In this slidepack you will find the most important information you need to start bringing mindfulness to the workplace: the science behind mindfulness, what it is, how the business case looks like and what best practices are. Enjoy mindfully :-)!!
6. Growing research…
• Cognitive psychology
• Organizational
psychology
• Management studies
• Neuroscience
• Medicine
• Contemplative
studies
Research areas include:
7. Current evidence (individual)
› Performance
– Middle managers: higher performance ratings by
supervisors
– Better outcomes with patients at psycho-therapists
› Relationships
– Better quality of communication
– Better understanding of emotions
– Growth of compassion
› Well-being
– Lower incidence of burn-out, stress and negative
moods
– Higher psychological capital
– Higher work engagement
9. Current evidence (team)
›Performance
– Better quality of agile start-up meeting
– More effective innovation in teams
›Relationships
– Enhance listening and make dialogue more
client/patient-centered
– Enhance perspective taking
›Well-being
– Creates a more positive emotional culture
10. Agile: stand-up meetings
Mindful
practice
• Significant
effect
Music listening
• Small, not
significant
Non
• No effect
›Higher perceived effectiveness of meeting
›Improved decision-making in meeting
›Improved listening
13. Definition of mindfulness
›Mindfulness is paying attention
to your unfolding experiences
from moment to moment, non-
judgementally
›Based on our natural human capacity of noticing,
paying attention and being aware of that
14. SIGNALS
Something is wrong…. What now?
Stopping
Creating distance and seeing the difference between
the signal and its significance
CONSCIOUS
RESPONSE
Staying with it. Accepting discomfort. Not letting
your emotions drive you
AUTOPILOT
Putting extra effort into it
Running
It most be solved and go away!
Faster heartbeat
Anxiety
Quick changing thinking
Hurry and pressure
Tension in the body
Sweating, short of breath, trembling
Mindfulness and the stress-system
15. SIGNALS
Something is wrong…. What now?
Stopping
Creating distance and seeing the difference between
the signal and its significance
CONSCIOUS
RESPONSE
Staying with it. Accepting discomfort. Not letting
your emotions drive you
AUTOPILOT
Putting extra effort into it
Running
It most be solved and go away!
Faster heartbeat
Anxiety
Quick changing thinking
Hurry and pressure
Tension in the body
Sweating, short of breath, trembling
Mindfulness and the stress-system
Mindful
Awareness:
your early
warning
system
16. Mindfulness enables…
›Switching between action and
reflection
›Stopping the autopilot of routine
and making space for a conscious
response
–Building more productive work
habits
25. Design Principle 2: Green Zone…
AUTOPIL
OT
Targets;
judgemental,
cut-throat
culture
Pass the
buck
EGO-
communi-
cation
GREEN
ZONE
High
aspirations
and strong
performance
culture
Common
responsibil
ity
WE-
communi-
cation
PERFORMING WITH COMPASSION
CULTURE OF DIALOGUE
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
RESILIENCE
DIRECTINGATTENTION
26. Design Principle 3: Mindfulness-
Based
› Based on scientific
evidence: at least 6
weeks of training
› Good practice
guidelines
› Tailored to
organizational
needs (health,
communication,
teams)
27. Design Principle 4: Embedding
›Building practices by
– Management support
– Follow-up practices
– In team practices
– Human Resources
– Learning & Development
– Organizational climate
Organizational
Individual
28. Our basic programs
Mindful Leadership training
› 10 week program
› Goals:
– Mental resilience
– Focus and emotional
agility
– Switch action –
reflection
– Resources for leadership
› Supported by workbook
and audio tracks.
Mindful at Work training
› 8 week program, group
sessions
› Goals:
– Improve attention and
focus.
– Deal with stress
– Stopping the autopilot.
– Energy in balance
– Effective communication.
› For vitality, focus and
creativity at work.
› Supported by workbook and
audio tracks.
29. Other MB Team Interventions
› Leadership Development
(modular)
› Mindful Leadership for
Young Professionals
› Impact Evalution and
Scientific Research
› Presentations and TED-
style talks
› Introductory Workshop
Mindfulness in
Organizations
› Team workshop Getting to
Work Mindfully
› Mindfulness in Teams and
Organizations: change
program
› The Power of Attention:
Leadership Program
30. The next level organization
›High engagement
›Agile
›Purpose driven
›Healthy ánd high performing
›The choice is yours…
32. A Short Breathing Space
1. Sit down and observe the physical and mental
experiences in the current moment, without
judging, just noticing
2. Bring your attention to the breathing proces and
try – in a friendly way – to stay with that
3. Expand your attention to the body as a whole
› Finally: open your eyes, move on with work
› Each step takes about one minute!
