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
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!