Creating a Mindful Workplace
It's not about sitting cross legged...
There are a number of options, at individual, team and organisational level, which can help make the benefits sustainable and integrate mindfulness within an organisation’s ‘DNA’.
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Relate the benefits of mindfulness to the personal health and wellbeing of employees, not just the business.
Apply mindfulness to existing work practices like taking a breathing space before meetings, emailing in a more mindful way and ensuring lunch breaks are taken.
Support regular individual or group practice with drop in sessions, a quiet place to practise and sending encouraging emails
Create a bespoke intranet page/portal that can be easily found and accessed by employees, and promoted on an ongoing basis.
Display visual hints and cues like posters and laminated reminder cards.
Hold question and answer sessions to share insight across teams and employees at different stages in their mindfulness journey.
Establish team mindfulness exercises, either through formal group sessions or by introducing short pauses into regular team meetings.
Build the evidence-base and integrate mindfulness into core organisational processes such as strategy, planning, training, leadership development and performance appraisals.
Build a community of mindfulness advocates with responsibility for arranging activities such as workshops, guest speakers, leading practices, coaching employees and embedding mindfulness into company processes and policy.
Design work spaces and work processes that minimise unnecessary distractions and interruptions to promote a sense of mindful attention, flow and productivity.
Incorporate mindfulness tools into induction programmes, management training and ‘back to work’ discussions.
Offer mindfulness training to all employees regardless of grade, location or job type.