mindfulness for leadership and project efficiency
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Anne Parker
‘Mindfulness’ and Mind Management Training for
Leadership and Project Efficiency
Who Am I?
A ‘Human Resources Professional’ who followed a journey of: Processes and Procedures/Professional
Qualifications The Processes of Learning
Skills/Attitude/Personal Growth/Self Development
‘Strengths Psychology’/’Positive Psychology’ ‘The Psychology of Happiness’
Exciting Times!
The Convergence of Sciences and other Disciplines: Psychology inc. Sports
Psychology Neuroscience/Biology Biochemistry Economics A splash of the ‘Ancient
Wisdoms’
This Talk
Will talk about your brain as one of your most important Project Resources.....Ever..
And will give you some of the knowledge and technique to maximise that resource
I hope some of it will be: Informative Practical and useful Common Sense Bonkers Embarrassingly
Simple Relevant
We shall Visit
A range of Global Sources
Nobel Prize WinnersBradley WigginsGoldie HawnSleepless NightsProject
ManagementYour hormones
The Human Brain
The Human Stress Response ‘FFF’
An amazing Survival Mechanism
A full Body/Mind set of responses
But a liability of ‘Amygdala Hijack’
Improved Activity in the Pre-Frontal CortexA Widened Perception
‘The Attentional Muscle’; Powers of Concentration
Improved ListeningStrategic ThinkingRegulated Emotions i.e. Greater CalmSense of Happiness/Compassion/Ability to be in Flow (NB Dan Pink)
Mindfulness
An Ancient Tradition Thich Nhat Hanh
Jon Kabat-ZinnMark WilliamsTreatment of Problems vs. Growth of
Capacity and Excellence
Mindfulness
‘Mindfulness means paying attention, in a particular way, on purpose, in the present moment, non-judgementally’
Jon Kabat-Zinn
Research from Ashridge
‘....whilst meditation has long been associated with stress reduction and the treatment of depression it is increasingly being recognised as important in developing the type of cognitive capacities required of knowledge workers in the modern economy’
The Gifts of Neuroscience
NeurogenesisNeuroplasticity
What this means for your learning potential, and your habitual thoughts and behaviours
Astonishing time spansThe happiest man in the world
The Entry of Mindfulness into the UK
For Anxiety and Depression – The Mental Health Route
In Schools (The Hawn Foundation) – The Behavioural Angle
For Health and Wellbeing – The Happiness Route
In Sport – the ‘Gold Medal’ RouteIn a Corporate Context – The
Leadership/Safety/Efficiency Route
Chade Meng Tan @ Google
‘Jolly Good Fellow’The 20% RuleThe Siyli.org
ProgrammeGuest speakersThe links to
Emotional Intelligence
Tony Schwartz and ‘The Energy Project’
‘We’re not meant to operate in the same way machines do: at high speeds, for long periods of time; running multiple programs. Human Beings are designed to pulse between the expenditure and intermittent renewal of energy’
The 21st Century has challenges of CAPACITY as well as COMPETENCY
Examples at Sony; Unilever
Leadership/Management Development
A growing interest in personalityIncreased need to generate changePressure to generate efficiencies that
create ‘more for less’Changing job design from mechanistic
jobs to knowledge/service based cultures
Changing workers attitudes
Case Study 1
Busy Operations Manager
‘Macho’AggressiveShort FuseConsidered a ‘Do-
Er’High Energy
Results with Training
Ability to Regulate EmotionAwareness of Varied Brain ActivityStarted to Think StrategicallyStarted to Have Ideas for Business
ImprovementHad new compassion for team/Co-
workers
Case Study 2
Site Manager Had a serious HSE
incident on site Didn’t sleep
well/Worked Long Hours
Anxious Short Term Thinking Reactionary Heavily Sarcastic Flippant/Volatile Impatient
Training Results
‘I’m working Less hours (less by 30-40%) but getting twice as much done’
‘It’s lovely to feel calm’!‘Don’t wake up at 2 in the morning
with my brain going like a washing machine any more’
‘Can see loads of stressed people around me!’
Breathing Exercise
Compare and Contrast..
‘The Revving Amygdala’ Only hearing what you want
to hear – or what you fear hearing
Constantly reacting – jumping always onto problems and being critical, not building on what goes well or giving praise
Doing tasks with poor attention/compromised memory and perception i.e. making mistakes, missing things
Using the PFC Noticing things you have
never noticed before Noticing things that give
you new ideas – thus generating new possibilities
Strengthening Leadership with a stronger sense of ‘Anything is Possible’
Adding an improved depth and quality to tasks
Continued...
‘Revving’ Amygdala Being fearful and
communicating various plans that don’t all ‘join up’
Fighting ‘what is’ and thus wasting time and energy
Being negative, pessimistic and critical – alienating others
Being defensive, using a lot of blame and/or aggression
Using the PFC Being more ‘in touch’ with
your full experience, knowledge and true response to a situation
Calmly understanding what can be changed and what can’t and generating creative solutions to maintain progress
Enrolling people on projects as ‘co-conspirators’ and enthusing their efforts
Incorporating the principles of being there to serve as well as to lead or manage
The links to Stress and Depression, Health and Wellbeing
World Health Organisation stats and predictions
The impact of ‘Multi-Tasking’ on brain activity
The mind-body as a whole – concentration of receptors in brain, heart, gut
Thankyou for Listening!
Anne Parker0797 684 9986
www.anneparker.co.uk
Management Training/121 CoachingFacilitation/Team BuildingSpeaking