A recent Willis Towers Watson survey revealed that 75% of U.S. employers say stress is their number one workplace health concern. Stress is taking a massive toll on both your employee wellness and overall business performance. It’s no wonder that corporate mindfulness is a hot topic in leading companies. This webinar will give you insight into: What mindfulness is and how it helps employees reduce stress, while improving performance. The neuroscience behind training employees for resilience and mental wellbeing. Why 1/3 of Fortune 500 companies name mental well-being and stress reduction as their #1 priority. The financial, operational and cultural benefits that digital, on-demand mindfulness training can have in your company.

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Joe
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Mindfulness
and
Stress
Resilience:
The
Best
Benefit
for
Your
Employees
and
Your
Company

6. Combating
Stress
Why Mindfulness Is the Best Benefit For Your Employees And Your Company
™
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7. POLL
On a scale of 1-10, how familiar are you with
‘mindfulness’
1 = Never heard of it | 10 = “My mind is a registered weapon.”

8. The annual cost of stress in the U.S.
Source: Harris Interactive Work Stress Survey (2013)
Stress is a $300bn annual problem in the U.S. alone
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9. Report work as their
primary source of stress1
Stress is a global crisis
Sources: 1. Work Stress Survey, 2013; 2. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 2014; 3. Institute of Medicine (US) Committee on
Sleep Medicine and Research, 2006; 4. APA Excellence Work & Wellbeing Survey, 2015; 5. Workplace Options EAP survey, 2015; 6. Bleetman et
al., 2011
Say their stress level is
“high” or “overwhelming”2
83% 50%
Higher cost for workers who
report high levels of stress5
50%Of 2014 health cases were due to
employee depression, stress and
anxiety (up from 55% in 2012)4
83% Of workplace injuries
are due to human error6
(avg. cost of $38k each)
91%
Suffer from insomnia with
significant impacts on health
and performance3
33%

10. It’s impacting business
Sources: 1. Equifax Workforce Solutions; 2. Forbes, 2014; 3. Gallup, 2012; 4. APA Excellence Work & Wellbeing Survey, 2015;
Workplace Options EAP survey, 2015; 5. Gallup, 2012
Average turnover
rate in the U.S.1
46% Leave their job
due to stress2
42% Of employees are not
engaged at work3
70%
Feel their employer doesn’t
provide adequate resources
for mental health needs4
56% Feel their employer doesn’t
provide sufficient resources to
help manage stress4
64% Higher chance of turnover for
those who aren’t “thriving”5
35%

11. Thriving employees cost less and produce more
Source: Gallup, 2012
Annual Health-related Cost to Employer

12. Stress is getting worse
for every generation

13. • Four generation friction
• Stressors are universal
• Pace of technology is
making it worse
3 of 4 generations are in
the danger zone
Source: APA Stress in America: The Impact of Discrimination Report, 2016
Healthy,
Manageable
Stress
Level
Danger
zone!

14. What’s stressing
people out?
• A bit of everything
• The human brain isn’t
evolving fast enough to
keep pace with the pace
of modern living
Source: APA Excellence Work & Wellbeing Survey, 2015
Mental/Emotional Wellness
● 68% - Managing my stress
● 65% - Taking time off/relaxing
Financial Wellness
● 70% - Living within my means
● 67% - Regularly saving money
● 65% - Paying down credit cards
Physical Wellness
● 70% - Getting enough sleep
● 65% - Eating healthy
● 64% - Following medical advice
Social Wellness
● 70% - Spending enough time with family/friends
● 63% - Balancing personal and work commitments

15. POLL
What’s your organization’s level of stress on a scale of 1 to 10? (1 is no stress)

16. Think it’s bad now?
Imagine stress levels in 15 years...

17. “Extreme” stress is up and getting worse
Source: APA Stress in America: 2016
% of people experiencing extreme stress
Year

18. Mental health symptoms of stress are growing fast
Source: APA Stress in America: The Impact of Discrimination Report, 2016

19. 1. Death of a spouse
2. Divorce
5. Death of a relative
6. Injury or illness
7. Marriage*
10. Retirement*
Source: http://www.stress.org/holmes-rahe-stress-inventory/
Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale
12. Pregnancy*
16. Change in finances
20. Large mortgage*
22. Promotion*
23. Child leaving home*
30. Trouble with boss

20. • Passive solutions based on earning points
• Focus on physical wellness
• Not embedded in a company’s culture
• Don’t prescribe well-being solutions based on
the individual employee’s needs
Traditional wellness programs aren’t covering
stress, resiliency and mental wellbeing

21. How I came to mindfulness

22. What is mindfulness training?
™

23. Mindfulness training impacts business results
Improve mental wellbeing, emotional intelligence and situational awareness
Attention and awareness training programs to move employees from stress and anxiety
to increased resiliency, focus and performance.
Employees form daily habits to be healthier, happier and more productive.

24. 600
450
300
150
0 1980 1990 2000 2010
NumberofResearchArticles
Source: PubMed
Scientific research publications on the health and
performance benefits of mindfulness

25. REDUCE
Source: University of California, 2013 (http://sites.uci.edu/mindfulhs/relevant-research/)
Absenteeism
Healthcare Costs
Stress
Anxiety
Depression
Blood Pressure
Addiction
Insomnia
PTSD
Pain
The benefits of neuroscience-based mindfulness training
Employees benefit immediately, with the best results in as little as eight weeks.
IMPROVE
Performance
Productivity
Focus
Memory
Relationships
Cardiovascular Health
Immune System
Healing Time
Self-control
Creativity

26. How does it work?
™

27. Mind Wandering Distraction
Awareness
Reorientation
of Attention
Sustaining
Attention
Sources: Hasenkamp et al. Neuroimage (2012) 59:750-760
Ricard et al. Scientific American (2014) 311:38-45
The brain cycles through states of awareness,
with 47% spent “wandering”

28. Follow the
Breath
Distraction
Reorientation
of Attention
Notice
Distraction
Mindfulness training mimics these cycles to increase
neural pathways and the ability to sustain attention

29. • Attention training
• Self-awareness
• Choice vs. compulsion
• Body scan
• Mindful listening
• Stop-Breathe-Notice-Reflect-Respond (SBNRR)
• Recognize-Acknowledge-Investigate-Non Identify (RAIN)
Creating a new default: calm & focus as the
norm
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30. POLL
How do you rate your company’s wellness program for stress, resiliency and
mental wellbeing?
1. Poor
2. Fair
3. Good
4. Excellent

31. Why offer mindfulness as a benefit?

32. Happy employees are engaged, productive employees
Source: Virgin Pulse, 2016

33. Address the gap in your wellness program
• Mental wellbeing may be more important than the
physical
• Healthcare costs increase 5% every year
• Only 7% of wellness programs are comprehensive,
including mental wellbeing
• If wellness isn’t integrated into a company’s culture,
employees can resent the benefits (lip service)
Source: Fortune, 2015
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34. Said mindfulness improved
their overall wellbeing1
Impact of mindfulness on your employees
Sources: 1. Wisdom Labs; 2. Garland, 2012; 3. Loucks et al., 2014; 4. Epel et al., 2009; 5. Barrett, et. al., 2012
Increase in longevity4
94%
30%
Improved their
cardiovascular health3
83%Minutes more sleep for insomniacs
practicing mindfulness.2
52
Decrease in cold
and flu symptoms5
50%

35. Source: Levy et. al, 2012
Professionals trained in mindfulness:
• Concentrated better
• Stayed on task longer
• Multitasked more effectively
• Retained more information
The all natural performance enhancer

36. Decrease in
absenteeism1
Impact of mindfulness on your company
Sources: 1. Barrett, et. al., 2012; 2. iOpener Institute, 2014; 3. Institute for Mindful Leadership, 2011
Increases in productivity
and performance2
76%
12%
Reduction of cost due
to sick leave2
19%Reduction in cost due to
employee turnover2
46%
Reported being more
innovative3
93%

37. High-performing cultures embrace mindfulness
• Aetna Insurance: ↓ $2,000 annually in healthcare costs and
↑ $3,000 in productivity
• Salesforce: "Mindful Zones" in the blueprints of its new $1.1b
tower
– Johnson & Johnson: Comprehensive wellness program
saves them $25m/year since 2000
– Google: “Search Inside Yourself” - most popular training
course
– SAP: Trained 5,000+ employees on emotional intelligence
and mindful leadership
Source: The Atlantic, 2015

38. Mindfulness for learning and development
Sources: 1. Carnegie Institute of Technology; 2. Harvard
Business Review, 2012; 3. Emotional Intelligence, 2015; 4.
Forbes, 2016; 5. Forbes, 2014
Amount of personal
financial success due to
emotional intelligence1
85% Increase in “life
satisfaction” score from
one mindful activity/day2
13% Of job performance
success attributable to
emotional intelligence3
58%
Of top performing employees
tested “high” for emotional
intelligence5
90%More empathy and compassion
towards coworkers4
50%
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39. How to implement mindfulness in your company
• Digital, on-demand (mobile)
• Live and in-person trainings
• Creating groups/communities for mindfulness
We recommend an “all of the above” approach
• Crucial: Treat it the same as exercise - going to the gym once a month ain’t gonna do much
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40. Enable individual employees and team training
Engage employees in multiple ways

41. Mindfulness as the best benefit
for your employees and your company
To
Calm, cool and focused
Collaborative and creative
Empowered
Proactive
Rested and energized
Situationally aware and
safe
Moving from
Stressed, anxious and
angry
Disconnected
Overwhelmed
Reactive (EAPs)
Sleepless and tired
Distracted and injured

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