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Mindfulness-Based Strategic Awareness Training
A Complete Program for Leaders and Individuals
"This book is important for all who seek to lead organizations, showing how mindfulness can be combined with the findings from positive psychology for the benefit of all. The book is not just good theory. It also provides a step-by-step practical program to cultivate a balance between motivation for outcomes on the one hand, and compassion toward self and others on the other. Here are skills that can be learned; skills that can truly inspire and sustain wise leadership." "In today’s disruptive times, it is happy and loyal customers that count. This rich and practical book provides an exceptionally smart learning tool to help consumers make mindful decisions that lead to happiness. And for any leader and manager it is a key reading for making wise business and marketing decisions that create value." "Juan Humberto Young is the first to integrate positive psychology and mindfulness with a results-oriented focus on business strategy. In today's ever-changing organizations, leaders need clarity and flexibility to adapt and succeed. Built on leading-edge science, this book offers a step-by-step program that will light your path not only to greater strategic awareness but also to greater well-being." "Juan Humberto Young integrates mindfulness practices, positive psychology, and extensive business experience to design a practical training program that improves personal and professional decision-making. This book offers tools to make decisions that increase subjective well-being because the sources of much unhappiness are poor decisions. For business leaders, lawyers, negotiators, and everyone who wants to improve their quality of life, this book presents a path to achieve the capacity of strategic awareness, consisting of mental lucidity, emotional clarity, and bodily awareness, which results in skillful decision-making. This book provides readers an ideal way to find happiness, personal balance, and professional success."
—Mark Williams, Emeritus Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Oxford, was also the Founding Director of the Oxford Mindfulness Centre. Now Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Psychiatry of Oxford University; author of Mindfulness: An Eight week Plan for Finding Peace in a Frantic World, Co-author with Zindel V. Segal and John Teasdale of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression and author and co-author of a series other standard works in the field of mindfulness
—Bernd Schmitt, Ph.D., Professor, Columbia Business School, New York; author of Experiential Marketing: How to Get Consumers to Sense, Fell, Think and Act, Relate to your Company and Brands and Happy Customers Everywhere: How Your Business Can Profit from the Insights of Positive Psychology
—Barbara L. Fredrickson, Ph.D., Kenan, Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; author of the two bestsellers Positivity: Top-Notch Research Reveals the Upward Spiral That Will Change Your Life and Love 2.0: Finding Happiness and Health in Moments of Connection
—Peter H. Huang, J.D. Ph.D., Professor and DeMuth Chair of Business Law, University of Colorado Law School; author of numerous articles integrating Positive Psychology, Mindfulness and Law
Juan Humberto Young (Author)
9781118937976, Wiley
Hardback, published 11 November 2016
416 pages
23.1 x 16.3 x 2.8 cm, 0.635 kg
Mindfulness-Based Strategic Awareness Training: A Complete Program for Leaders and Individuals is the first book to link mindfulness training and positive psychology to the leadership, strategy and management issues faced by individuals and organizations. Reviews by Experts This book is important for all who seek to lead organizations, showing how mindfulness can be combined with the findings from positive psychology for the benefit of all. The book is not just good theory. It also provides a step-by-step practical program to cultivate a balance between motivation for outcomes on the one hand, and compassion toward self and others on the other. Here are skills that can be learned; skills that can truly inspire and sustain wise leadership. —Mark Williams, Emeritus Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Oxford, was also the Founding Director of the Oxford Mindfulness Centre. Now Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Psychiatry of Oxford University. Author of "Mindfulness: An Eight week Plan for Finding Peace in a Frantic World", Co-author with Zindel V. Segal and John Teasdale of "Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression". In today's disruptive times, it is happy and loyal customers that count. This rich and practical book provides an exceptionally smart learning tool to help consumers make mindful decisions that lead to happiness. And for any leader and manager it is a key reading for making wise business and marketing decisions that create value.—Bernd Schmitt, Ph.D., Professor, Columbia Business School, New York. Author of "Experiential Marketing: How to Get Consumers to Sense, Fell, Think and Act, Relate to your Company and Brands" and "Happy Customers Everywhere: How Your Business Can Profit from the Insights of Positive Psychology." Juan Humberto Young is the first to integrate positive psychology and mindfulness with a results-oriented focus on business strategy. In today's ever-changing organizations, leaders need clarity and flexibility to adapt and succeed. Built on leading-edge science, this book offers a step-by-step program that will light your path not only to greater strategic awareness but also to greater well-being.—Barbara L. Fredrickson, Ph.D., Kenan, Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Author of the two bestsellers "Positivity: Top-Notch Research Reveals the Upward Spiral That Will Change Your Life" and "Love 2.0: Finding Happiness and Health in Moments of Connection". Juan Humberto Young integrates mindfulness practices, positive psychology, and extensive business experience to design a practical training program that improves personal and professional decision-making. This book offers tools to make decisions that increase subjective well-being because the sources of much unhappiness are poor decisions. For business leaders, lawyers, negotiators, and everyone who wants to improve their quality of life, this book presents a path to achieve the capacity of strategic awareness, consisting of mental lucidity, emotional clarity, and bodily awareness, which results in skillful decision-making. This book provides readers an ideal way to find happiness, personal balance, and professional success.—Peter H. Huang, J.D. Ph.D., Professor and DeMuth Chair of Business Law, University of Colorado Law School. Author of numerous articles integrating Positive Psychology, Mindfulness and Law.
Boxes, Tables and Figures xii About the Author xv Preface xvi About the Companion Website xx 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 40 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 2 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 5.4 MBSAT Mindfulness Components 79 5.5 The Locus of MBSAT Practices—Minding BETA 80 6 MBSAT: The Program Design 82 6.1 Defining Needs: Understanding Afflictions in the Workplace and in Life 82 6.2 The Format of MBSAT 86 6.3 The Content of MBSAT: An Overview 87 6.4 Expected Benefits from MBSAT 90 6.5 A Finance View of MBSAT Benefits 92 6.6 The Characteristics of Participants and Related Risks 95 6.7 Getting Started: Group Composition and Presession Interviews 98 6.8 Teaching MBSAT 100 6.9 The Importance of Inquiry in Sessions 102 6.10 Homework Assignments 106 6.11 Annex to Chapter 6: MBSAT Precourse Interview Template 108 7 Session 1: Robotic Living—Automatic Pilot 111 7.1 Introduction 111 7.2 Session Organization, Coverage, and Sequence 113 7.3 Exercises and Practices of Session 1 114 8 Session 2: Living Above the Neck 122 8.1 Introduction 122 8.2 Session Organization, Coverage, and Sequence 125 8.3 Exercises and Practices of Session 2 126 9 Session 3: Recollecting Our Mind 133 9.1 Introduction 133 9.2 Session Organization, Coverage, and Sequence 138 9.3 Exercises and Practices of Session 3 139 9.4 Annex to Chapter 9: Body Scan: Recognizing Emotions and Sensations in the Body 145 10 Session 4: The Construction of Experience—Like and Dislike (Our Worried and Anxious Mind) 148 10.1 Introduction 148 10.2 Session Organization, Coverage, and Sequence 151 10.3 Exercises and Practices of Session 4 151 11 Session 5: Strategic Awareness I—Mindful Real Options (MROs) 159 11.1 Introduction 159 11.2 Session Organization, Coverage, and Sequence 167 11.3 Exercises and Practices of Session 5 168 12 Session 6: Strategic Awareness II—From POMO (Powerful Money) to MIMO (Mindful Money) 172 12.1 Introduction 172 12.2 Session Organization, Coverage, and Sequence 181 12.3 Exercises and Practices of Session 6 181 13 Session 7: Strategic Awareness III—Friendliness: Opening the Heart 189 13.1 Introduction 189 13.2 Session Organization, Coverage, and Sequence 200 13.3 Exercises and Practices of Session 7 201 14 Session 8: Minding Your BETA 213 14.1 Introduction 213 14.2 Session Organization, Coverage, and Sequence 214 14.3 Exercises and Practices of Session 8 215 Notes and Handouts Session 1 Note 1: The Raisin Exercise 230 Note 2: The Body Scan 232 Handout 1 of Session 1: Foundations 235 Handout 2 of Session 1: Building the Formal Mindfulness Practice Habit 235 Handout 3 of Session 1: Home Practice for the Week Following Session 1 237 Handout 4 of Session 1: Optional Reading 237 Handout 5 of Session 1: Home Practice Record Form 238 Session 2 Note 3: The BETA Exercise 239 Note 4: Three Good Things (TGT) Exercise 241 Note 5: Mindfulness of the Breath Practice 242 Handout 1 of Session 2: Content of Home Practice and Practical Considerations 244 Handout 2 of Session 2: Home Practice for the Week Following Session 2 245 Handout 3 of Session 2: Optional Material 246 Session 3 Note 6: Breath and Body Sitting Mediation 247 Note 7: 3‐Minutes Breathing Space—3MBS 249 Note 8: Mindful Stretching and Mindful Salsa 252 Note 9: Positive BETA Reframing Exercise 258 Handout 1 of Session 3: Positive BETA Reframing Part 1 and Part 2 260 Handout 2 of Session 3: Home Practice for the Week Following Session 3 261 Session 4 Note 10: Sitting Meditation on Breath, Body, Sounds, Thoughts, and Open Awareness 262 Note 11: Exercise to Define the Territory of Worry and Anxiety (TWA) 264 Note 12: 3‐Minutes Breathing Space on Strengths—3MBSS 267 Note 13: Mindful Walking 269 Handout 1 of Session 4: Some of the Ways that Worry Can Affect You 270 Handout 2 of Session 4: The Self‐Reinforcing Dynamics of Worry and Anxiety 271 Handout 3 of Session 4: Home Practice for the Week Following Session 4 271 Session 5 Note 14: Irimi Meditation: Awareness of Breath and Body Introducing a Difficulty 274 Note 15: 3‐Minutes Breathing Space on Worry (3MBS‐Worry) 277 Note 16: Mindful Positive Self (MPS) Portrait: The Launch 278 Handout 1 of Session 5: Irimi Meditation on Difficulty 279 Handout 2 of Session 5: The First Steps of Mindful Positive Self (MPS) Portrait 280 Handout 3 of Session 5: Home Practice for the Week following Session 5 282 Handout 4 of Session 5: “Guest House” by Rumi 284 Session 6 Note 17: POMO Meditation 285 Note 18: Exercise on Money and Opportunity Costs (MOC) 288 Note 19: 3‐Minutes Breathing Space on Money Worry (3MBS‐Money Worry) 290 Note 20: Easterlin Paradox and Kahneman–Deaton Happiness Benchmark: Two Mini-Lectures (Optional) 292 Note 21: Mindful Positive Self (MPS): Second Take 299 Handout 1 of Session 6: POMO Meditation 301 Handout 2 of Session 6: Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Happiness 302 Handout 3 of Session 6: High Incomes Improves Evaluation of Life but not Emotional Well‐Being 303 Handout 4 of Session 6: 3‐Minutes Breathing Space on Money Worry (3MBS‐Money Worry) 304 Handout 5 of Session 6: Mindful Positive Self (MPS): Second Take 304 Handout 6 of Session 6: Example of a Master Student’s Mindful, Positive Self‐Portrait (MPS) 306 Session 7 Note 22: Meditation on Friendliness 312 Note 23: Active Constructive Responding: A Positive Communication Approach 317 Note 24: Albert Einstein: Is the Universe Friendly? 318 Note 25: Strengths, Opportunities, and Positive Action—SOPA Part I 318 Note 26: 3‐Minutes Breathing Space on Friendliness (3MBS‐Friendliness) 321 Note 27: How to Acquire Talented People 323 Handout 1 of Session 7: Active Constructive Responding: Connecting a Friendly Heart with a Friendly Tongue 323 Handout 2 of Session 7: Albert Einstein: Is the Universe Friendly? 324 Handout 3 of Session 7: How to Acquire Talented People: A Sixteenth‐Century Samurai Tale 324 Handout 4 of Session 7: Strengths, Opportunities, and Positive Action: SOPA Part I 325 Handout 5 of Session 7: Strengths, Opportunities, and Positive Actions: SOPA Part I 326 Handout 6: Strengths, Opportunities, and Positive Actions: SOPA Part I 327 Handout 7: Strengths, Opportunities, and Positive Actions: SOPA Part I 328 Handout 8 of Session 7: Home Practice for the Week Following Session 7 329 Session 8 Handout 1 of Session 8: Strengths, Opportunities, and Positive Actions: SOPA Part II 332 Handout 2 of Session 8: Review of the 8‐week MBSAT Program 337 Handout 3: The Living Zone of the Mindful, Positive Individual 339 Handout 4 of Session 8: A Tale of Equanimity and Open Mindset 341 Handout 5 of Session 8: Course Evaluation 342 Handout 6 of Session 8: The Overall Goal of MBSAT: From VUCA to WECO 343 Final Words and Acknowledgments 344 References 346 Further Reading 354 Index 369
Subject Areas: Business & management [KJ]
