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Mindfulness and Performance
Dr Jutta Tobias
Lecturer in Performance Management
Cranfield University School of Management, UK
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Improve Performance
Executive Teaching
Rigorous Research
Practical Collaboration
THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
Centre for Business Performance
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A framework for linking
Mindfulness with Performance
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What is Mindfulness?
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How we make decisions
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Mindfulness: A Definition
Wilful direction of attention
In order to
Become aware of alternative perspectives
Make effective choices for the situation at hand
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Creating space
Stimulus (Re)Action
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Why is mindfulness increasingly topical?
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How we typically cope with
difficulty
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Instant gratification
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Our evolutionary wiring
Constant threat scanning
Results: focus on specifics, miss(understand) patterns
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How does it work?
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Our framework
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Mental exercise
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Breathing in a box
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Neuroplasticity
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How tuning in to reality works
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Our framework
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The meaning of success
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The meaning of failure
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Perspective Taking
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Creating space
Stimulus (Re)Action
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Noticing 5 things
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Our framework
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Ready to lead mindfully?
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Embedding mindfulness in
organisations
Leadership level endorsement needed
“Permission” to engage in self-care at all levels
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Do try this at home
1. Mindfulness =
changing your
relationship with
(esp. difficult)
situations
2. The more open your
mind, the more
resilient you are
3. The more you
practice, the more
you benefit
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Contact
Dr Jutta Tobias
Centre for Business Performance
Cranfield School of Management
MK43 0AL
United Kingdom
T: +44 (0)1234 754540
@juttko @CranfieldCBP
http://cranfieldcbp.wordpress.com/
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