Enhancing Decision Making, Performance and Leadership Through Mindfulness

Enhancing Decision Making, Performance and Leadership Through Mindfulness

Mindfulness in Action 2

Mindfulness Benefits Better decision making Sunk Cost Bias Innovative thinking Increased engagement, retention Enhanced communication and collaboration: understanding of what drives your and other s decision making and others decision making Agile and flexible mindset and culture Increased ability to see potential paths for the future Awareness of events and potentiality in the environment Productivity increases 62 minutes / week, $3000 per year Reduced costs - 20% have nearly $2000 more in medical costs for preceding year Increased focus, attention and memory Increased creativity Decreased anxiety Increased connection to others Enhanced sleep quality (20%) Increased accuracy Attuned to your own surroundings Awareness of events and potentiality in the environment Multi-task Communication Skills More aware of own behavior More disciplined 3

Aetna: Mindfulness to Performance Action: Take short breaks to center themselves through Meditation and Yoga (Approx. 25% have completed) Outcome(s): - 62 mins of productivity per week ($3000 per employee) - Top 20% stress level have $2000 more in medical costs per year - Stress dropped by 28% - Sleep quality improved 20% - Pain dropped 19% 4

Google: Mindfulness to Performance Action: Nooglers. New hires spend 2 minutes breathing and gratitude journaling. Outcome(s): - Engagement scores increased for participants. - Increase in Emotional Intelligence better understand colleagues. - Better handle stress. Defuse emotions. - Boost resilience and focus. 5

Mindfulness to Performance Intel: Action: Awake@Intel. Outcomes: 2 point decrease in stress/overwhelm 3 point increase in happiness and wellbeing 2 point increase in new ideas, insights, mental clarity, creativity, ability to focus, level of engagement 6

Mindfulness to Performance Green Mountain/Keurig: Action: Mindful stretching. Outcome: Reduction in injuries Reduction in stress Reduction in job related pain Has made workers more attuned to their surroundings, more aware of their own behavior and, therefore, more disciplined in their execution of tasks on the factory floor 7

An Experiment, Part 1 1 Minute Get comfortable Breathe Notice everything coming in to your mind 8

An Experiment, Part 1 Thoughts come and go like clouds in a windy sky. 9

An Experiment, Part 2 Sit upright 10

An Experiment, Part 2 11

An Experiment, Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhcbjsirmss 12

An Experiment, Part 2 Sit up straight Feet flat Hands on knees In through nose, out through mouth Focus attention on center of forehead Notice breathing inhalation and exhalation Allow belly to expand, keep chest mostly still If mind wanders, bring back to center 13

An Experiment, Part 2 Thoughts come and go like clouds in a windy sky. My breath is my anchor. Thich Hahn Nhat 14

Mindfulness Paying attention in a particular way; on purpose, in the present moment and nonjudgmentally Jon Kabat Zinn University of Massachusetts Medical School 15

Mindfulness Noticing moment-tomoment changes around you. Attentive to things your doing but not single-minded because then you re missing other opportunities. Ellen Langer Harvard University Psychologist 16

Mindfulness Consciously paying attention to the present. David Gelles Consciously paying attention to what you want in the present. 17

A Simple Formula Intention + Awareness + Attitude OR in Business Purpose + Visibility + Culture = Outcome we desire 18

When is it OK to be mindless? If you ve found the perfect way of doing things and nothing is going to change. 19

Mindfulness And Decision Making Changes the way decisions are identified, made, implemented and assessed. Eliminates mind-driven biases. Framing the decision Ethics Time to pause and reflect creates emphasis on values and objectives. Creates linkages. Gathering information Identify accurate information Quantity and quality Adds data to decision making Recognize limitations of knowledge and objectively assess uncertainty Coming to Conclusions Intuition and systematic analysis See discrepancies and reconcile Being the observer, standing from the balcony Learning from feedback 20

Waking Up the Mind https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjg698u2mvo 21

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Where the Mind Plays 23

How It Creates Our Reality 24

Our Subconscious? It s Simply Biology Everything from our past Prioritized by??? Biology and Psychology We have the ability to influence it 25

Belief s Matter 26

Feelings Matter Emotions are like signals telling our brain remember this! 27

Habits Matter Do anything enough and it becomes 2 nd nature. Empowering or limiting? 28

Living it Matters 29

Here s Where We Are Mindfulness Matters! Explored how the mind works. So what? Now what? 30

1 Increase time when not on cruise control AND Examine what elements of our cruise control are helpful 31

Creating a Space/Pause Be aware of the gap! Be mindful of your triggers. Physical Emotional Mental Make things qualitative. Notice the patterns (body, breath, mind). Develop a response/build a new groove. Ask yourself if this requires additional study. Ask yourself if you want your past or your present making this decision. 32

2. Be the Observer With the benefit of space, I can see clearly now. 33

Be the Observer View the world as A pilot does from 50,000 feet A movie going by (thoughts, feelings, emotions,) A ticker tape going by A Coach watching game tape A trustworthy confidante Imagine your thoughts as totally transparent No positive or negative outcomes, simply ABCD 34

3. Flip the Filter If I change my choices, I change my life. Ghandi If I change my beliefs, I change my life. Bruce Lipton, Biology of Beliefs 35

1+1=? 36

Elephant in the Room Mindset Shift Flip the Filter 37

4. Live It Create New Grooves Set your intention Create awareness Create a plan Measure it/watch it Set your attitude Imagine the Outcome Believe It Feel It Live From the End Do it for 45 days 38

A Simple Formula Intention + Awareness + Attitude OR Purpose + Visibility + Attitude = Outcome we desire 39

You dare to risk many things. Do you dare to risk 5 minutes a day to be present, make better decisions and enhance your life/performance? 40

Additional Resources Apps for Meditation Apps for Diaphragmatic Breathing Article: Mindfulness, Performance and Leadership 41

Brian Chossek 805-252-9932 Brian@Impact7Generations.com 42