Mindfulness at Work workshop December 2015

1. Mindfulness at Work
with Sharon Longridge

2. Your mind is
remarkable.
ACCELERATED CHANGE
demands
deadlines

3. Your mind is
remarkable.
ACCELERATED CHANGE
demands
deadlines

4. Positive bias
Negative bias

5. Your mind is
remarkable.
The challenge:
Staying resilient and boosting mental
capital in the digital age

7. 95% report
mindfulness helps
manage workload.
SSI Be Well Report, 2015

8. 95% report
mindfulness helps
manage workload.
SSI Be Well Report, 2015
MEASUREABLE BENEFITS OF
MINDFULNESS
Build resilience to stressors
Reduced depression and anxiety
Boosts immune function
Improved learning and memory
Better empathy and rapport
Strengthens creativity and innovation

9. What is your clearly
defined takeout?
“
Taking in the
good practice

10. Your mind is
remarkable.
Take in the good to rebalance the brain
Marinate in the simple successes for 30+ seconds
Staying resilient in the digital age
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13. How is your
resumption lag?
The time needed to “collect one’s thoughts”
and restart a task after an interruption.

14. Staying resilient in the digital age
Exercise: Getting in ‘the zone’
In pairs, take turns ‘power’ listening and discussing:
What factors support you to get into ‘the zone’ or
“the flow” where you are doing your most focused
and creative work?

15. AmEx QUARTER HOUR CHALLENGE!
Set yourself micro-goals to stay focused for 15 minute blocks.
ASK YOURSELF:
1. What’s Important Now (WIN)?
2. What 3 qualities will set me up for success?

16. Your mind is
remarkable.
Take in the good to rebalance the brain
Marinate in the simple successes for 30+ seconds
Distraction proof your brain
Become a single-tasking specialist
Staying resilient in the digital age
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19. Recall a recent ‘red brain’ moment at work. Can
you identify the stress trigger/s?
Time pressure, an unhelpful thought or belief, perfectionism… etc

20. Your mind is
remarkable.
Take in the good to rebalance the brain
Marinate in the simple successes for 30+ seconds
Distraction proof your brain
Become a single-tasking specialist
3: Stressors are inevitable
How you respond to to them is in your hands
Staying resilient in the digital age
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2
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21. Stress
Less
practice

22. Crafting
a culture of
focus

23. Thank you
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