The Mindful Workplace Developing Resilient Individuals and Resonant Organizations with MBSR

by Chaskalson, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780470661598
• ISBN10: 0470661593
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-09-13
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

This book offers a practical and theoretical guide to the benefits of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) in the workplace, describing the latest neuroscience research into the effects of mindfulness training and detailing an eight-week mindfulness training course. Provides techniques which allow people in organizations to listen more attentively, communicate more clearly, manage stress and foster strong relationships Includes a complete eight-week mindfulness training course, specifically customized for workplace settings, along with further reading and training resources Written by a mindfulness expert and leading corporate trainer

Author Biography

Michael Chaskalson is the UK's leading trainer of mindfulness-based approaches to work, with clients including London Business School, Prudential and GlaxoSmithKline. He is an honorary lecturer at the Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice, Bangor University, UK, and has more than thirty years experience of Buddhism and formal meditation.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Preface	p. xiii
Introduction: The Business Case for Mindfulness Training	p. 1
What Is Mindfulness?	p. 13
What Is Mindfulness Practice?	p. 31
Positive and Negative Stress: Up and Down the Yerkes-Dodson Curve	p. 57
Approach and Avoidance: Learning New Ways to Be with What Is	p. 73
Metacognition: Knowing Your Thoughts as Thoughts	p. 89
Respond: Learning Not to React	p. 101
Mindfulness and Emotional Intelligence: Positive Relationships at Work	p. 111
Mindfulness for Leaders	p. 127
Mindfulness in Coaching	p. 145
Living Mindfully	p. 157
Putting on an Eight-Week Mindfulness Course in a Workplace Setting	p. 163
Good Practice Guidance for Teaching Mindfulness-Based Courses	p. 183
Review of Significant Mindfulness Research	p. 187
Further Reading	p. 191
Further Training and Other Resources	p. 193
Index	p. 195
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