Michael Chaskalson

The Mindful Workplace

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Mindfulness - a way of paying attention to whatever arises from moment to moment, in yourself, others and the world around you - enhances resilience by enabling people to more quickly renew themselves, offsetting stress and reducing the risk of burnout. For executives and employees, The Mindful Workplace offers insights into the process and potential benefits of mindfulness training. For professionals interested in individual and team effectiveness, it suggests ways to significantly advance workplace dynamics and provides the hands-on tools and advice needed to implement lasting change.

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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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. September 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 335g
• ISBN-13: 9780470661598
• ISBN-10: 0470661593
• Artikelnr.: 33352749

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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 the Yerkes-Dodson Curve 57 4
Approach and Avoidance: Learning New Ways to Be with What Is 73 5
Metacognition: Knowing Your Thoughts as Thoughts 89 6 Respond: Learning Not
to React 101 7 Mindfulness and Emotional Intelligence: Positive
Relationships at 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 Workplace Setting 163 Appendix 1: Good Practice
Guidance for Teaching Mindfulness-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

Rezensionen

"However, the general mindfulness applicability to therapy is highly welcomed and well written." (British Journal of Mental Health and Nursing, 1 July 2012)

". . . Simple exercises at the end of each chapter and numerous workplace examples make this it a fascinating, highly relevant read for any employee." (The Psychologist, 1 May 2012) "His book is a skilful weaving together of art, science and practice, presented with clarity, simplicity and warmth." (Mindful, 11 October 2011)