Episode 5: Emotional Agility and Compassion with Neelesh Mehta

Our first guest, Neelesh Mehta, talks to us about compassion in the boardroom. Neelesh helps us build insights into our attitude towards ourself, and how this impacts the way we interact with others and therefore our performance in the boardroom. It always starts with self – you can’t give what you don’t have. So how can you elevate love and respect for yourself to compassion for others in order to be your best self, your best Director. If you’re not bringing yourself to the table, who are you bringing? The Agile Director mantra: know your purpose when you come into the Boardroom, know yourself. Can one hold a different perspective, but also contribute to another’s perspective? Isn’t this how Boards add value? What’s your definition of #winning and how do you contribute to an environment that values everyone’s input and genuinely has a common goal? Is the meditative Board the way forward? The remarkable response to commencing Board Meetings with collective silence, bringing everyone to the same frequency. Collectively working towards a common goal is a form of meditation….so why not? Trying our best to bring our self-compassion to the boardroom is essential. How do we bring it to others? As the wise have said, you don’t need to engender self compassion, you just need to re-discover it. Chill out…tune in…join the conversation now