically and listen attentively, leading to increased trust and ease in our relationships.

    • UVA Leadership Competencies: Strategic Mindset, Drives Results, Interpersonal Savvy, Values Differences, Organizational Savvy, Drives Vision and Purpose, Demonstrates Self-Awareness, Situational Adaptability
    • UVA Values: Accountability, Stewardship, Professionalism, Integrity, Respect, Equity
    • eMCC™ Skills: Awareness, Curious Observation, Cognitive Flexibility, Attitudes of Mindfulness, Focus

  • Session 3: Gaining Clarity

    Clarity is seeing what’s actually happening and not mistaking one’s own thoughts as the full story. Learn how mindfulness helps you observe your thought patterns and habits of reactivity, leading to better decision making.

    • UVA Leadership Competencies: Demonstrates Self-Awareness, Situational Adaptability
    • UVA Values: Accountability, Stewardship
    • eMCC™ Skills: Awareness, Curious Observation, Cognitive Flexibility, Attitudes of Mindfulness, Focus

  • Session 4: Increasing Self-Regulation

    Emotional Intelligence or the ability to recognize and manage one’s emotions is key to effective leadership. With mindfulness, leaders learn to increase awareness of emotions and how to manage emotional reactions, leading to positive emotional connections with others.

    • UVA Leadership Competencies: Demonstrates Self-Awareness, Situational Adaptability
    • UVA Values: Stewardship, Professionalism, Integrity, Respect
    • eMCC™ Skills: Awareness, Curious Observation, Cognitive Flexibility, Attitudes of Mindfulness, Focus

  • Session 5: Cultivating Flexibility

    Constant change is common in many organizations and the world we live in and having the ability to shift readily helps leaders and teams thrive. Learn to focus and shift attention, thereby expanding your capacity to adapt to a changing environment.

    • UVA Leadership Competencies: Strategic Mindset, Organizational Savvy, Situational Adaptability
    • UVA Values: Stewardship
    • eMCC™ Skills: Awareness, Curious Observation, Cognitive Flexibility, Attitudes of Mindfulness, Focus

  • Session 6: Building Self-Confidence

    A self-confident leader inspires, energizes and motivates others to bring their best selves to work each day. Learn how mindfulness helps you develop self-awareness and self-trust to build confidence and lead a team that thrives.

    • UVA Leadership Competencies: Demonstrates Self-Awareness
    • UVA Values: Accountability, Equity
    • eMCC™ Skills: Awareness, Curious Observation, Cognitive Flexibility, Attitudes of Mindfulness, Focus
The course identified key areas that I could cultivate through mindfulness. I liked using the lens of leadership to apply the mindfulness techniques and mindset. UVA Participant in the Mindful Leadership Program