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Fostering Emotional Wellbeing and Resilience

at Work

ABGOH Aug 3

Individual Resilience Flow

Why are Some People Resilient and Some Not?

What is “Everyday Resilience?”

What Does Everyday Resilience Look Like with Real People?

Takeaway: What’s Your Resilience Pulse and What Can you Do?

What is the Link from Individual to Business Resilience?

What Are You Most Interested in?

Why are Some People Resilient and Some Not?

Supreme Court Example

Resilience Defined

Resilient

• The capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness.

• The ability of a substance or object to spring back into shape; elasticity.

Oxford Dictionary

Everyday Resilience in Action

Eats healthy, exercise, sleep, lunch breaks

Positive, learns, reflects, running, meditation

Faith, prayer, church, running, animals, nature

Church, friends, advisors

Marathons, travel, art, creations, celebrations, diary

Grace, attentive, presence even under stress

Physical, mental, faith/spirit/nature, support community, enjoyment/pleasure, priority management/boundaries

Priority management/ boundaries, family & community support, relaxation, time management

Time & priority management,

problem solving, emotional intelligence

As distress sets in, more weight is put on the mental

aspects, faith, quiet time

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Taking Your Resilience Pulse & What You Can Do

1. Physical health? (Eat healthy, exercise, sleep/rest, healthy choices)

2. Mental health (Let things go, avoid perfectionism, live by my values, embrace growth & learning, remain flexible/open, maintain a positive attitude, show kindness, de-stress)

3. Faith/Spirit/Nature (Pray, reflect, be present, meditate, do yoga, be in nature, me-time, practice faith)

4. Community of Support (Engagement with the community, Supports employee volunteering, Helps employees in times of need)

5. Enjoyment & Pleasure (Encourages vacations, Supports and promotes hobbies & creative outlets, invest time in being with my animals/pet, invest time in relaxation/leisure/fun)

6. Priority Management (Practice time management, set boundaries, practice financial discipline, give myself flexibility)

How Well do I Attend to My: SCALE: 1 Poorly 2 Average 3 Great

REFLECTION - DO JUST ONE THING & BUILD FROM THERE

What is one thing you can cut from your day so that you can replace it with something from this list?

1. Facebook 2. Cooking 3. Horse riding Keep building….

What is the Link from Individual to Business Resilience?When staff are resilient they are more agile, able to manage effectively through stressful times, supporting business outcomes that soar.

Research has shown that staff who practice resiliency provide:

• 14% better customer service, demonstrated

• 79% lower burnout, and

• Felt 61% lower likelihood of leaving the organization than staff in more high-stress and toxic environment

Angermeier, Dunford, Boss & Boss; Journal of Healthcare Management

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Why “Resilience”

Matters

“We should all care about well-being because it helps produce other good things that we care about—happier workers generate better performance for companies; happier people have more successful families and create more harmonious communities." In other words, happy employees are essential for sustainable business success and future economic prosperity

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Elligo – An Example of What’s Good for Individuals is Good for Business

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HOW INDIVIDUAL STRESS(LACK OF

WELL-BEING) TRANSLATES TO

ORGANIZATIONAL STRESS

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THE STRESS OF INDIVIDUALS DRIVES THE

STRESS OF THE ORGANIZATION

• THE STRENGTH OF THE RESILIENCE OF THE INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION DRIVES THE STRENGTH OF THE RESILIENCE OF THE ORGANIZATION

• THE ABILITY FOR THE INDIVIDUALS WITHIN AN ORGANIZATION TO MANAGE THEIR STRESS EFFECTIVELY WILL DETERMINE THE ORGANIZATION’S ABILITY TO BE SUCCESSFUL

• SOURCES OF STRESS FOR THE ORGANIZATION IMPACT THE INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION AND EACH INDIVIDUAL WILL RESPOND DIFFERENTLY TO THE STRESSOR(S)

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE KEY DRIVERS OF ORGANIZATIONAL

STRESS THAT IMPACT INDIVIDUAL STRESS?

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WHY CHANGE?

• NEED FOR NEW RESULTS

• EXTERNAL FORCE DEMANDS A CHANGE

• UNFORESEEN EVENT DRIVES CHANGE

• DESIRE TO GROW OR EXPAND A BUSINESS

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Leadership Style

LEADERSHIP MINDFULNESS FOR INDIVIDUAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL WELL-BEING

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FOR LEADERS MINDFULNESS IS:

LESS ABOUT PAYING ATTENTION TO EXTERNAL ELEMENTS AND MORE ABOUT PAYING

ATTENTION TO WHAT IS INSIDE US

MINDFULNESS IS ABOUT KNOWING ONESELF – SELF AWARENESS

TRULY UNDERSTANDING ENOUGH ABOUT OUR MIND, OUR REACTIVITY, OUR FILTERS TO BE

ABLE TO USE THAT INFORMATION TO MAKE MORE EFFECTIVE, MORE COMPASSIONATE

AND MORE INNOVATIVE DECISIONS. IT ALSO ALLOWS LEADERS TO FOSTER MORE

EFFECTIVE THINKING, COMPASSIONATE AND INNOVATIVE THINKING IN OTHERS.

What does it take to be a mindful leader?

• A DESIRE TO INFLUENCE “FOR BETTER”

• WANTING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNITIES AND IN THE

LIVES OF OTHERS

• DESIRE TO SEEK TO STRENGTHEN THE MIND’S INNATE CAPABILITIES

• COMMITMENT TO FOCUS ONE’S MIND DIFFERENTLY

• COMMITMENT TO CLARITY

• COMMITMENT TO CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION

• COMMITMENT TO COMPASSION

• LEARNING TO BE IN THE MOMENT AND PAYING ATTENTION

• A COMMITMENT TO BEING NON-JUDGDMENTAL

So What is Mindfulness?

TO UNDERSTAND MINDFULNESS LET’S START WITH

WHAT IT IS NOT:

• MINDFULNESS IS NOT RELIGIOUS OR SPIRITUAL

• MINDFULNESS IS NOT COMPLICATED

• MINDFULNESS IS NOT FOR EVERYBODY

EFFECTIVE TOOLS TO HELP US BECOME MINDFUL

1. MEDITATION

2. EXERCISE (MOVEMENT, YOGA, TAI CHI, QI GONG)

3. COMPASSION AND LOVING KINDNESS

4. ACCEPTING, AND NOT FIGHTING WHAT IS

1. PRAYER

2. STAYING PRESENT

3. CONNECTING TO YOUR HEART

4. SLOW, DEEP ABDOMINAL BREATHING

NOW LET’S PRACTICE USING TOOLS FOR STRESS RELIEF

AND MINDFULNESS……

The Art & Science of

Pandiculation

With

Charles MacInerneywww.YogaTeacher.com

Hawaii

Coastline

Tide pools

Lion

Fascial Network

The network of connective

tissue, which includes the

fascia, surrounds and

penetrates every muscle,

organ, and bone.

It holds each in place, and

allowing forces to propagate

through the entire network to

facilitate posture & movement.

Yawning & Hormones

Dopamine

Acetylcholine (known to be actively involved in memory functioning)

Serotonin (considered important in the feeling of well-being and pleasure)

Gamma Amino Butyric Acid

GABA; ACTH; MSH…

Yawning & Hormones cont.

Adrenocorticotrophic Hormone

Alpha-Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone

Opium Derivate Peptides

Sexual Hormones

Nitric Oxide

Oxytocin

Clinically Observed Benefits of Yawning…

Memory recall

Voluntary control

Improved introspection

Improves your sense of timing

Enhances pleasure

Lowers stress

Temperature regulation

The Art & Science of

Pandiculation

With

Charles MacInerneywww.YogaTeacher.com