FUTURE READY FORUM MINDFULNESS AT WORK: WHY IT IS …

FUTURE READY FORUM

MINDFULNESS AT WORK: WHY IT IS MORE IMPORTANT NOW THAN EVER

Jochen Reb, PhD

Associate Professor or OBHR

Director Mindfulness Initiative @ SMU

Feb 2016

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“A wealth of information creates

a poverty of attention”

- Herbert Simon

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47%

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Meditation

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“Paying attention

in a particular way,

on purpose,

in the present moment,

non-judgmentally”

What is Mindfulness?

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Tense Energy

Calm Energy

Tense Tiredness

Calm Tiredness

Attitudes of Mindfulness

• Patience

• Trust

• Beginner’s mind

• Non-judging

• Acceptance

• Non-striving

• Letting go

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The “Mindfulness Revolution”

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Growing Scientific Research Base

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US$300

billion

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Memory

Athletic Performance

Stress Tolerance

Immunity

Physical Well-Being

Brain Functioning

Emotional Intelligence

Happiness

Emotional Well-Being

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Decision Making

Employee Retention

Job Satisfaction

Work Engagement

Creativity

Negotiation Performance

Work Performance

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“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our

growth and our freedom.” - Viktor E. Frankl

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Response Flexibility: “Creating Space”

Stimulus (Re)Action

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Reacting vs Responding

Reacting

Automatic

Habit

Being Triggered

Mindless

Knowing

Responding

Pausing

Beginner’s Mind

Impulse Control

Mindful

Observing

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BALANCED LEADERSHIP

Being Doing

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The “Doing” and “Being” of

Leadership

Doing

Making Things

Happen

Changing Things

and People

Task-Orientation

Control

Efficiency

Being

Letting Things

Emerge

Allowing Change to

Happen

People Orientation

Awareness

Patience

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Summary

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What Mindfulness Is Not

(Necessarily)…

• A religious or a spiritual practice

• Meditation or another form or formal

practice

• Therapy

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Mindfulness can…

1. Help you be more fully engaged and present

2. Approach work and life with the curiosity of a beginner’s mind

3. Allow you to respond, rather than react, to negative or difficult thoughts and experiences

4. Reduce stress and increase wellbeing and resilience

5. Transform your leadership

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Self Leadership

• “You cannot manage other people unless

you manage yourself first”

- Peter Drucker

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Mindfulness at SMU

• WALM (Working and Leading with Mindfulness): Skills Future Credits approved mindfulness-based course

• SMU Mindfulness Initiative website

https://business.smu.edu.sg/mindfulness

• Email address

[email protected]

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