Stephanie Klein
Founder, MindFire Mastery
Stephanie Klein
Mindful Leadership—Online
Increase your emotional intelligence to maximize your leadership potential.
Next Session
October 6-November 16, 2026
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Location/Format
Online
Investment Fee (in USD)
$2,800 USD
Questions? Connect with our enrollment advisors.
Next Session
October 6-November 16, 2026
View All Dates
Location/Format
Online
Investment Fee (in USD)
$2,800 USD
Questions? Connect with our enrollment advisors.
Mindful Leadership is a six-week online program that blends self-paced learning with live online sessions to help leaders cultivate greater resilience, mental clarity, and authentic leadership. Grounded in evidence-based neuroscience, the program equips participants with practical tools to reduce burnout, strengthen emotional intelligence, foster innovation, and build high-performing teams.
Exceptional leadership starts from within. By strengthening resilience, self-awareness, and emotional intelligence, leaders build the personal foundation needed to navigate complexity, inspire trust, and help their teams thrive.
This program is solely owned and managed by Chicago Booth (no external partners).
By attending this program, you will explore key themes in:
Resilient and Authentic Leadership
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Lead change with confidence and authenticity by aligning your leadership with your purpose and values to foster higher employee engagement.
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Develop the resilience and emotional intelligence needed to navigate uncertainty and inspire others through change.
Well-Being and Peak Performance
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Discover practical strategies to reduce burnout, manage stress effectively, and mitigate employee turnover.
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Develop the ability to shift into effortless flow, driving greater productivity, performance, and fulfillment.
Connection and Human-Centered Leadership
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Communicate with compassion to foster mutual understanding, deeper connections, and well-being.
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Strengthen relationships that build trust, collaboration, and high-performing teams.
Neuroscience and Lasting Behavior Change
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Apply evidence-based neuroscience and the principles of neuroplasticity to reshape habits and strengthen leadership behaviors.
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Gain practical tools to amplify big-picture thinking and disruptive innovation.
By attending this program, you will explore key themes in:
Resilient and Authentic Leadership
-
Lead change with confidence and authenticity by aligning your leadership with your purpose and values to foster higher employee engagement.
-
Develop the resilience and emotional intelligence needed to navigate uncertainty and inspire others through change.
Well-Being and Peak Performance
-
Discover practical strategies to reduce burnout, manage stress effectively, and mitigate employee turnover.
-
Develop the ability to shift into effortless flow, driving greater productivity, performance, and fulfillment.
Connection and Human-Centered Leadership
-
Communicate with compassion to foster mutual understanding, deeper connections, and well-being.
-
Strengthen relationships that build trust, collaboration, and high-performing teams.
Neuroscience and Lasting Behavior Change
-
Apply evidence-based neuroscience and the principles of neuroplasticity to reshape habits and strengthen leadership behaviors.
-
Gain practical tools to amplify big-picture thinking and disruptive innovation.
Format
Online with live-online sessions.
Program Duration
Six weeks, 4–6 hours per week
Frequency
Offered three times per year, Spring, Fall, Winter
- Sessions are generally held on Tuesdays from 9 A.M. – 10:30 A.M. CT.
- View the upcoming cohort live-online session schedule
Who Should Attend
Managers with at least five years of experience who seek to improve their leadership skills by enhancing their ability to connect, empathize, and embrace change.
Download the program brochure for in-depth insights into who should attend, participant profiles, and the ideal candidate.
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Faculty Teaching This Program
At Booth, our distinguished faculty exemplify dedication and expertise, bringing deep passion to their teaching. Their steadfast commitment extends beyond traditional instruction, focusing on empowering every Executive Education participant, across all programs and global campuses, to achieve their professional and leadership goals.
Program Outline
- Emotional intelligence of great leaders
- Our holistic approach: whole-brain leadership
- The power of mindfulness of neuroscience
- Upgrading leadership with self-awareness for increased clarity
- Adaptive resilience Understanding and shifting energy
- Amplifying self-awareness with saboteurs
- Self-management: building mastery with whole brain
- Flourishing holistically as a leader starts with you
- Alignment with your motivation and values
- Excavating your authentic essence
- Bringing it all together: creating purpose and driving greater leadership impact
- How disrupting your brain fosters creativity and progress
- The path to creativity: models and tools for big-picture and creative thinking
- Visualizing the future you want to create
- Applications for leaders and teams with the F.A.S.T. framework
- Increasing self-awareness builds empathy and thriving
- Stretching: Increasing connection for greater benefits
- Cultivating compassionate leadership
- Communicating with insight: difficult conversations at an emotional level
- How to earn trust: build, maintain, restore
- Communicating with impact: IDEA Model—Feedback
- Embracing conflict—inherent to diversity—increase trust, communication, innovation
- Leadership commitment
Past Participant Insights
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“Overall, the program was superb, well organized, and structured. Both the instructor and mentor delivered their sessions with enthusiasm. I learned new frameworks that I can apply in my day-to-day activities. Additionally, I gained knowledge and skills to deal with difficult situations—whether professional or personal—and this will undoubtedly prepare me to be a more effective leader in any capacity. I recommend taking part in the program. You will learn many new ways to become more effective as a leader at work and in your personal life.”
—Hinna Malik, Sales Manager, Adobe -
“Mindful Leadership will give you the knowledge and tools to navigate complex work environments while staying focused on business performance. The content was rich. The assignments were thought-provoking, and I found myself needing to review and mull them over for a few days before submitting a response. The Eulogy & Values activities were especially powerful. I thank you for a great program.”
—Kristina Bonesteel, Managing Director/Director of Business Development, Siegel & Callahan/Fulcrum Tax Advisory
Advance Registration Benefit
Fall 2026 offerings of this program include an advance registration benefit when you register by the specified date. Discount is applied during the registration process.
- October Cohort: $2,800 USD ($2,500 if registered by September 22, 2026)
Upcoming Sessions
Program dates are subject to change.
Download Brochure
Download the program brochure for in-depth insights on who should attend, a schedule preview, past participant profiles, location highlights, networking opportunities, and what to expect. When doing so, you’ll also receive an editable justification letter to help you make the case to your employer for your attendance.
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