Workshop: Focussed Minds – How to unleash the power of presence, compassion and concentration at the workplace and beyond
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Focussed Minds – How to Unleash the Power of Presence, Compassion and Concentration at the Workplace and Beyond
Mindfulness - being aware - is a powerful resource for the functioning of individuals and teams at work. Strengthening mindfulness lifts the burden of unwanted stress and habits employees develop. Individuals and teams learn to make conscious choices that lead to better outcomes: for their own health, for their colleagues, for the organization and for customers. Mindfulness training has proved to be effective in accomplishing this.
Mindfulness enables:
- the capacity for lowering one’s own reactivity (e.g., paying attention to experiences without having to react to them)
- the skill to act with awareness and intention (not being on "automatic pilot")
- the ability to notice and observe sensations, thoughts and feelings even though they might be unpleasant
- the faculty to focus on experience, not the labels or judgments we apply to them (e.g., feeling an emotion rather than wondering if it is okay to feel that emotion)
- the capability to experience compassion, joy and kindness
How mindful are you? You can test yourself at https://hbr.org/2017/03/assessment-how-mindful-are-you.
Target Group
All employees of WU, who want to incorporate more presence, focus, clarity, creativity, kindness and balance into their work and life after work.
Please note: The workshop will take place in English. Participants should have an English level of at least B1. However, “perfect English” is not necessary, as the course is experiential!
Workshop Goals
- This workshop will strengthen your resources to deal with the different challenges arising in your workplace and afterwork setting.
- You get to know the scientific background to improve your understanding of how mindfulness works and increase the motivation to apply new ways of working and behavior.
- You learn how mindfulness can be applied to specific topics from everyday work (especially meetings, mailings and communication) and improve collaboration across team/departmental boundaries
- You practice methods and internal attitudes/mental strategies to facilitate fundamental and sustainable behavioral changes that calm and focus the mind and strengthen your connection to the body. Dealing with stress, recognizing triggers and reactions form an important aspect of the program.
- In addition, we will practice creativity, innovation and using a beginner’s mind to uncover our underlying potential.
Workshop Content
| Module | Content | Mindful Training | Key Learnings |
| 1 |
Foundations of Mindfulness Neurophysiology of Mindfulness Mental effectiveness, Multitasking |
Breath meditation Sensing practice Body-scan |
Concentration and focus Awareness
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| 2 |
The Mind – how we perceive the world Dealing with difficult emotions Body-emotion connection |
Meditations with difficult emotions Awareness of breath - focus |
Regulation of emotions Emotional intelligence |
| 3 |
Mindful communication Mindful breaks Mindful E-Mailing & Meetings Compassion and empathy in the workplace |
Walking meditation Awareness of breath - clarity Kindness meditation |
Listening skills Respect for the other Social intelligence Taking the perspective of the other |
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Connecting to the body Beginner’s mind Presence Creativity |
Mindful movement Walking meditation |
Creating in non-doing |
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Stress – positive and negative stress The body and stress Recognizing and dealing with stress Change |
Breathing meditation Reflection |
Resilience |
Methods
- Mindfulness Training – experience-based instructions by the trainer, exchange in the group, support in establishing individual training (beginning with a few minutes) or in a group setting at work
- Power Point, video and flipchart
- MP3-recordings of the guided meditations
- Handout booklet with key take-aways
- Journal for notes
Location, Date and Time
On Tuesdays, 9.30 am - 12.30 pm
| 15.10.2019 | 29.10.2019 | 5.11.2019 |
| 19.11.2019 | 3.12.2019 |
All registered participants will be informed of the location by email one week before the event.
Fees and Registration
This workshop is open to a limited number of participants. The registration deadline is 1 October 2019.
Please note that you should notify us before the registration deadline if you are unable to attend the workshop. Otherwise the full fee will be charged. Please let the Personnel Development and Planning Office know if you will not be attending. There are often waiting lists for the workshops, and this will give one of your colleagues the chance to attend. In addition, if we can fill the vacancy with someone from the waiting list, no cancellation charges will apply for you.
To sign up for this workshop, please click "Register" at the bottom of this page. By registration for this workshop, you accept our terms and conditions “Workshop and Event Registration Information Sheet”. Further information on the collection of personal data can be found in the document “Information obligations pursuant to Art. 13 and 14 of the GDPR”.
For any further information please contact Nina Rath (Nina.Rath@wu.ac.at, Ext. 6173).
The course fee is €40.
Trainerin
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Mag. Dr. Martina Esberger-Chowdhury
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