Mindfulness

Grounded in science, mindfulness is a way of simply ‘being in the moment’ – fully present and focused on what is actually happening right now.

This enhanced state of awareness then becomes the springboard for more effective, healthier ways of being, working and relating.

Mindfulness is a natural state that can be developed through practice and is an effective tool when exploring ways to enhance performance, resilience and wellbeing during periods of high demand, change and uncertainty.

It’s a highly effective way to improve performance using evidence-based approaches to optimise performance, time management and stress reduction. It can deal with the external causes of stress, such as heavy workloads and tight deadlines and also develop creativity, high performance and wellbeing in the workplace.

This course will enable you to:

• Understand the idea of mindfulness and related concepts

• Experience how mindfulness can affect our behaviour and interpersonal relationships

• Identify the impact effective mindfulness has on your organisation

• Explore different ways of enhancing personal performance and wellbeing at work.

The benefits:

Stress and disengagement at work aren’t just ‘soft’ issues: it pays for an organisation to invest in tackling them. There are many benefits from offering mindfulness:

• Reduces stress, the number one reason for absence from work in the UK

• Increases the ability to focus: employees are better able to complete their work efficiently

• Increases creativity, improves decision-making and the quality of relationships, which all has a positive effect on the success of the workplace

• Increases concentration, clarity and memory, enhancing performance and resilience to change

• Improves feelings of wellbeing and interpersonal relationships

• Reduces costs of employee absenteeism caused by illness and stress

• Reflects a visible and tangible corporate responsibility stance

• Enhances employee engagement and satisfaction.

Who should attend?

All frontline staff, team leaders, managers and executives.