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I want to introduce to you the mindful practice of taking purposeful pauses throughout your day.
Janice Marturano, founder and Executive Director of the Institute for Mindful Leadership, defines purposeful pause as “it’s a moment in the day when you notice the swirl and choose to intentionally pay attention.” What is the swirl? [Read more…]
Accept What Is
I was talking with an administrator at a senior care retirement community earlier this month. She shared with me some of her frustrations:
She felt exhausted and somewhat numbed by it all. I …. listened. [Read more…]
How would you describe your organization’s mood?
Walk into any organization and within 5-10 minutes you will detect its mood, which comes from the human beings that work there. Does your organization live in a mood of:
Moods and emotions can limit or increase what we can achieve, what is possible. You can spend hours laying out strategic directions for your organization, but if you don’t consciously manage the mood of your organization, it will all be for naught.
So, let me say this with emphasis: Managing the mood of your organization is a powerful tool, an organizational mindful practice, to achieve your collective purpose. [Read more…]
Most Saturdays these phrases are banging around in my mind as I wake-up:
Expectations, Checklists, Got to get things done.
I feel exhausted before I have my breakfast.
Two Saturdays ago, I choose a different phrase to start my day: “What now?” [Read more…]
Mindfulness Summit Dialogue #2: Bringing Mindfulness Practices to Our Business Community and Leaders
Hosts: Sarah Noll Wilson (ARAG) and Kevin Pokorny (Pokorny Consulting)
DIALOGUE PURPOSE:
Our purpose is to engage with others in creating mindful leaders and organizations in our community. This is NOT a workshop or seminar. It is a DIALOGUE in how to bring mindfulness practices to our business community and leaders. [Read more…]
Think about this concept for a moment: mind speed vs. heart speed.
What do our brains do so well without any prompting on our part? [Read more…]
If you truly believe that people are the most vital element of your organization, then one must “create practices for people to support each other in their inner work while doing the outer work of the organization.”
One way of being that is in meetings. Here are examples of simple practices to help participants keep their egos in check and interact with each other from a place of trust and respect in being mindful of each person’s presence. [Read more…]
I’m facilitating a session on critical thinking for a client in a few weeks and I decided it was time to update my content. Wow, there is a lot of information available about critical thinking. The challenge is how to analyze and evaluate the information to determine its relevance and accuracy. Hey, that is what critical thinking is all about!
WHAT is critical thinking? [Read more…]
Hosts: Sarah Noll Wilson (ARAG) and Kevin Pokorny (Pokorny Consulting)
We are hosting a Mindfulness Summit Dialogue to bring all those who are actively involved with mindfulness practices for dialogue on:
We have no specific outcomes except to bring people together for dialogue, and to be open to what may be birthed from our collective experiences and energy in bringing mindfulness practices to our business community and leaders.
Who is this for? [Read more…]
Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is a production
of our advertising agency, Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications and is the only business broadcast in the Des Moines Metro. The News Hour is made possible through the sponsorship of: Merit Resources of Urbandale, Iowa Computer Repair of Windsor Heights, ReMax Real Estate Concepts of the Des Moines Metro, the Iowa Association of Business and Industry, DWebware of Urbandale, The Strudl Haus of Des Moines, Manpower of Central Iowa and the Kreamer Law Firm of West Des Moines.
How would you like to un-clutter your mind to boost productivity, enhance your personal relationships and even more? Who doesn't right? Meet Tabby Hinderaker and Kevin Pokorny who have teamed up to bring "Mindfullness" to the Des Moines Metro on May 8th. Here is what it is and how being "Mindful" can help your career, your business and your personal life. And here is where you can go to sign up!
