Date / Time: 17 November 2017 All Day
Location: Central London
Ticket price today: £0.00

What is Mindful Leadership Training?

Leaders today operate in an increasingly VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex & ambiguous) world. We know from research and personal experience that the world is changing at an unprecedented rate. The corporate world has seen an explosion of interest in mindfulness over the past 10 years but what is it and how can it enhance your leadership? Mindful leadership training provides an opportunity for you to find a way to navigate the terrain of modern leadership.

What is Mindfulness?

Mindfulness is the awareness of what is happening as it’s happening. It’s the ability to recognise and step out of autopilot. To move from the usual default mode of constantly doing to being present in the moment. A self-observation of thoughts, self talk, feelings and emotions without judgement allowing you to clear the mental clutter providing greater clarity of thinking and decision making.

Why use Positive Change Guru for Mindful Leadership Training?

It’s likely that you’ll already have heard of mindfulness or know someone who practices it. Many organisations have developed their own programmes. We’ve worked internationally with organisations such as Deloitte, UKSport, Spotify, ICAEW, London School of Economics, Goldsmiths University, WaterAid and even the Victoria and Albert Museum amongst others to design and deliver mindfulness at work programmes.

We’ve trained with Google’s SYLI Emotional Intelligence for Leaders programme as well as training with Aberdeen University, Bangor University and Dr Patricia Collard to fulfil UK mindfulness teacher requirements. We’re committed to our own continuing professional development, our senior Mindful Leader facilitator, Gill Thackray, holds an MSc in Mindfulness Studies and is currently completing PhD research into the impact of mindfulness and compassion training on leadership efficacy.

Our own personal mindfulness practice spans 20 years. We draw upon this alongside our corporate experience of successfully building our own businesses working with FTSE 100 companies. We are committed to the UK Mindfulness Teachers Good Practice Guidelines and are registered on the UK Registered Teachers list.

We’re leaders in the field

We write articles on mindful leadership and mindfulness at work for national and international publications including The Guardian, Thrive Global, Success Magazine, Ultra Sport and HR Zone.

Why Become a Mindful Leader?

The benefits of mindful leadership include;

• Increased resilience
• Enhanced wellbeing
• A reduction in stress and burnout
• The ability to skilfully manage change
• Improved metacognition (the ability to observe your thoughts, feelings & emotions)
• The development of emotional intelligence
• A more engaged workforce
• Increased positive emotional states
• Improved self awareness & self regulation
• Increased ‘Flow’ state to optimise performance
• Greater team cohesion
• Reduced staff turnover
• Increased neuroplasticity
• Reduced stress related absenteeism
• Greater clarity of thought
• Improved decision making
• Increased creativity and innovation
• The ability to identify individual habitual patterns of thinking and respond more effectively

Practicing mindfulness won’t magically decrease your workload, improve the economy or make your colleagues nicer to work with. What it will do is change the way that you perceive and respond to those events.

Core Components of Our Mindful Leadership Programme

Our programme is unique. We bring the latest research from mindfulness, emotional intelligence, positive psychology and compassion together in one place to help you develop the skills necessary to become a mindful leader.

Throughout the course you’ll learn scientifically evidenced mindful leadership practices that you can take away and start using straight away in real world situations. We’ll show you how to establish a regular practice using mindfulness to manage the complexities and pressures of your leadership role.

Course Content

We’ll examine the latest scientific research and focus upon how practical mindful leadership skills will give you the tools to navigate the rapidly changing landscape of the corporate world.

• What is mindful leadership
• The neuroscience of mindful leadership
• It’s a VUCA world and why that matters to a mindful leader
• Recognising habitual mental habits & using mindful leadership to disrupt them
• Auto pilot and attentional training
• Sacrifice syndrome and how to overcome it
• The difference between stress, pressure and burnout
• Creating Flow states to optimise performance
• The key link between positive psychology and mindfulness
• Emotional intelligence and the mindful leader
• Self awareness and the mindful leader
• Self regulating under pressure – why it matters
• Skilfully managing change
• Developing agile thinking for critical situations
• Building resilience with mindfulness
• Managing your energy and circadian rhythms as a mindful leader
• Mindfulness, creativity and innovative leadership
• The importance of mindful leadership and compassion.
• Free post training 365 day support

How?

We’ll use facilitator input, discussion, dyads, group exercises, videos, light physical movement, guided scientifically proven practices and experiential learning to immerse you in mindful leadership for the duration of the course.

Course Outcomes:

By the end of the course delegates will have developed skills that will enable them to;

• Identify what mindfulness is
• Recognise the scientifically evidenced benefits of mindful leadership
• Identify how research in neuroscience underpins mindful leadership
• Develop increased resilience
• Enhance their wellbeing
• Improved communication skills
• Identify sacrifice syndrome & employ renewal strategies
• Skilfully meet the challenge of change
• Develop greater emotional intelligenceEnhance self awareness
• Enhanced mental agility
• Recognise the difference between stress, pressure and burnout
• Improved decision making
• Optimise performance
• Manage stressful situations skilfully
• Develop increased self compassion & compassionate leadership
• Recognise the interplay between mindfulness, neuroscience & positive psychology
• Utilise a practical toolkit of practices and strategies to start using straight away
• Develop an individual action plan

Outputs:

Tools and techniques that you can take away & start using immediately:

• Access to Positive Change Guru’s Mindfulness assessment
• Access to growth mindset assessment
• Access to emotional intelligence assessment
• Sacrifice and renewal audit
• Access to individual resilience assessment
• Access to team resilience assessment
• Toolkit to assess areas of risk
• Simple practices house daily for mindful leadership
• Access to compassionate organisation assessment
• Mindful leadership workbook
• 365 dedicated post mindful leadership training support

Want to know more? Just ask. We deliver public, in house and residential bespoke Mindfulness Leadership and Mindfulness at work courses offering espresso bitesize taster training sessions, half day, 1, 2 or 4 day options, along with conference key notes.

We’re also currently researching the impact of mindfulness and compassion on leadership efficacy. To find out more about our research, mindful leadership or mindfulness training contact us at admin@planetpositivechange.com or visit our events page http://planetpositivechange.com/events-2/

We’d love to hear from you!

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• Mindful Leadership Training UK