a call to mindful leadership by beth shaw
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A Call To Mindful Leadership
Beth ShawAuthor, Coach & Visionary Founder / CEO of YogaFit Training Systems Worldwide
YOU ARE ALL LEADERS -
1. LEADING CHANGE2. LEADING PEOPLE3. BUILDING COALITIONS
MINDFULNESS WILL MAKE YOU BETTER AT ALL THREE
Mainstream Mindfulness – Where to Start?
IntroductionWhat exactly is mindfulness? Mindfulness involves being relaxed yet observant of what you see, hear, and feel — especially of your own breathing.
Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn says: “Mindfulness equals awareness, but it’s the awareness that arises from paying attention on purpose, in the present moment, nonjudgmentally.”
He adds: “It’s just about the hardest thing for a human being to do.”
* Mindfulness includes awareness techniques
How does Mindfulness Help? Leaders listen differently and communicate more
carefully Employees are more aware of their emotions and
how it affects the people around them Focus on positivity and perspective through skillful
self-management Employees are more productive and show higher job
satisfaction Work is more enjoyable for everyone!
All mindfulness is doing is trying to get us more attuned to the thoughts, emotions, and sensations that we’re experiencing.Mindfullness helps us make better choices.
MINDFULNESS MAKES YOU A BETTER LEADER
Corporate Perks Google’s meditation expert, Chade-Meng Tan annual
mindfulness course “Search Inside Yourself” has a waitlist of 6 months
General Mills 7-week mindfulness program 80% senior executives reported improved decision-making 89% said they had become better listeners
Intel introduced Awake@Intel including yoga and meditation Goldman Sachs wellbeing seminars using mediation app
Headspace Aetna established yoga and meditation classes
$9 million saving in health care costs 28% decrease in stress levels Estimated an added value of $3000/employee a year
WHY MINDFULNESS Research now points to the practical and measurable
benefits of mindfulness practice–studies show mindfulness in fact makes people less stressed, more productive, healthier, even happier too.
In the last decade, mindfulness has been used inside companies to lower health costs, improve increase employee productivity, help employees stay “on task” and reduce employee stress through a combination of breathing techniques and mental relaxation.
Drinking the “Kool Aid” “I’m on mobile devices all day long,” said Anderson
Cooper on 60 Minutes “I feel like I could go through an entire day and not be present. It’s exhausting.”
“Gives us the focus to navigate complex challenges, the creativity to spur innovation, and the patience to learn from those who disagree with us,” said President Bill Clinton after reading Congressman Tim Ryan’s A Mindful Nation
“In years to come we’ll be talking about mindfulness as we talk about exercise now,” said Sally Boyle, head of human capital management for Emea at Goldman Sachs.
“When we look at low performing schools it’s not that these children are unable to learn, it’s that very often they are unavailable to learn,” said West Contra Costa County school board member about the Mindful Life Project
Stress in the WorkplaceWorkplace Stress Responsible For Up To $190B In Annual U.S. Healthcare Costs
Employees under extreme stress cost 40% more than those under normal stress
Causes Long hours deadlines finances politics personalities confinement nutrition & lifestyle choices
Stress in the Workplace: Costs are so much more than monetary.
sources of stress that can affect health. Some of these contributors are directly related to on-the-job dynamics, such as long hours, lack of control, job insecurity, and perceptions of unfairness in the workplace.
These factors affect health in two ways: they are both inherently stressful on the body, and also lead to unhealthy behaviors like alcoholism and overeating. Other factors the researchers investigated stretched beyond the workplace, for example, work-family conflict, lack of health insurance, and layoffs or unemployment.
regular mindfulness practices — meditation, yoga, tai chi among them — have been shown to boost physical and mental health by reducing stress and lowering blood pressure and heart rate.
FINANCIAL IMPACT OF MINDFULNESS
Research now points to the practical and measurable benefits of mindfulness practice. Studies show mindfulness makes people:
less stressed more productive healthier even happier too. In the last decade, mindfulness has been used inside companies to:
lower health costs improve employee productivity help employees stay “on task” reduce employee stress through a combination of breathing
techniques and mental relaxation
You and your employees AFTER Mindfulness…. NOT !
The office in your mind AFTER Mindfulness
Are you bringing your best self to this choice ?
Employee Engagement & Commitment:
Be the change you want to see, employee engagement starts with you.
TIPS FOR YOU : BE CLEAR LEAD CLEARThings like meditation, breathing exercises, yoga, mindful eating are practical tools to motivate, engage, supervise, manage, collaborate
When people feel good they perform better
Try this for 40 days
* 5 minutes Mindfulness Meditation twice a day
* Harmony Breathing Exercise before sleep and upon waking- 3 minutes
Lets do it –Make your job more meaningful
“ Being kind to others is a way of being good to yourself. “
Harold S. Kushner
PLEASE DO YOR HOMEWORK
Create a multifaceted holistic plan …
Why Nutrition is important !
Nutrition for Brain Health
7 Foods for Cognitive Function’
SalmonAlmondsGreen TeaSteamed GreensEggsPineappleCoconut Water
Sample Program
8 Week Program:Meditation, Breathing Exercises, Space Clearing, Yoga, Journaling , Gratitude, Listening Skills, Walking Program
12 Week Program :Meditation, Breathing Exercises, Space Clearing, Yoga, Journaling , Gratitude, Listening Skills, Walking Program, Nutrition, Self Assesments, PEP Feedback Training,
YOGALEAN MODEL MINDFULNESS AND HEALTH PROGRAM in the workplace
Breathing Meditation Space Clearing Health Eating Gratitude Community Outreach & Service And much much more …..
THE YOGAFIT ATHLETEPROGRAM in the workplace
Think of yourself as an athlete and a coach
Encourages everyone to be a team player and win
Makes health a priority Sets goals and works together
to achieve them Eats for fuel not for fun Makes time for training
Recap
What is mindfulness? How does one practice mindfulness? How does it help workplace
productivity and satisfaction? How can it translate outside the office?
Find and follow your bliss -“Be aware, alert and joyful “- Bentley
