Neuroleadership retreats: when you're ready to train your mind to lead. How well are you handling the increasing challenges of leadership? Do you find yourself angrier? More anxious? Maybe both. Invest one day in leadership training that strengthens you and your organization's ability to cope with the stress and conflict of not only difficult economic times but any uncertainty in the workplace. Use the power of a brain-based coaching model to develop a more productive relationship with your mind and the minds of your direct reports.
An eight-week training program in mindfulness with healthy employees in a work environment showed increases in positive brain activity and immune function. (“Alterations in Brain and Immune Function Produced by Mindfulness Meditation,” Davidson et al., 2002)
Regardless of their field or experience, every leader wants to lead with Calm Confident Power. All retreat activities and experiences train your mind to lead with a calmer, more effective presence and style. Learn and practice three foundational skills: Mindfulness: Stop complaining about the past or worrying about the future. Build the power of moment-to-moment, non-judgmental awareness when the body relaxes and the mind becomes clear, open, and curious. Inquiry: Investigate negative or judgmental thoughts. Make decisions from a neutral, rather than angry or fearful, mindset. Influence: Communicate in a concise confident way to increase morale and employee productivity. Proven benefits from these skills include increased self-awareness, self-trust, and self-acceptance; calm in the face of difficulties; more fluid adaptation to change; more effective coping strategies; decreases in stress-related physical symptoms including chronic pain; significant decreases in anxiety and depression; improved concentration and creativity; improved immune system functioning; and an enhanced appreciation of life; The net effect is Calm Confident Power.
After learning a simple mindfulness technique, three individuals frequently readmitted to a psychiatric hospital because of anger management problems showed no physical aggression and very low rates of verbal aggression over four years of follow-up. (“Individuals with Mental Illness Can Control their Aggressive Behavior Through Mindfulness Training,” Singh et al., 2007)
Leaders in a variety of work and volunteer settings:
Listen to people describe their experiences at a leadership retreat. --------------------------------------------------------------- Jan Maples, Human Resources Consultant, on nonstop doing
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Joan Gabriele, Educational Administrator, on relaxed curiosity
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How a Retreat Works Neuroleadership retreats cover:
---------------------------------------------------------------- Rob Noyes-Smith, Executive Coach, on mindful eating
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Retreat Leader Suzanne Kryder, Ph.D. has owned a leadership training and coaching company, Suzanne Kryder, Inc., since 1992. Suzanne began meditating in 1985, has taught beginning meditation since 1990, and has spent over a combined year of time on silent retreats. She is the author of the forthcoming book, The Mind to Lead: Coaching for Calm Confident Power. More information about Suzanne.
Forty undergraduate students given five days of 20-minute mindfulness training showed lower scores on anxiety, depression, anger, and fatigue; higher vigor on a mood scale; a significant decrease in stress-related cortisol; and an increase in immunoreactivity. (“Short-term meditation training improves attention and self-regulation,” Yi-Yuan Tang et al., 2007)
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