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Articles

How to tap into the right intentions, words, and actions when you need them by Hitendra Wadhwa
Leading in the Flow of Work

How to tap into the right intentions, words, and actions when you need them.

The Antoinette Tuff story

Excerpt from Dr. Wadhwa’s book, Inner Mastery, Outer Impact.

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Learning leadership from the inside out

Financial Times

The anatomy of great leadership is not about mastering predetermined behaviors, but building resonance in a team by taking people to their Inner Core.

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How can I become a more empathetic leader? Practice, practice, practice

Fast Company

In order to design effective and sustainable soft-skill trainings, with results that truly stick, we need to fundamentally change what we teach and how we teach.

Webinars

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Redefining D&I: Inspiring Hearts and Minds for Lasting Change

In this webinar, we discover and debate a new approach to Diversity & Inclusion that starts from within, opens up leaders’ hearts, and inspires them to practice inclusion as a way to unlock people’s full potential. Based on work we’ve been doing with forward-looking organizations, this is a warmer, more unifying path that advances D&I in meaningful, measurable, and sustainable ways.

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The superpower of the future: Adapting to uncertainty

As organizations adapt and transform, employees are expected to stay agile and resilient, but many are finding it difficult to manage. In this webinar, we look at scientifically-proven strategies that can help you and your team thrive even in uncertain times.

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The Missing Core of Employee Well-Being

Many organizational leaders recognize that well-being was a challenge in the pandemic and will be in the post-pandemic world. In this webinar, we discussed how we can define and approach leadership in the right way, and how every employee can take up the mantle of leadership and help improve both their own and others’ well-being.

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Influencing Without Authority

Most people now work on multiple teams and some report to multiple managers. In this way of working, it is rare to have the authority to simply mandate that others get on board. Instead, people across the organization must find a way to influence without a uthority. In this webinar, we shared some of the principles of influencing without authority. These principles enable anyone to influence in a way that is authentic to them and helps to awaken true commitment from the other party.

Media Coverage

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Leadership in Flow Brings Balance to Work and Life

In this interview, Hitendra discusses his leadership in flow model, which harmonizes Eastern spiritual wisdom with Western practical approaches.

What If Your Boss’s Downfall Is Necessary to Get Ahead?

Discover how Mentora LiFT, a GenAI-powered performance coaching tool, is revolutionizing workplace dynamics and helping professionals achieve significant breakthroughs by activating the right thoughts, emotions, and intentions in high-stakes situations.

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Is This The Answer To Diversity And Inclusion?

Forbes

Organizations spend about $8 billion per year on D&I training with little to show for their efforts. Not only do traditional diversity programs not work, but recent research shows that
they can even have a negative impact on diversity outcomes. The answer to this deeply entrenched problem a shift from the outer to the inner couldn’t have come at a better time.

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Lessons you can learn in business school that aren’t taught in class

CNN Money

Carolyn Disbrow, senior director for brand marketing at CNN, cites an important takeaway for life and leadership from her experience in Mentora founder Hitendra Wadhwa’s class on Personal Leadership and Success at Columbia University.

Why Candor is Good for Business

What’s the secret to consistent winning outcomes? Pixar Studios, responsible for some of the most beloved movies of our time, may hold a key to this question.

Introducing LiFT - Always Available. Immediate Impact.
Introducing LiFT – Your GenAI-Powered Coach to Accelerate Performance

Introducing LiFT: Always Available. Immediate Impact. On-the-go Learning. Situation-Specific Coaching. Measurable Outcomes.

How to Transform Resistence to Resilience
How to Transform Resistance to Resilience

Discover how Joe, a talented ‘old school’ employee who seemed stuck in his ways, transformed into one of the most valuable assets of his organization.

Seeing People for Who They Can Be
Seeing people not for who they are — but who they can be

Sharon-Drew Morgen transformed a toxic workplace into a model of trust and high performance. Discover how she sparked this company-wide change.

Whitepapers

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Building a Culture of Wisdom

Cultivating psychological safety is not enough. This white paper discusses a new framework to help organizations meet today’s hyper-VUCA needs more completely.

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The Purpose-Driven Corporation

A number of external forces are pushing corporations towards defining their larger purpose, but what does it take to create a purpose-driven organization?

How Martin Luther King Redirected Anger
Michelangelo’s Masterpiece
Michelangelo’s Masterpiece
The Power of Storytelling
Scientific Study on the Power of Storytelling
Benefits of Storytelling
Benefits of Storytelling

Interviews and Conversations

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Happiness from Eastern Wisdom

To be effective in your life and work, you must be willing to expand your happiness horizons beyond your own culture. In Arthur’s own life, he’s often looked to India as a source of inspiration on how best to combine material knowledge with metaphysical insight. Arthur and Hitendra Wadhwa, founder of Mentora Institute, discuss how…

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How to Use Ancient Indian Wisdom to Maximize Positive Impact in Modern Times

Hitendra Wadhwa, founder of Mentora Institute, helps us to understand the essence of ancient Indian wisdom and how it can positively impact our lives in this modern world. Do these ancient ideas remain valid in today’s times? Is there a place for tradition in our lives and could this ancient wisdom be the answer to…

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How Would Lincoln Guide Our Nation Today?

In April 2020, Hitendra Wadhwa happened to read a piece of history from almost exactly 157 years ago. The Civil War was raging and amidst the greatest crisis of their lifetime, what did Lincoln invite people to do? He asked the American people to slow down, step back and make time for a day of…

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Channeling Emotions Productively with Hitendra Wadhwa

There are more possibilities to our personality than what 20th century science has confined us to. Latest learnings from 21st century science allow us to break away from the shackles of these limiting beliefs and pursue a path that is more authentic to our true self. Learn more from this podcast by Mentora founder Hitendra…