Chaskalson The Mindful Workplace

Developing Resilient Individuals and Resonant Organizations with MBSR
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-119-97691-2
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 208 Seiten, E-Book

This book offers a practical and theoretical guide to the benefitsof Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) in the workplace,describing the latest neuroscience research into the effects ofmindfulness training and detailing an eight-week mindfulnesstraining course.
* Provides techniques which allow people in organizations tolisten more attentively, communicate more clearly, manage stressand foster strong relationships
* Includes a complete eight-week mindfulness training course,specifically customized for workplace settings, along with furtherreading and training resources
* Written by a mindfulness expert and leading corporatetrainer

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chaskalson, Michael

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword ix
Preface xiii
Introduction: The Business Case for Mindfulness Training 1
1 What Is Mindfulness? 13
2 What Is Mindfulness Practice? 31
3 Positive and Negative Stress: Up and Down theYerkes-Dodson Curve 57
4 Approach and Avoidance: Learning New Ways to Be with What Is73
5 Metacognition: Knowing Your Thoughts as Thoughts 89
6 Respond: Learning Not to React 101
7 Mindfulness and Emotional Intelligence: Positive Relationshipsat Work 111
8 Mindfulness for Leaders 127
9 Mindfulness in Coaching 145
10 Living Mindfully 157
11 Putting on an Eight-Week Mindfulness Course in a WorkplaceSetting 163
Appendix 1: Good Practice Guidance for TeachingMindfulness-Based Courses 183
Appendix 2: Review of Significant Mindfulness Research 187
Appendix 3: Further Reading 191
Appendix 4: Further Training and Other Resources 193
Index 195

Über Autor(innen)

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.