Mindfulness at work 1st Annual conference
Brain based approaches to improving employee resilience and productivity
10th February 2012, Robinson College, Cambridge
A conference for: Business leaders, Execs, HR Managers, Occupational Health professionals, Culture change consultants, Executive coaches, Mindfulness teachers & specialists
Includes workshop strands for both corporate delegates & mindfulness coaches, teachers & specialists
Click the link below to download an overview of the workshops and keynotes
Conference overview
Why should I attend?
More and more businesses are being asked to do more for less. Many organisations are reducing staff numbers, whilst expecting the remaining staff to provide the same or a better level of service. A new way of thinking and working is needed.
Mindfulness is gaining popularity in Leadership development and executive coaching. This may be due in part to the large volume of research and neuroscience findings that support its use.
Many leading forward thinking public & private sector organisations such as Transport for London, Google, Toyota & Starbucks are already using mindfulness to help them meet the demands of the 21st century workplace. Mindfulness can help individuals learn to manage their own minds, which can improve workplace resilience, focus and concentration, leading to improved performance and productivity.
Find out from leading experts how mindfulness could help you and your organisation improve productivity & resiliance
What is mindfulness?
Mindfulness is a translation of a word that simply means awareness. Its direct, intuitive knowing of what you are doing while you are doing it. It's a knowing what's going on inside your mind and body, and what's going on in the outside world as well. Most of the time our attention is not where we intended it to be. Our attention is hijacked by our thoughts and emotions, by our concerns, by our worries for the future, and our regrets for the past. Mindful awareness is about learning to pay attention, in the present moment, and without judgement. It's like training a muscle - training attention to be where you want it to be[1].
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What's included?
- All Keynotes & a choice of workshops
- Lunch & all refreshments throughout the day & lunch
- Opportunities for networking
- Conference handbook
- Guidebook on making the business case for mindfulness
Keynotes:
- Juliet Adams: The challenges of the C21 workplace
- Professor Mark Williams: How does mindfulness work: Finding peace in a frantic world.
- Dr Shanida Nataraja: Neuroscience of mindfulness & recent workplace findings
- Michael Chaskalson: The mindful workplace
- Ruby Wax: Neuroscience, leadership & humour - From losing it to mindfulness
Choice of workshops*:
- Graham Lee: Leading in times of change - new theories and approaches to leadership
- Dr Patrizia Collard: An experiential introduction to mindfulness
- Sally Muir: Improving employee resilience and productivity - the potential projects approach
- Ruth Passman: Mindfulness & the NHS - impact on employee resilience & performance
- Chris Samsa: Neuro-leadership - your brain at work
- Richard Latham:Learning mindfulness online in the workplace
- Margaret Chapman: Beyond EI- Incorporating mindfulness into "EQ" coaching
- Dr Timothy Sahaja Davis: Improving the way we work by using Mindfulness based conversations
- Dr Tamara Russell:The neuroscience of emotional resilience
- Gladeana McMahon & Patrizia Collard: Mindfulness based cognitive coaching (MBCC) at work
- Shamash Alidina & Jane Brendgen : The business case for mindfulness