Mindfulness-Based Strategic Awareness Training: A Complete Program for Leaders and Individuals

This is the first book to link mindfulness training and positive psychology to the leadership, strategy and management issues faced by individuals and organizations.  Sets out a complete program in Mindfulness–based Strategic Awareness Training (MBSAT), a new form of strengths–based business mindfulness training which enhances participants ability to perceive opportunities, adapt and grow Draws on research from neuroscience, positive psychology, behavioural finance  and management to show how leaders, managers and individuals can build and maintain more resonant relationships and adapt to constant change Includes real–life vignettes, specific instructions and a wealth of resources designed to guide experiential learning including background information, exercises, guidelines, hand–outs, graphics, and guided audio meditations Mindfulness training is increasingly used in organizational contexts the author is a pioneer in designing and delivering training that applies mindfulness and positive psychology to the strategic challenges of management and business INDICE: Preface x .Part 1 Foundations for Mindful Positive, Leadership, and a Constructive Way of Life 1 .1 The Quest for a Model of Mindful, Positive Leadership and a Constructive Way of Life 3 .1.1 Groundwork for Models of Leading and Living 3 .1.2 In Pursuit of Answers to Intriguing Questions 5 .1.3 Two Discoveries and their Importance for Good Leadership and Living 6 .1.4 From Groundwork to a Model for Mindful, Positive Leadership and a Constructive Way of Life 14 .2 What is Positive Psychology? 15 .2.1 Birth of a New Discipline 15 .2.2 Positive Emotions: The Cornerstone of Positive Psychology 17 .2.3 Engagement and Flow 21 .2.4 Relationships: The R in PERMA 24 .2.5 Meaning in Life 25 .2.6 Positive Accomplishment: Fifth and Last Element of PERMA 26 .2.7 Hindrances to Subjective Well being 27 .2.8 Positive Psychology Interventions (PPIs): The Instruments for Increasing Happiness 30 .2.9 Summarizing Remarks and Outlook 32 .3 What is Mindfulness? 33 .3.1 Rediscovering Personal Practice 33 .3.2 Defining Mindfulness 34 .3.3 Some Open Issues of Mindfulness 37 .3.4 Operating Mechanisms of Mindfulness 38 .3.5 Benefits from Mindfulness Practice 41 .3.6 Mindfulness based Interventions (MBIs) 44 .4 Strategic Awareness: The Key to Well being 48 .4.1 The Importance of Strategy 48 .4.2 The Future Not the Past, Not even the Present As Key to Well being 51 .4.3 Strategic Awareness 54 .Part II Mindfulness Based Strategic Awareness Training (MBSAT) 65 .5 MBSAT: The Program 67 .5.1 Its Origin and Goals 67 .5.2 MBSAT: A Decision Making Approach 68 .5.3 MBSAT Principles 71 .6 MBSAT: The Program Design 80 .6.1 Defining Needs: Understanding Afflictions in the Workplace and in Life 80 .6.2 The Format of MBSAT 84 .6.3 The Content of MBSAT: An Overview 85 .6.4 Expected Benefits from MBSAT 88 .6.5 Getting Started: Group Composition and Pre Session Interviews 92 .6.6 Teaching MBSAT 94 .6.7 The Importance of Inquiry in Sessions 97 .6.8 Homework Assignments 100 .6.9 Annex to Chapter 6: MBSAT Pre Course Interview Template 102 .7 Session 1: Automatic Pilot 105 .7.1 Introduction 105 .7.2 Session Organization, Coverage, and Sequence 107 .7.3 Exercises and Practices of Session 1 108 .8 Session 2: Driven by our Head 116 .8.1 Introduction 116 .8.2 Session Organization, Coverage, and Sequence 119 .8.3 Exercises and Practices of Session 2 120 .9 Session 3: Recollecting Our Mind 127 .9.1 Introduction 127 .9.2 Session Organization, Coverage, and Sequence 132 .9.3 Exercises and Practices of Session 3 133 .9.4 Annex to Chapter 9: Body Scan: Recognizing Emotions and Sensations in the Body 139 .10 Session 4: The Construction of Experience Like and Dislike (Our Worried and Anxious Mind) 142 .10.1 Introduction 142 .10.2 Session Organization, Coverage, and Sequence 145 .10.3 Exercises and Practices of Session 4 145 .11 Session 5: Strategic Awareness I Responding with Acceptance 153 .11.1 Introduction 153 .11.2 Session Organization, Coverage, and Sequence 160 .11.3 Exercises and Practices of Session 5 161 .12 Session 6: Strategic Awareness II Beyond Money 166 .12.1 Introduction 166 .12.2 Session Organization, Coverage, and Sequence 174 .12.3 Exercises and Practices of Session 6 175 .13 Session 7: Strategic Awareness III Friendliness 182 .13.1 Introduction 182 .13.2 Session Organization, Coverage, and Sequence 193 .13.3 Exercises and Practices of Session 7 194 .14 Session 8: An Invitation to Growth 206 .14.1 Introduction 206 .14.2 Session Organization, Coverage, and Sequence 207 .14.3 Exercises and Practices of Session 8 208 .Notes and Handouts .Session 1Note 1: The Raisin Exercise 223 .Note 2: The Body Scan 225 .Handout 1 of Session 1: Foundations 228 .Handout 2 of Session 1: Building the Formal Mindfulness Practice Habit 228 .Handout 3 of Session 1: Home Practice for the Week Following Session 1 230 .Handout 4 of Session 1: Optional Reading 230 .Handout 5 of Session 1: Home Practice Record Form 231 .Session 2 Note 3: The Thoughts and Feelings Exercise (TFE) 232 .Note 4: Three Good Things (TGT) Practice 234 .Note 5: Mindfulness of the Breath Practice 235 .Handout 1 of Session 2: Content of Home Practiceand Practical Considerations 237 .Handout 2 of Session 2: Home Practice for the Week Following Session 2 238 .Handout 3 of Session 2: Optional Material 239 .Session 3 Note 6: Breath and Body Sitting Mediation 240 .Note 7: 3 Minutes Breathing Space 3MBS 242 .Note 8: Mindful Stretching and Mindful Salsa 245 .Note 9: Positive Reframing Exercise 251 .Handout 1 of Session 3:Positive Reframing Part 1 253 .Handout 2 of Session 3: Home Practice for the Week Following Session 3 254 .Session 4Note 10: Sitting Meditation on Breath, Body, Sounds, Thoughts, and Open Awareness 255 .Note 11: Exercise to Define the Territory of Worry and Anxiety (TWA) 257 .Note 12: 3 Minutes Breathing Space on Strengths 3MBSS 260 .Note 13: Mindful Walking 262 .Handout 1 of Session 4: Some of the Ways that Worry Can Affect You 263 .Handout 2 of Session 4: The Self reinforcing Dynamics of Worry and Anxiety 264 .Handout 3 of Session 4: Home Practice for the Week Following Session 4 264 .Session 5Note 14: Irimi Meditation: Awareness of Breath and Body Introducing a Difficulty 267 .Note 15: 3 Minutes Breathing Space on Worry (3MBS Worry) 270 .Note 16: Mindful Positive Self (MPS) Portrait: The Launch 271 .Handout 1 of Session 5: Irimi Meditation on Difficulty 272 .Handout 2 of Session 5: The First Steps of Mindful Positive Self (MPS) Portrait 273 .Handout 3 of Session 5: Home Practice for the Week following Session 5 275 .Handout 4 of Session 5: Guest House by Rumi 277 .Session 6Note 17: Meditation on Money 278 .Note 18: Exercise on Money and Opportunity Costs (MOC) 281 .Note 19: 3 Minutes Breathing Space on Money Worry (3MBS Money Worry) 283 .Note 20: Easterlin Paradox and Kahneman Deaton Happiness Benchmark: Two Mini Lectures (Optional) 285 .Note 21: Mindful Positive Self (MPS): Second Take 282 .Handout 1 of Session 6: Meditation on Money 284 .Handout 2 of Session 6: Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Happiness 295 .Handout 3 of Session 6: High Incomes Improves Evaluation of Life but Not Emotional Well being 296 .Handout 4 of Session 6: 3 Minutes Breathing Space on Money Worry (3MBS Money Worry) 297 .Handout 5 of Session 6: Mindful Positive Self (MPS): Second Take 297 .Handout 6 of Session 6: Example of a Master Student s Mindful, Positive Self Portrait (MPS) 299 .Session 7Note 22: Meditation on Friendliness 305 .Note 23: Active Constructive Responding: A Positive Communication Approach 310 .Note 24: Albert Einstein: Is the Universe Friendly? 311 .Note 25: Strengths, Opportunities, and Positive Action SOPA Part I 311 .Note 26: 3 Minutes Breathing Space on Friendliness (3MBS Friendliness) 314 .Note 27: How to Acquire Talented People 316 .Handout 1 of Session 7: Active Constructive Responding: A Positive Communication Approach 316 .Handout 2 of Session 7: Albert Einstein: Is the Universe Friendly? 317 .Handout 3 of Session 7: How to Acquire Talented People: A Sixteenth Century Samurai Tale 317 .Handout 4 of Session 7: Strengths, Opportunities, and Positive Action: SOPA Part 1 318 .Handout 5 of Session 7: Strengths, Opportunities, and Positive Actions: SOPA Part 1 319 .Handout 6: Strengths, Opportunities, and Positive Actions: SOPA Part 1 320 .Handout 7: Strengths, Opportunities, and Positive Actions: SOPA Part 1 321 .Handout 8 of Session 7: Home Practice for the Week Following Session 7 322 .Session 8 Handout 1 of Session 8: Strengths, Opportunities, and Positive Actions: SOPA Part II 325 .Handout 2 of Session 8: Review of the 8 week MBSAT Program 330 .Handout 3: The Living Zone of the Mindful, Positive Individual 332 .Handout 4 of Session 8: A Tale of Equanimity and Open Mindset 334 .Handout 5 of Session 8 335 .Handout 6 of Session 8: The Overall Goal of MBSAT: From VUCA to WECO 336 .Final Words and Acknowledgments 337 .References 339 .Further Reading 346 .Index 000

• ISBN: 978-1-118-93797-6
• Editorial: Wiley–Blackwell
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 400
• Fecha Publicación: 04/11/2016
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés