The course is well structured and the advice is pragmatic, straight forward and easy to understand. I really liked the
fact that Susann made meditation fun. I feel like I have started on a journey of discovery, I’m just sorry I
didn’t start it earlier.
Yvonne Roach, HR Manager
News
It’s Not Just the Economy
Why the recession isn’t the only thing influencing a consumer’s mindfulness.
In recent times, our (marketer’s) job has mostly been about pushing consumers’ hot buttons, masterfully cultivating the desire for more, now.
In the new culture of mindful consumption, we must find ways to speak to consumers’ growing distaste for excess and waste and their reawakened hunger for such nearly forgotten values as communalism, thrift, responsibility and self-sufficiency.
Consumers have changed. And so must we.
Source: http://www.adweek.com
Date: 2010-07-27
Become a Better Leader
A mindful leader leads from a position of awareness – what I call " mindstrength".
Such leaders can easily tap into their core creativity to solve problems and achieve goals, and they make everyone on their team feel recognized, affirmed and valued.
A leader, manager or owner
can benefit by first practicing mindfulness and then by promoting the practice throughout
the organization. So, begin to sit mindfully and gain the benefits of leading your team
and your company more effectively.
Source: http://www.baselinemag.com
Date: 2010-06-22
Why meditation has a place in business
Mindfulness is being championed by a growing number of high-powered firms, including Google.
Studies suggest the average worker is interrupted once every 11 minutes; it takes on average
about 25 minutes for that worker to get back on task. It’s just one of the everyday strains
on the modern worker, and just one reason why some companies – like Google – are
incorporating meditation practices into the workplace, in a bid to preserve their
employees’ productivity, never mind their mental health.
Source: http://www.canadianbusiness.com
Date: 2010-05-18
Mindfulness over market matters
A recently published book called ’The Mindful Investor’ makes an impressive claim: By maintaining a calm mind, you can obtain both inner peace and financial security. The next time the stock market takes a sickening plunge, perhaps you should take time out to meditate.
That doesn’t mean to recommend a passive indifference to investment portfolios, it means, simply, "don’t fight with yourself". Failure to keep a calm mind when financial markets are plunging may lead to making wrong decisions, like selling at the bottom, crystallizing what might otherwise have been only temporary paper losses. To read more about Graham Byron and Maria Gonzalez new book read the full article.
To learn and/or practice meditation don’t hesitate to
contact us directly.
Source: http://www.vancouversun.com
Date: 2010-04-13
How meditation can improve leaders’ performance
The role of a leader in organisations is one of constant pressure to perform and stress to solve problems. Leaders need to be at the top of their game to be alert and productive at all times.
Unfortunately, far too many leaders use adrenalin-type of strategies to do so, such as caffeine, long working hours and poor nutrition. Certainly the notion of slowing down and being in a peaceful state isn't commonly seen as an effective leadership strategy. Yet recent brain research shows that meditation can actually improve performance.
To read more about this research – follow the link to read the full article.
Source: http://network.nationalpost.com
Date: 2010-03-09
Ecological Intelligence
’How Knowing the Hidden Impacts of What We Buy Can Change Everything’ by Daniel Goleman – another book from the author of Emotional Intelligence.
Please follow the link to find a review of this book which
brings emotional and ecological intelligence together for more sustainability...
Source: http://www.selfsustain.com
Date: 2010-02-13
Meditation helps productivity soar
Employees at Idea Village in Wayne take time twice a week to meditate and the results have been invaluable.
"Sales have increased by about 50 percent
over last year, and we seem to get about four or five times the number of products
presented to us that we did last year ... in customer service; I deal with
the public all day long. Sometimes, people can be less than pleasant
on the phone ... there are times when I will leave my desk and just
do a five-minute meditation, just to clear my head and help me get
over the stress of the day. I can work much better when I come
back."
... and that’s not all! Read this inspirational article here:
Source: http://www.northjersey.com
Date: 2010-01-10
The Self Aware Founder – Tough Route?
Daniel Goleman, whose studies and practice of meditation in India decades ago played a crucial role in his developing the celebrated theory of Emotional Intelligence, describes self-awareness as a critical competency of high achievers.
Being self-aware, they realise their strengths and weakness
and are comfortable with the realization. They surround themselves with
the appropriate talented and competent people who then fill in the gaps,
so to speak. The result is a well-rounded, competent, complementary team
consisting of team members who’re comfortable with each other and with
the company’s goals. There’s no dissonance with regard to values, objectives
and action. As the saying goes, all bottlenecks are at the top of the bottle!
And self-awareness has to start from the top of the organization.
What do you think?
Source: http://www.pluggd.in
Date: 2009-12-17
Think Like a Child
Learn to think like a kid again and unlock your hidden potential.
You’ve heard about those amazingly fun offices where play is encouraged? They’re not just cubicle legend. Companies like Google and 3M have crafted colourful, dynamic workspaces where employees play with toys and video games, take nap breaks and go outside for recess. If it sounds a little childish, that’s exactly the point...
Read more about the new way to success, a way very similar as Albert reveals
you in the awareness coaching programme.
Source: http://www.successmagazine.com
Date: 2009-11-20
The London Evening Standard talks about...
...Zen and success at work
Jon Kabat-Zinn, the head of the Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts and one of meditation’s greatest champions, calls meditation an act of love, towards oneself and others. He is a particular favourite at technology firms. During his talks, he often brings a tennis ball and drops it to signify the act of dropping into the moment.
He argues that greater knowledge of the mind, attained through meditation, helps business people sweep away the tacit assumptions which so often lead to problems.
In a modern society where so many people suffer from attention deficit disorders,
he says, it is all about doing, with little recognition of being. The consequence
is that people struggle to rest their minds.
Source: http://www.thisislondon.co.uk
Date: 2009-10-23
Meditation training lessens doctor burnout
or Mindfulness for GPs
Training in mindfulness meditation and communication can alleviate the psychological distress and burnout experienced by many physicians and can improve their well-being, University of Rochester Medical Centre researchers report in today’s issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
The training also can expand a physician’s capacity to relate to patients
and enhance patient-centred care, according to the researchers, who were led by
Michael S. Krasner, M.D., associate professor of Clinical Medicine.
Source: http://www.eurekalert.org
Date: 2009-09-25
Stillness for People on the Go
In this time of extreme stress and anxiety, some top leaders are turning to meditation ... but they're not running off to a serene retreat at the top of mountain. With one-moment meditation, you can meditate wherever you are and whenever you have a moment: when you're stuck in traffic, waiting for a download, about to make a presentation, even during a meeting.
"Instead of checking your Blackberry just one more time, you can grab a moment of meditation. You can use it as a tool to focus the mind, interrupt stress, and see any situation more clearly ..." says Martin Boroson, author of One-Moment Meditation: Stillness for People on the Go.
This is another great variation of Meditation for Busy People as you can
learn from London Meditation.
For details please click here.
Source: http://www.amazon.com
Date: 2009-09-03
The sufferings of the CEO
Debra Nelson – president of the NelsonQuick Group, an executive coaching firm – notes that CEOs have three unique areas of stress that can exceed other people's: Those are the pace of their work life, the pain of downsizing (in today's economy) and social isolation.
How can they deal with this?
She recommends meditation for almost any executive.
The idea may put them off (maybe the word hippie comes to mind), but she's found
that many CEOs really take to it.
They have busy minds at all times. The opportunity to quiet the mind seems to do wonders,
regardless of the form the meditation takes – whether with tapes,
in classes or according to a particular spiritual program, for instance.
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald
Date: 2009-08-11
Financial Planning Gets Personal
A new approach comes dangerously close to therapy.
James Weiss, an American finance planner who encourages clients to divulge their childhood money memories and practice meditation to focus on their priorities. Financial goals are lower on the list. "It's not about the money," he says. "It's about how you want to live your life."
To read more about this new approach towards financial planning read
this article
or make an appointment with Albert – London Meditation's executive coach
and awareness architect – albert@london-meditation.co.uk
Source: The Wall Street Journal
Date: 2009-07-11
Neuroscience: Make meditation your business
To stay on top in the cut-throat world of business, big or small, it helps
to be fit and healthy not just in body, but in mind. You need to be able to focus
instantly, pay attention to detail and the moment (known as mindfulness), not be
easily distracted, and have a really good memory...
If you want read the whole article – click here!
Source: http://www.businessday.co.za
Date: 2009-06-11
Hi! Managers: Meditation makes big difference
The Academy of Management Journal:
"In a mid-size manufacturing company, the productivity and profitability rose
steadily as the number of employees practising a particular form of meditation
over the same period rose to 80 per cent of the workforce. During this period,
productivity increased by 52 per cent, annual sales grew by 88 per cent and
absenteeism declined by 89 per cent."
Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com
Date: 2009-05-21
Deepak Chopra's meditation...
...on the economical crisis
"We spent money we did not have on things we did not need to impress people who did not matter. It was a casino. The USA led it, and the rest followed. Bailout plans aim to revive that old economy, and that's a mistake..."
So what? Does Meditation rescue the world?
Read his thoughts in the following article...
Source: http://www.thestar.com
Date: 2009-05-01
School of Inspired Leadership (SOIL)
The School of Inspired Leadership (SOIL) offers programs in HR, Business in alliance with Tata, Max, Mahindra, Hindustan Unilever, Kohler & more.
"This model is contemporary and forward-looking with a specific focus on development. This high quality curriculum has been designed in partnership with academicians and leaders of the industry consortium. Besides the traditional model that focuses on strategic management, human resource management, economics we will develop self awareness and mindfulness through a comprehensive program on wellness through ... meditation and healthy habits," ...
This is India – but with
London
Meditation you can get it in Europe as well!
Source: http://www.mbauniverse.com
Date: 2009-04-02
Staying sane in the midst of insanity
Let's face it. Many workplaces seem to be insane most of the time. There is too much to do in too little time. And, for better or worse, workplaces are full of people who are confused and scared. As the recession continues, insanity may be reaching new heights in your organization. Your team is looking to you, as their leader, for calm reassurance and a hopeful, but realistic, assessment of what is going on.
People get more peculiar than usual when fear spreads. Like a virus, emotions such as fear can be caught by an entire organisation, and this virus will have negative effects on your bottom line. So one of the most important things you can do right now is to stay sane and spread sanity.
Take care of yourself first. You know how the airline steward says to put on
your oxygen mask before helping others with theirs? Take that advice. If ever there
was a time to make good on those New Year promises to get healthier, it's now. Exercise,
healthy foods, sleep, and a good dose of a reflective and introspective practice
(meditative techniques) are necessities...
Source: http://www.mlive.com
Date: 2009-03-10
Tuning in to hear others
An article by Maggie Jackson confirms Albert's experience from his executive coaching work: some companies are hearing a call – to boost listening skills in the workplace.
Teaching active listening isn't altogether new. But with increased high-tech disconnection, rushed living, and economic uncertainties, there's a renewed sense of urgency on the part of many corporate leaders concerned about a dearth of good listening. Some companies are placing even more emphasis on its importance... and for time-crunched, overloaded managers, good listening is more important than ever, they have more work to do with a leaner organization, so they have to be much more skilled in listening well in a shorter time frame and to help the person speak clearly, and to get to the point quickly.
Read the full article from Maggie Jackson or get in touch with Albert
– when you or your company hear the call as well...
Source: http://www.boston.com
Date: 2009-02-18
Women at work:
Meditation, science, business management...
...meld into new way to lead
"You cannot solve a problem from the frame of mind that created the problem in the first place." – Einstein.
It's coming to an organization near you: It started in China and India thousands
of years ago. It's in the halls of Harvard and Stanford University today.
It's making its way into leadership development globally. It is mindfulness,
a combination of meditation, science and business management. These disciplines
are being merged to access new sources of brain-power. It is the 21st-century skill
for leadership.
Source: http://www.democratandchronicle.com
Date: 2009-01-29
How to beat stress...
There's nothing like economic calamity to focus the mind. But instead of obsessing over your job security or declining 401(k) balance, try diminishing your stress with a new assist from a very old tool: Meditation.
Stretching back thousands of years to ancient spiritual traditions, meditation
has been attracting a growing following of secular practitioners in recent years.
While it's still not exactly mainstream in Europe, data released in December by
the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, an arm of
the National Institutes of Health, show that 9.4 percent of adults in the
US surveyed in 2007 had tried meditation at least once during the previous 12 months,
a significant increase from 7.6 percent in 2002. And 1 percent of children
had zoned in, too. Read more about here:
Source: http://health.usnews.com
Date: 2009-01-07
Executives find another way...
...to transcend the daily grind
"It's much more productive than escapes like alcohol or pills," says Sean Foran, a vice-president at Bank of Montreal's Harris private banking division.
"I haven't really shared with other people that I meditate," Mr. Foran said.
"I'm not known as Sean the meditator, but as Sean the guy who has life by
the tail..."
Source: http://www.theglobeandmail.com
Date: 2008-11-27
Om money padme hum?
Following the Dalai Lama’s teachings can be your way to capitalist nirvana: "Buddha recognized entrepreneurship as a valuable activity. He encouraged entrepreneurs to be successful by being reliable and having an eye for what should sell."
Laurens van den Muyzenberg, an international management consultant, requested the Dalai Lama to address how mindfulness thinking and meditation could help capitalism "bring about a more peaceful and sustainable planet". The result is The Leader’s Way, the fruit of a long collaboration between the two.
A book London Meditation recommends not only for entrepreneurs
or managers.
Source: http://www.livemint.com
Date: 2008-10-21
Manager Mindfulness and Employee Morale
If you want to enjoy the benefits of having motivated employees, if you want maximum employee engagement, or if you're interested in improving employee morale, practicing mindfulness will help you achieve these goals.
So... if you're serious about improving your ability to motivate and engage your employees, if you're
interested in making it safe for people to speak honestly and openly, practice cultivating
mindfulness ... ask Susann or Albert – they can help you to increase your
ability to learn from each manager/employee moment of truth, thereby turning
everyday life into an ongoing management development seminar.
Source: http://www.mainebusiness.com
Date: 2008-09-29
Mindfulness Meditation in Law Practice
The Association of the Bar of the City of NY (which is a professional organization for lawyers), is giving a talk on mindfulness meditiation!
Mindfulness meditation is being taught as a cutting-edge tool at bar association
meetings and in law firms and law schools all over the country to help lawyers
enhance their legal competencies. This secular practice has been scientifically
shown to decrease stress and increase mental focus, and can assist lawyers in
negotiating with adversaries, communicating with clients, and dealing with internal
law firm politics and economic pressures.
Source: http://www.nycbar.org
Date: 2008-09-08
Acceptance and Mindfulness at Work ...
... increases workers’ ability to learn and positive change in organizations increases productivity and improves quality of life in the workplace.
These possibilities can lead to advancements in employee safety and training, stress and health management, employee evaluation, managing absenteeism, tardiness, and turnover, and self-management.
If you like to discover more you can read a book or ask Susann.
Date: 2008-08-28
MBSR in a workplace setting
A randomized trial of Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) in a workplace
setting showed enduring right to left shifts in activity in frontal cortical regions of
the brain associated with positive affect and effective emotional processing under
stress in the MBSR group, and well as positive changes in immune function.
Source: Davidson, Kabat-Zinn, et al. Psychosomatic Medicine 65: 564-570
Date: 2008-08-12
Mind how you work for peak results
"Everything you do at work is driven by your mind and brain," says David Rock in his yet-to-be-published book The Brain at Work. Rock and others use the knowledge that has come from advanced imaging technologies and brainwave analysis to explain why some management practices work and others flop.
Here comes his most important insight:
"Mindfulness is a kind of
dispassionate observation of your own thoughts and has been used for
centuries in meditation. In the workplace, it can give you more control
over what you do and say, improve your complex thinking capacity and limit
the effects of stress."
Source: http://www.smh.com.au
Date: 2008-07-23
Top CEO’s success secret revealed
What have Jirka Rysavy the founder of Corporate Express and Gaiam (GAIA) as
well as to Procter & Gamble (PG) chief A.G. Lafley and Ron Sargent of
Staples - the office-products retail giant that, coincidentally, is buying
the business that made Rysavy his first millions in common?
They all turned out to be meditators and pronounced their daily meditation
practice as key for their success.
Do you know any other CEO’s who practice meditation?
Date: 2008-07-07
Get a Grip on Your Stressed-Out Staff
According to a recent report by the Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health, the cost to employers of mental ill health at work is a staggering £ 26 billion a year.
This includes the direct cost of sickness absence, staff turnover costs, and the huge hidden expense of "presenteeism" (reduced productivity while at work).
Today, the proportion of the workforce with mental health problems such as stress,
anxiety and depression is 16%, the highest figure ever. But that's only the top
of the iceberg. For more facts about the current corporate wellbeing situation
in the UK follow this link:
Source: http://www.redorbit.com
Date: 2008-06-19
Meditation increases profit
In the 21st century, effective management may mean identifying stressed staff and forcing them to take a "10-minute meditation break" where appropriate in order for them to experience the naturally occurring "puffs of nitric oxide" which will inevitably will keep them going. This revolution in management thinking can be firmly linked to measurable scientific evidence unknown even five years ago.
In a world where stress is costing billions of pounds a year to industry and where
productivity and profits have never been more important, simple meditation could be
the answer to all three. The past problem Meditation can be as simple as sitting
quietly at a desk and taking a few minutes break to focus on breathing whilst
excluding all other thoughts - what might be called "An alert No-Mind State". This
simple practice alters a person's chemical make-up and prepares them to continue.
Source: http://pr-canada.net
Date: 2008-06-06
Meditation as executive tool for the 21st century
Today, Executive meditation coaches – like Susann and Albert – are overcoming the old associated images of "yogis in saffron robes" as the only icons of meditation, and are complementing them with the image of a clear-thinking corporate executive who has mastered the use of creative leadership tools for the 21st century. It may be some time before meditation makes it to the mainstream of corporate planning although research at Harvard Business School has concluded that "meditation and intuition are the two most valuable executive tools for the 21st century", but it is quite certain that there are visionaries in corporate life this very minute who are seeking out-of-the-box methods of creative and effective leadership. Are you one of them?
Date: 2008-05-20
The Dalai Lama at the Mayo Clinic
The Dalai Lama was at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester on April 17, 2008. After getting
a medical check-up, he spoke on the topic of "Compassion and Suffering". The exiled
Tibetan spiritual leader discussed the scientific and clinical applications of meditation.
The Dalai Lama appeared on this panel with Mayo Clinic CEO Glenn Forbes and
author and psychologist Daniel Goleman...
Source: http://www.myfoxtwincities.com
Date: 2008-05-01
From the Green to the Board Room
Tiger Woods proved it and his meditation coach Roberto Suarez is revealing now this secret to top managers. When you develop the ability to relax completely, your mind and body is working in harmony to produce an almost effortless golf swing.
Practicing meditation for 15 minutes or more a day will add to your wellbeing and your ability to create and fulfil your golf intentions with ease. This is a way of being in which we align with the power within. This alignment helps bring forth creation and the accelerated fulfilment of intentions. And this not only for golfers but also for individuals, business owners, and executives who consistently act from this possibility leap from the familiar to the unknown, and produce extraordinary results.
London Meditation doesn't teach golf but we surely can give your
company the swing, the alignment that boosts your results too...
Source: http://www.prweb.com
Date: 2008-04-16
Corporate meditation for enhanced performance
Remarkable productivity from clear focussed minds at your workplace.
ONE of the greatest skills of peak performing athletes and business executives is to focus solely on the task at hand. To focus on the "now".
Today's onslaught of multiple deadlines, urgent tasks and rampant distractions severely hinder our ability to think clearly and produce effectively. As the week progresses, your employees' minds are increasingly fogged up in a hectic environment, losing their greater perspective and their ability to perceive things clearly.
Meditation clears this fog and stills the mind to allow your staff to think clearly and get more done with a more focussed mind.
Corporate Meditation Sessions: these sessions will make an immense difference by releasing tension and freeing your team's productive power. Our corporate facilitators are professional, qualified and highly intuitive to the needs of your staff. Take a step towards nurturing a focussed and productive team for your office today. More details you find here.
Date: 2008-03-31
Tiger Woods, executives and meditation
There is a certain stereotype about business executives - they thrive on stress, sometimes
to the breaking point. But big business is trying to find ways to calm down their leadership,
aside from the problematic stress reducers of alcohol and pills.
Regular meditation is a way to develop focus and to relieve the stress
of the work day as practiced for example by Tiger Woods. Not all executives are comfortable
about announcing their newfound meditative natures. Meditation's hippie roots can be
offsetting for the executive who wants to be known as a shark, rather than as the mellow
guy in the corner office.
But more and more big corporations are embracing new approaches, like offering
meditation classes to employees that create a working environment with lower stress.
It looks like big business is finally deciding that high-stress environments
(and executives who have heart attacks at age 45) aren't as productive as they thought.
Date: 2008-03-07
Top coaching bodies...
...address standards and supervision
Fresh from agreeing good practice standards for coaches in the UK, the four major
coaching associations are set to develop a coach supervision policy.
"The Association for Coaching (AC) – of which Albert is an
accredited coach and member – has a working party looking at coaching supervision,"
said Chairwoman Katherine Tulpa. "And we're looking at developing standards for
that."
Once these are formulated, the AC will share them with other coaching associations which make up the Coaching Roundtable: the International Coach Federation (ICF), the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC), and the Association of Professional, Executive, Coaching and Supervision (Apecs).
"Agreed standards should be in place by the end of the year," said Tulpa.
The EMCC has 1,000 members in the UK, ICF has 800, AC about 1,700, while Apecs has
about 90 accredited executive coaches.
http://www.associationforcoaching.com
Date: 2008-02-28
Special season preparations...
...for BMW World Touring Car drivers
Four drivers of the BMW national teams had no time to catch their breath after their
successful test sessions in Spain ... they headed straight to Germany. There they
will continue preparations for the coming FIA World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) season,
with a fitness programme ... First up for the quartet of drivers is an extensive
and varied fitness regime in Southern Bavaria from 7th to 11th February. Following
a performance and health test, the BMW national team drivers will take part in a number
of sporting activities ...
Finally the BMW drivers will use Zen meditation
to improve their powers of concentration.
Source: http://www.fosagold.org
Date: 2008-02-18
A new research confirms...
...the successful synergy of coaching and meditation
For years we have been working with a special approach in learning and development - coaching based on introspection and meditative techniques. This approach is designed for the more mind-oriented learning type, who wants to "talk to see" by using the oldest and constantly scientifically tested awareness tool... Guess what? Meditation. It's true!
And that's not all. This coaching approach was identified in an European-wide research over 3 years and funded by the European Union as the best way to develop Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). For more information about the research and its result - use the following link to the detailed Final Report of the RESPONSE project.
Date: 2008-01-26
A little meditation on...
..."why corporate wellbeing?"
Imagine a company where employees are happy to perform with excellence and with team spirit because their line manager are trained performance coaches and the company invested in team building events with drama and gestalt work as well as meditative techniques...
Imagine a company where employees are able to cope with stress because their loyalty is awarded with individual work-life balance coaching sessions...
Imagine a company where manager are making the right decisions and negotiating more successful because they have developed the ability to operate with open awareness and consciousness for their CSR...
Imagine a company lead by executives who already have understood that employees are their most valuable resource and that true leadership is only possible by mastering oneself because they become members of London Meditation's MbM-Management by Meditation™ MasterClass...
We agree that's a vision but a realistically possible one. And the future has started already. Look to Australia or even the United States - Meditation has become one of the most effective and recognised element of corporate wellbeing.
Date: 2008-01-26
Happy New 2008 with our new website!
London Meditation has a new website since 1st January 2008. We hope that it will be easy for you to find the information you need at a glance. You also have the opportunity now to book your courses and sessions on-line.
Have a wonderful, prosperous 2008 with many Me-moments!