A 12-year Cisco veteran recognized as a Top 1% performer, Alexis most recently ran Cisco’s NYC Financial Services Sales and Engineering business. She introduced mindfulness to her team which led to decreased turnover, improved culture and increased performance. Alexis also led Cisco’s global Mindfulness programs, delivering many small group workshops, as well as, public presentations to over 60,000 corporate employees. She couples her entertaining heart-felt anecdotes as a corporate leader with over 15 years of studying mindfulness in real world practical terms that hit home for all. 

Today she is presenting globally, working with Fortune 500 companies to develop internal mindfulness programs, providing mindfulness training to sales teams and writing a book on Mindful Millennial Leadership. 

In this episode, Karen and Alexis discuss:

·         Success Story of Alexis

·         Commit to Get Leads

o    Decrease your multitasking and get back to monotasking.

·         Consult to Sell

o    Being mindful and present with your own behavior.

·         Connect to Build and Grow

o    Learn what the goal of sales is – you are trying to help other people through compassion and empathy to solve their problems.

·         Success Thinking, Activities and Vision

o    Daily delta – 10 minute concentration practice followed immediately by your 3 high impact activities you’re going to focus on that day.

·         Sweet Spot of Success