13 May 2021

Digital Working Place, Mindful Leadership and Mental Safety, Retreats and Working in Nature
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How it benefits companies and employees We've all seen the studies that getting outdoors is a boost for our mental and physical health; microbes in the soil improve our moods as we garden, ocean spray increases our energy levels, time in the forest lowers blood pressure. What is it about being in nature that affects our well-being? Why do we feel calmer, more clearheaded, and rejuvenat...
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26 Mar 2021

Digital Working Place, Mindful Leadership and Mental Safety
Grooa Article Why are online meetings exhausting? What can we do about it?
One year into the pandemic, it is safe to assume that most of us have used online meeting platforms in some way or the other. It is useful beyond words. It has helped us stay employed, ensured continued learning, and most importantly helped us keep our sanity by providing us an option to interact with our loved ones when we could not physically meet them. For some people, this arrangemen...
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10 Feb 2021

Digital Working Place, Mindful Leadership and Mental Safety, Priorities / Trivial and Toxic Work
Laura Lozza in front of a painting with diverse women - LIS Woman is a Learning and Networking Membership for International Businesswomen
As policy makers across many countries go about renewing and extending "contact restrictions" I find myself suspended in between a mild euphoria for the comfort of working from home and the heartbreaking longing for human contacts. It is a constant emotional rollercoaster that consumes energy, so that I get more easily fatigued and need more sleep. But that is not all. I also find tha...
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05 Nov 2020

Digital Working Place, Mindful Leadership and Mental Safety
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How is the second wave of the pandemic affecting our mental state? It goes without saying that we all continue to be affected by the global pandemic. At this point, three-quarters of a year in, have you been able to adjust to the 'new normal'? I asked people how the second wave of rising Covid-19 numbers and ensuing regulations are affecting them and how it is different than the first...
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16 Mar 2020

Mindful Leadership and Mental Safety
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Closed schools, restaurants, borders, offices ... How can we stay mentally healthy? With the current pandemic many need to stay home - work virtually or take days off in order to be with their kids when the schools are closed. Some decide to self-isolate. Yet many still need to work and be out there, not only health and safety personnel, but everyone involved with food, pharmaceutical...
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30 Aug 2017

Mindful Leadership and Mental Safety
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Have you ever felt like a pawn on a chessboard? I have. It is not fun. When confrontations escalate and everyone seems to be obsessed with "being right", many appear only to be in "to win", some try to "compromise" and others hide or disengage with the excuse that they "prefer harmony", the real issue on the table tends to disappear. Nobody seems to remember, or care, why exactl...
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13 Jul 2017

Mindful Leadership and Mental Safety
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What do you think about Mindfulness? Whether you are already practicing or thinking of starting, feeling interested and curious about it or dismissing it as a fashionable gimmick, you certainly must have an opinion about it. This is too popular a subject to ignore it. Interestingly, what attracts, perplexes and repulses us can give us great insights about our values, biases and fears. I...
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09 Apr 2017

Mindful Leadership and Mental Safety
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Mindfulness is increasingly recognised as a skill that brings numerous benefits, like improved emotional control, decreased stress, enhanced ability to focus, and a general feeling of clarity and well-being. Scientific support abounds that clearly indicates how regular mindful practice significantly improves a number of brain functions, e.g. increasing cognitive flexibility, memory, conc...
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26 Feb 2017

Mindful Leadership and Mental Safety
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Companies like Google and Apple have long been using mindfulness training as a way to drive increased collaboration and creativity. Yet many business leaders are still skeptical about it. The prejudice might stem form a frequent confusion between therapeutic or spiritual practices of meditation and mindfulness on one side, and learning the Skills of Mindfulness and Mindful Leadership on ...
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01 Dec 2016

Mindful Leadership and Mental Safety, Retreats and Working in Nature
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If you think that mindfulness is hard to achieve, I have news for you. You and I, and everybody else, are naturally capable of being mindful. Mindfulness is an innate capability of our human mind. Except, we don’t often use it. In a world that offers multiple stimulations and easy distractions, we often drift away from the present moment into multitasking. Everyone of us has the ability...
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