Slides for Beth Shaw, founder of YogaFit who spoke at the 13th Annual Mindful Leadership Summit in Washington DC in front of 200 Executive Women in Government.
4. Introduction
What 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
5. 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!
6. 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
7. 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
8. 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.
9. 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
10. Stress in the Workplace
Workplace 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
11. 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.
12. 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
13. You and your employees AFTER
Mindfulness…. NOT !
17. TIPS FOR YOU :
BE CLEAR
LEAD CLEAR
Things 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
18. 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
22. 7 Foods for Cognitive Function’
Salmon
Almonds
Green Tea
Steamed Green
Eggs
Pineapple
Coconut Water
23. 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,
24. YOGALEAN MODEL
MINDFULNESS AND HEALTH
PROGRAM in the workplace
Breathing
Meditation
Space Clearing
Health Eating
Gratitude
Community Outreach & Service
And much much more …..
25. THE YOGAFIT ATHLETE
PROGRAM 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
26. Recap
What is mindfulness?
How does one practice mindfulness?
How does it help workplace productivity and
satisfaction?
How can it translate outside the office?
27. Find and follow your bliss -
“Be aware, alert and joyful “- Bentley