Bringing Mindfulness Training to our Armed Forces, Emergency Services and our Communities
HOW CAN MINDFULNESS HELP YOUR ORGANISATION?
Dear Human Resources Team
With increasing numbers of people in work experiencing stress, anxiety and depression and concerns about the negative effects of stress on the health of employees research shows that Mindfulness Training is an excellent value for money, and effective intervention to reduce the causes of stress and anxiety, reduce tension and conflict, reduce absenteeism, increase productivity and even for some people enhance creativity.
Mindfulness has some high-profile corporate disciples, including Pacific Investment Management, Apple Computer, Yahoo!, Google, McKinsey, Deutsche Bank, Hughes Aircraft .Procter & Gamble, and Starbucks.
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals in the US offers mindfulness meditation courses aimed at energizing its 5,000 employees during and after marathon meetings.  AstraZeneca now fund research and support mindfulness programmes.
Mindful Forces aims to introduce Mindfulness to small and large organisations such as local companies, the Scottish Education Service, UK Armed Forces and Police Scotland.
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MINDFULNESS TASTER SESSION
Invite us to come to your workplace to deliver a tailor-made 90 minute presentation to your team. This will include scientific background theory to Mindfulness practice and some short 'take-away' practices to increase awareness. There will be time for sharing of experiences, thoughts, Q and A, advice on how to continue with Mindfulness at home and work.
HALF-DAY AWARENESS BOOSTER WORKSHOP
Tailor-made to the needs of your team, this half day (3.5 hours) will be a nurturing, relaxing, awareness raising experiential workshop. Practices such as a body scan, mindful movement, sitting meditation, mindful eating and sharing of experiences in small and large group.
This workshop will leave your team feeling more refreshed, alive, present and bonded.
TWO DAY 'NURTURE YOUR TEAM" WORKSHOP
This two day mini-retreat will be tailor-made to suit the needs of your team. It will include theory of Mindfulness, mindful movement, lying down body scanning, sitting meditation, eating, some silence, and sharing in small and large groups.
It will give time and space for everyone to de-stress, unwind, connect with themselves and each other ready for out of the box creative thinking and efficient team working.
THE HIDDEN COST OF WORKPLACE STRESS
Work-related stress is one of the most commonly reported causes of occupational ill-health in Britain. It not only damages health and wellbeing but can also harm an organisation's productivity, competitiveness, reputation and profitability.
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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) estimates that 11 million days a year are lost at work due to stress.
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HSE estimates that for every £1 claimed through insurance for employee ill health £8-36 is lost due to sick pay, lost output, loss of expertise and loss of reputation.
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Training your staff in Mindfulness can help to; reduce stress, anxiety and conflict. It is also shown to increase resilience and emotional intelligence, while improving communication.
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Introducing mindfulness to your workplace won't prevent conflict or difficult issues from arising. However when these issues do arise employees are more likely to acknowledge, hold, and respond skilfully. With Mindfulness practice we learn to develop the inner resources that will help us navigate through difficult, trying, and stressful situations with more ease, comfort, and grace.
BENEFITS OF MINDFULNESS FOR LEADERS AND MANAGERS
Mindfulness can help reduce workplace tensions. People who practice mindfulness at work report an improved ability to communicate clearly and more appropriate reactions to stressful situations. They also report a better ability to handle workplace conflict, improved teamwork, a better ability to "think out of the box" and in some cases enhanced creativity.
Mindfulness can help businesses provide a higher standard of Customer Service by equipping their staff with the skills to respond more appropriately to their daily challenges. Modern business leaders are now asked to perform and thrive in a global environment that moves and changes at lightning speed. To become more adaptable and flexible in this environment, leaders need to move beyond familiar or habitual ways of seeing the world and open up to new ways of listening, leading, responding, and innovating.
While innovation can't be manufactured on demand, it can be cultivated both inwardly and outwardly through the practice of mindfulness. Cultivating attention and awareness through mindfulness provides a new way for leaders and their workforce to live all aspects of their lives with a greater sense of skill, connection, openness, and balance.
"Leaders need to learn to rebalance their neurological state to activate the parasympathetic area of the brain. This triggers hormones such as oxytocin, which governs bonding and engagement, care and concern, hope, optimism and elation. The immune system becomes enhanced and blood pressure falls. Old brain neurons expand and new neurons grow." Michael Chaskalson
BENEFITS OF MINDFULNESS TO THE COMPANY
A wide range of recent studies have cited the specific business benefits of mindfulness within organisations, including:
Reduced costs of staff absenteeism and turnover
Improved cognitive function - (i.e. better concentration, memory)
Improved productivity
Enhanced employer/employee and client relationships
Enhanced employee job satisfaction
HOW CAN YOU FIND OUT MORE ABOUT MINDFULNESS TRAINING FOR YOUR COMPANY?
Try short On-Site Taster Session (90 minutes)
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Half Day Presentation and Experiential Workshop (3 hours)
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Full Day and Two presentation and Experiential Workshop
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Bespoke 4-8 Week Training Courses
Please let us know your staff training needs and we can quote a price for you.
Contact info@mindfulforces.com