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Holistic I The Leader by Sharon Shinn f Jaro Horvath has just gotten off the phone with an irate client and is about to step into an important meeting with the dean, he takes a moment to make sure he doesn't carry the stress of the first encounter into the second one. To improve his mindset, he pulls out a laminated card that poses a series of questions: What is the dominant thought I'm struggling with? What is the benefit of keeping this thought? How could I reframe this thought and what would the benefits be? "If I take 30 seconds to think about these things so I can go into the meeting more focused on clear goals and strategies, there will be a much better outcome," says Horvath, director of corporate learn- ing at Thunderbird School of Global Management in Glendale, Arizona. These "reframing" exercises are only one part of a new initia- Three business programs teach students to integrate mind, body, and spirit to become more effective leaders. tive launched at Thunderbird last fall that stresses mental, emo- tional, and physical health as key components of a management education. "What's required of today's leaders—in addition to functional skills—is focus, clarity, creativity, and confidence," says Horvath. "But these all can be learned." 58 BizEd MAY/JUNE 2010