Action from FDP session - Mindfulness and Emotional Resilience

 I was thrilled to be invited to be a part of the Faculty Development Program of Anjuman College of Hotel and Tourism Management Studies and Research.  This program is spread over a week and has other external faculty like myself, who are covering different aspects of the theme "Wellness to Wisdom".

All the faculty invited for this Program

I opted for the topic, Mindfulness and Emotional Resilience for Educators.  The challenge - only two and a half hours to cover such a fascinating and deep topic.  I had a further discussion to understand how this topic came up, and based on this, I put the components of my session together.

Through facilitator led discussions, I covered how emotions can create distortion of reality and facts, what emotional resilience contains, the difference that a Growth Mindset can make, the fallacy of multi-tasking and it's links to stress and productivity, mindfulness and got them to practice a mindfulness journaling exercise.  

The faculty participants marvelously did their part of being student learners, with insightful questions and comments.  They made the session more interesting and impactful, especially when they took up a specific action to put into practice.

                                          

Practical Expectations Captured

Key Insight and one Action

Dr. Harish Suvarna, the Principal presents me a memento on behalf of the organization

My gratitude to the Principal, Mr. Harish Suvarna, the faculty and particularly Ms. Priyanka Kandalkar for the warm hospitality they provided to me throughout my time there.  I wish them all the best, and look forward to working with them again in future.

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Are we taking Employee Wellbeing too far?

Photo Credit Ryan Barretto Mar 2024

Few people would deny the impact of well-being on the benefit of the organization. This approach tends to get pushed to the back burner for short-term gains (shareholder value?) over the long term growth and survival of the organization, especially when there are leaders or managers with a high need for controlling people and aggressive competitiveness. Hybrid or remote workplaces have only accelerated  these tensions, which then negatively impacts well-being, and the progress of the organization.  

With the above in mind, this article asks an extremely pertinent question, which is it's title.

From the article - "We need to reset the employer/employee relationship. We need to establish clear and fair principles for working in a remote or hybrid world. In a way which sets reasonable expectations for all parties and holds employers and employees to account."

I think the ability to leverage the employees's #strengths in their work will provide huge dividends to the organization and employees.

Your thoughts?

Read the rest of the article here.

I can read your mind

 https://www.kornferry.com/insights/briefings-magazine/issue-58/i-can-read-your-mind?utm_source=marketo&utm_medium=email&utm_term=&utm_content=briefings&utm_campaign=03-06-gbl-briefings-issue-58&mkt_tok=NDk0LVZVQy00ODIAAAGKU_JG0PNhx2ZaINDKrkzIUhG5dgw6TGmkUw9q4bSJDXUg2w9nK5ACNFQy0lcaw0ZlalVy49zeS1uZTrKApcCCdIffHbHFS9B_-5Wt64K51Q1J

Fantastic article on the use of #AI to understand what employees may be going through (whether #remote or in office)

From the article "As more uses have come into play, experts say, the field has fueled a research and investment boom. Part of that comes from the normalization of remote and #hybrid work, which has raised a host of concerns among business leaders about productivity and intellectual property."

Read the full article here.