Travels from Gainesville, Florida, USA
Pandit Dasa's speaking fee falls within range: $20,000 to $25,000
Pandit Dasa’s lifework is dedicated to create a more positive and mindful workplace culture. He aims to help organizations improve retention, address the challenges of “quiet quitting”, and increase productivity. He provides practical tips on how to maintain positive social connections with colleagues and clients in a hybrid work environment. This helps build greater rapport with customers which can lead to increased sales and repeat business.
Pandit captures the audience’s attention by sharing his journey on why he spent 15 years living as a monk in New York City and why he’s no longer a monk. His expertise on workplace culture, the future of work, resilience, mental health and mindfulness has lead him to speak at many Fortune 500s and many of the world’s largest organizations such as Google, NASA, The London Stock Exchange, IBM, Chase, Royal Bank of Canada, Novartis, AT&T, Kellogg and many others.
His background as a former monk encourages leadership and co-workers to lead by example, prioritize self-care and appreciate the success and contributions of their colleagues. This attitude fosters trust, enhances collaboration and greatly impacts employee performance.
The Ripple Effect: Transforming Limiting Beliefs to Unlock Corporate Culture, Innovation, and Growth
Pandit Dasa will explore the powerful influence of limiting beliefs within corporate environments and how they can stifle culture, innovation, and overall growth. Attendees will gain insights into the limiting beliefs they may be carrying, how these beliefs manifest in the workplace, and the detrimental effects they can have on team dynamics and organizational culture.
The speech will highlight the critical role of leadership in challenging limiting beliefs and fostering an environment where openness and risk-taking are celebrated. By the end of the session, participants will be equipped with practical strategies to identify and overcome these beliefs within themselves and their teams, empowering them to cultivate a more innovative and resilient corporate culture. Get ready for a transformative journey that can unlock the full potential of your organization.
Outcomes: - Identify limiting beliefs that hinder trust, collaboration, and innovation. - Learn tools to overcome these beliefs and boost productivity. - Develop skills to strengthen relationships, teamwork, and synergy. - Cultivate a positive mindset towards change. - Apply mindfulness practices to conquer self-doubt and mental barriers.
Mindfulness and Resilience: Tools to Thrive During Stressful Times
During our current time of change and uncertainty, our stress and anxiety levels can go through the roof. Navigating a hybrid work environment can create greater challenges to our work-life balance. It is absolutely crucial for us to be able to maintain our mental, physical, and emotional health so we can take care of ourselves, our family and remain productive in our professional life. This talk will address the following items: - Importance of Positive Relationships - Healthy Eating - Unplugged Sleep - Regular Exercise - Maintaining a Personal Hobby
Participants will also learn the science behind mindfulness and will be virtually guided through a variety of mindfulness practices for reducing stress, improving productivity and emotional intelligence. Some of practices are as follows: - Breathing — for stress reduction - Focusing — for improving one’s ability to concentrate and focus - Gratitude — to shift to a more positive mindset - Appreciation — develop appreciation for the contributions of our colleagues
The Future of Work and Mindful Leadership
The Great Resignation and the rise in mental health struggles are demanding a transformation in workplace culture. To attract, engage and retain top talent, leaders need to create a more human and employee-centered workplace.
It is absolutely crucial for us to lead by example and create a workplace environment that not only encourages but also supports our mental, physical, and emotional well-being so we can perform at a high level while taking care of ourselves and our family.
This talk will address and provide practical takeaway for the following items: - How to develop positive social connections in a hybrid workplace - Research and tips for improving sleep and its benefits - The importance of appreciating our colleagues - Methods for communicating mindfully to maximize collaboration - Maintaining healthy eating habits - Research and benefits of practicing mindfulness at work - Practical mindfulness techniques
Creating a Mindful and Positive Workplace Culture
The growth and overall success of an organization is defined by its culture and leadership. A positive workplace culture enhances teamwork, collaboration and morale. As a result it boosts employee engagement, creates greater rapport with clients, and can lead to increased sales.
This presentation will address the importance of creating an environment where ego battles aren’t driving the company down and where individuals are willing to put aside their own self-interest for the sake of the greater good. It encourages an environment where individuals are willing to appreciate the contributions of their co-workers instead of feeling threatened by them. The research on mindfulness and its application for the workplace will also be presented.
As a result of this keynote, the audience will be able to: - Communicate with awareness, clarity and empathy - Build positive relationships with colleagues and clients for increased and repeat sales - Manage their emotions to handle conflicts - Develop a positive mindset towards individuals they don’t see eye-to-eye with - Express appreciation towards the work of their colleagues - Utilize mindfulness breathing and focusing techniques to lower stress and improve productivity
Developing Resilience During Change
Change breaks us out of our comfort zone and disrupts our routine making us feel uncomfortable. However, change is the biggest constant in our life. Most external changes are out of our control and can’t be avoided. What we can do is build resilience and begin to recognize that change is actually the most powerful thing that can happen to us to help us grow, mature and become stronger for the future challenges that are sure to come in our personal and professional life.
Dasa will help the audience understand practical ways in which our mindset can be shifted to see change as positive and not as a negative and help us accept the inevitability of change.
Recently we were offered the opportunity to have Pandit come to our Cadillac HQ in Soho and lead our group through a 30 minute (invaluable introduction) to meditation. At the end of the session the group was in agreement; Pandit guided us through a relaxing and ultimately restorative meditation. In fact, we didn’t want it to be over! Thank you again Pandit – hope to have you back again soon!” – Cadillac
“Pandit addressed some of the science first… He did an excellent job sharing information and techniques to reduce stress and become happier and more productive both personally and professionally.” – Citibank
“Pandit was an engaging and interesting speaker with an extremely timely and relevant topic for today’s workplace. We particularly enjoyed the exercise he did, he had everyone in a large room practicing mindfulness!” – Comcast
“Pandit is a very engaging speaker and has provided three sessions on mindfulness to DTCC for the Total Rewards team, our global managing director population, and our U.S. employees. In addition to providing a guided mindfulness meditation, Pandit spoke about his unique background, how mindfulness ties in with one’s overall wellbeing, and the benefits mindfulness can bring to one’s everyday life, including experiences in the workplace. Our employees have provided positive feedback on these sessions, and we are excited to keep working with Pandit as we continue to prioritize our employees’ wellbeing through our benefits offerings.” – Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation
“Pandit was very personable and charismatic…he kept his energy high, bringing the audience with him.” – Google
“I have been to other stress management presentations…but this was arguably the best. Pandit is a very dynamic speaker. His presentation was very eye-opening and engaging. I felt relaxed and recharged…” – JPMorgan Chase
“He was amazing! I think it would be a great benefit to have him back more often. The session really lowered my stress level. Thank you for bringing him in.” – Novartis
“I first met Pandit when he came to speak at the Royal Bank of Canada offices in Manhattan. He immediately captured everyone’s attention by sharing how he lived as monk for 15 years in New York and now post-monk life, he speaks to corporations on the science and practices of mindfulness. His talk was personable, humorous and research based. His content on how mindfulness and meditation could lower stress and boost productivity was extremely relevant and practical for me and my colleagues who work on the trading floor. We loved his talk so much that we’ve had him back for an additional two sessions. During his most recent visit, Pandit’s content was geared towards our leaders and Managing Directors. His messages on leading by example, appreciating your co-workers, managing emotions, communicating with compassion and leading with humility really resonated with our leadership. We have benefited tremendously by these presentations and look forward to an on-going partnership with Pandit.” – Royal Bank of Canada
“I would like to take this opportunity to recommend with great enthusiasm Pandit Dasa for speaking engagements related to mindful leadership. I had the distinct pleasure of working with Pandit during the Arkansas Society for Human Resource Management Conference 2017. As a keynote speaker at the event, he provided insightful, expert leadership content which was extremely well received. Pandit has lived as the “Urban Monk” (thus the title of his book). I am impressed by his genuine desire to change lives in a positive manner. His delivery is strong and heartfelt, and it is apparent that he lives what he teaches. His positive personal brand will influence his audience.” – SHRM
“Pandit Dasa was a refreshing change in pace at The World Bank Group’s HR conference. He addressed the HR community and gave a practical talk on “Becoming the Change You Wish to See” where he encouraged the audience to reflect on their motivations for leading, to communicate with compassion and appreciate and celebrate each others’ success. The consensus was that Pandit’s message could benefit the other divisions within The World Bank Group. We were thrilled to partner with him for a second time and look forward to introducing him and his message to the broader World Bank community in the future.” – The World Bank
“Pandit is someone who lives what he teaches and that really comes through in his genuine style and approach. I would highly recommend him as a speaker and advisor to other non-profits and companies.” – UNICEF
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Mindfulness For the Wandering Mind: Life-Changing Tools for Managing Stress and Improving Mental Health At Work and In Life
Reduce your stress level and become happier and more productive in work and personal life
Written by a monk-turned-leadership-guru, Mindfulness For the Wandering Mind offers unique insight on how you can focus your mind, become more resilient, respond better to conflict, and build stronger professional (and personal) relationships. It’s all possible when you begin to understand how your mind works and take control of this complicated mechanism. This book will show you how to identify and close the “apps” that are constantly running in your own mind, so you can eliminate distractions and find greater peace and productivity in your daily life.
In this book, you’ll find specific meditation processes and actions you can take to help you succeed as you begin or continue your journey. Through presentations and talks across the country, author Pandit Dasa has offered his wisdom on applying mindfulness in the workplace. In this book, he shares his wisdom with you, revealing that, no matter what your external circumstances or environment, you can find the time and space to reflect and unlock the benefits of mindfulness.
– Reduce stress and anxiety by eliminating unnecessary distractions and closing unused “apps” in your mind – Harness the principles of forgiveness, patience, compassion, and selflessness to improve work-life balance and mental health for yourself and your employees – Break through the stigma surrounding mental health concerns and identify the obstacles that are keeping you from happiness and fulfilment – Complete reflection questions and exercises to develop a deeper awareness of how your mind works—and what you can do to improve it
Mindfulness For the Wandering Mind is for anyone who is looking for a solution to the constant feelings overwhelm, distraction, and anxiety that plague us in today’s fast-paced, media-saturated world. Teach your brain how to block out the noise and find focus, and observe the radical transformation that mindfulness can make in your life.
Urban Monk: Exploring Karma, Consciousness, and the Divine
From the hills of Hollywood to the sacred soil of India and the chic avenues of the East Village of New York City, Gadadhara Pandit Dasa has found himself at the nexus of the spiritual bridge between East and West. In Urban Monk, Pandit speaks to the loneliness, emptiness and vulnerability of our post-modern society through his remarkable journey into the life of a monk. Through his open-hearted and open-minded exploration of some of the most vital concepts of our contemporary spirituality, Pandit shares the deep wisdom of the East and its intimate and universal connection to our global experience. Urban Monk is the story of a rare and courageous soul who has timeless wisdom to share for the uncertain ways and paths of the 21st Century.
Closing the Apps: How to be Mindful at Work and at Home
Humanity has ignored the most powerful tool in its possession. An instrument more powerful than anything we are capable of inventing. An instrument that has the power to create war between families and nations or bring about complete peace and harmony. This device is our mind. Our mind has greater depth than the ocean and it is capable of storing more apps than any smart device.
Closing the Apps, written by Pandit Dasa, a former monk who now works as a contemporary meditation and mindfulness consultant and keynote speaker, takes us for a ride into our mind to understand how it has the potential to either help us live our best moral and ethical life or drag us down the road of anger, hopelessness, and destruction.
Closing the Apps provides numerous practical suggestions on how to implement simple, everyday, secular mindfulness practices for any situation, whether it’s interacting with our colleagues in a fast-paced, high stress environment or whether we are struggling to find that all-elusive work-life balance. Its down-to-earth and relevant messages are a refreshing and inspiring listen for you, your family, your friends, and your colleagues.
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