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Mindful leadership integrates mindfulness-based self-regulation (present-moment awareness, attentional control, and non-reactivity) with leadership behaviors to support ethical, relational, and effective decision-making.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To evaluate the effectiveness of a mindful leadership training program compared with an active control condition (management skills training) among executive staff in a public administration setting.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      We conducted a parallel non-randomized controlled trial in a public administration context. Executive staff were recruited via organizational invitation and snowball procedures and assigned to mindful leadership training (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u200941) or management skills training (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u200924). Leadership, work engagement, mindfulness-related skills, and well-being outcomes were assessed at baseline, immediately post-intervention, and at six-month follow-up. Group-by-time effects were tested using repeated-measures models (including the group\u2009\u00d7\u2009time interaction) and results are reported with corresponding effect estimates.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Group\u2009\u00d7\u2009time interactions were not statistically significant across outcomes. Descriptively, the mindful leadership group showed time-related improvements in work engagement, transformational leadership, and mental well-being indicators, whereas the management skills group showed lower scores at follow-up for these outcomes. Other measures showed no clear change over time.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Mindful leadership training may be a feasible and potentially beneficial approach for supporting leadership-related and well-being outcomes among public administration executive staff. 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