Conscious companies that practice mindfulness and compassion outperform benchmarks. Research shows the 18 publicly traded conscious companies out of 28 studied from 1996-2011 outperformed the S&P 500 by over 10 times. Conscious leadership focuses on developing a stakeholder orientation, higher purpose, and conscious culture through mindfulness training to help companies integrate systems, make better decisions, and unleash potential. Mindfulness practices like meditation retrain the brain to be more responsive than reactive to stress by shifting control from the amygdala to the prefrontal cortex.

1. Conscious Companies
Perform Better – You can too

2. ….the 18 publicly traded companies out of the 28
outperformed the S&P 500 index by a factor of 10.5 over the
years 1996-2011….

5. More Aware
More Present
Less Constrained by False Narratives
More Compassionate
Have a Stronger Affinity for Integration
More Resilient
Non-judgmental

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8. Conscious Leadership

11. Individuals

12. Washington Nationals
Chicago Cubs
Seattle Seahawks
Villanova Wildcats
Mark Campbell, Director of Mental Conditioning
Darnell McDonald, Mental Skills Coordinator
Michael Gervais, PhD Mindfulness Consultant
Cara Bradley, Mental Strength Coach
World Champions, 2019
World Champions, 2016
NFC Champions, 2014, 2015
National Champions, 2016, 2018
Making of Champions

13. The Conscious Company Paradox:
The fact that Conscious Companies have much better performance
than benchmark companies cannot be your reason for being a
Conscious Company, because - if it is, then you are not.

14. Conscious Leadership is Part of a
Larger Business Eco-system
Change Your Self > Change Your Company > Change the World

15. 2013
1957

16. 2013
1957
The shareholder benefits
from a stakeholder
orientation
The stakeholder benefits
from a shareholder
orientation

17. Higher
Purpose
Stakeholder
Orientation
Conscious
Culture
Conscious
Leadership
1
3
4
2

18. Conscious
Leadership
Conscious
Culture
Higher
Purpose
Stakeholder
Orientation

19. What is Your Higher Purpose?
Why Do You (Does Your Company) Exist?

20. If this were easy we all would have already done it.

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23. How to Get Started

25. How to do It

26. 1. Sit in an upright position and alert position. Either the
floor or a chair is fine.
2. Darken the room if possible. Close your eyes.
3. Take a couple of slow, deep, cleansing breaths – in
through the nose, out through the mouth. One, two.
4. Breath through your nose, and focus on your breath.
5. Your mind will wander. This is normal – bring it back to
your breath. Feel the breath in your body. Inhale,
exhale, inhale, exhale.
6. Move your focus to one point of the breath. Perhaps
the entry point of the nose, perhaps the lungs, or
perhaps the abdomen. Stay there. Focus on one
point of the breath. Stay there.
7. Every time your mind wanders bring it back to your
breath. Shut down your thoughts – only the breath.
8. Open your eyes.
9. Continue for 10-30 minutes. Use a timer.

27. Limbic System
Planning, Cognitive Behavior, Decision
Making, Impulse Control, and Rational
Contemplation
Fight, Flight, Freeze
(Reactive)
(Proactive)

28. From million of years of evolution, this is our natural response to stressful stimuli:
We put the pre-frontal cortex
back In charge
Our Amygdala hijacks our
Pre-frontal Cortex,
resulting in a Fight, Flight,
Freeze Reaction
Attend and Befriend

29. Limbic System
Planning, Cognitive Behavior, Decision
Making, Impulse Control, and Rational
Contemplation
Fight, Flight, Freeze
(Reactive)
(Proactive)

30. POWER
Reactive Brain Responsive Brain
Stimulus Stimulus
Response
Response

32. We are reactive
We lack clarity
We lack empathy
We are responsive
We consider the options
We are compassionate
Attend and Befriend

35. Reactive
Creative
Integral
Unitive
Reactive
Responsive
Pluralistic
Mindful
70%
20%
4%
1%
35 Years of Research

41. RAIN
Recognize
Allow
Investigate
Nurture

42. Applications to Your Business

43. KPI Development and Utilization
More Aware
Have a Stronger Affinity for Integration
Improve Employee Relationships and More Deeply Integrate
Systems and Business Model
Less Constrained by False Narratives
Unleash Your Own Potential

45. Build and Retain Stronger Teams
More Compassionate

46. Cultivating compassion and kindness
through meditation affects brain regions
that can make a person more empathetic to
other peoples’ mental states, say
researchers at the University of Wisconsin–
Madison. May, 2013

48. Build and Retain Your Dream Team

51. What Captured Your Interest?