High Performance = Your Energy, not Your Time Manage Your Energy Directions here: Red Color Value: R=151, G=27, B=30 High Performance = Your Energy, not Your Time

An epidemic of overwhelm…

exercise What does it mean to be present with yourself? What benefits might you get from being present with yourself and taking time for reflection?

2014: The Year of Mindful Living

The brain is the most energy demanding organ in the body.

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“People are like bicycles “People are like bicycles. They can keep their balance only as long as they keep moving.” Albert Einstein

“Like a drunk, a person who is sleep deprived has no idea how functionally impaired he or she really is. Most of us have forgotten what it feels like to be awake.” Charles Czeisler, Harvard

Trigger Antidote

Who triggers you?

Time Management Matrix Urgency Urgent Not Urgent II I X X High X X X The Gold Mine Importance X X III X X X Low IV X Prioritize to identify the “Critical Few” –get them done fast! Stephen Covey “Seven Habits of Highly Effective People”

Why do we need Mindful Leadership? “You can learn to lead with excellence by cultivating your innate capabilities to focus on what is important.” Janice Marturano

Continuous Partial Attention…

“Creativity is the residue of time wasted. ” “Creativity is the residue of time wasted.” Albert Einstein Recovery break every 90-120 minutes to sustain full engagement.

Conscious Thinking—A Precious Resource Scarce Resource Schedule the most attention-rich tasks when you have a fresh mind Prioritize prioritizing as it’s an energy- intensive activity Multi-tasking You can only focus on one thing at a time and switching between tasks uses energy Distractions Attention is easily distracted Being “always on” can drop your IQ as significantly as losing a night’s sleep Remove external distractions Inhibit internal distractions before they take on momentum “Making decisions and solving problems relies heavily on the Prefrontal Cortex. This is a precious and limited resource…” Adapted from: Your Brain At Work; David Rock

How To Perform At Your Peak Every Day: 10 Tips For Working Smarter In 2014 1. Don’t check your email first thing. 2. Make your first task of the day prioritizing your top three goals. 3. Conserve your decision-making energy at every opportunity. 4. Find and protect your quality thinking time.

How To Perform At Your Peak Every Day: 10 Tips For Working Smarter In 2014 5. Reserve meetings for your low-focus time. 6. Don’t waste precious energy multitasking. Single-task as much as you can. 7. At the beginning of each meeting, decide where you want to be by the end and the most effective way to get there.

How To Perform At Your Peak Every Day: 10 Tips For Working Smarter In 2014 8. Learn to maintain a positive state of mind. 9. Carve out down time. 10. Celebrate small wins.

What Is NeuroLeadership? How leaders and organizations that understand the brain behave Neuroscience guides action in each of these four domains Collaborate Make Decisions Facilitate Change Regulate Emotion

Effects of Stress Terror (Reflexive) Fearful (Reactive) If we feel threatened our bodies release adrenalin and cortisol Dulls both our ability to think and feel— “numbing out” IQ Drops 10-15 points at each level Difficult to respond sensitively and empathetically to others Implications on: Decision-making Interpersonal relationships Customer Service Creativity Safety Terror (Reflexive) Fearful (Reactive) Alarmed (Emotional) Alert (Focused) Calm (Abstract) Copyright, DU/Daniels College of Business, 2013

Relationship Between Arousal and Performance

Mindfulness, An Essential Element of Resonant Leadership, Boyatzis & McKee Awake Aware Attentive

Mindfulness, An Essential Element of Resonant Leadership, Boyatzis & McKee “Mindfulness is the capacity to be fully aware of all that one experiences inside the self – body, mind, heart and spirit – and to pay full attention to what is happening around us – people, the natural world, our surroundings and events.”

Mindfulness, An Essential Element of Resonant Leadership, Boyatzis & McKee . . . Mindfulness describes a healthy state of cognitive openness, curiosity and awareness. – you must be comfortable with your own company.

Mindfulness, An Essential Element of Resonant Leadership, Boyatzis & McKee “In fact, many organizational cultures, (maybe even society today) drive people to action, rather than reflection, which means that real listening is actually quite rare.”

Mindfulness, An Essential Element of Resonant Leadership, Boyatzis & McKee “Avoiding openness – and vulnerability – results in a narrow focus and can ultimately cause you to slip into mindlessness.”

Build trust through clarity and consistency. Mindfulness, An Essential Element of Resonant Leadership, Boyatzis & McKee Build trust through clarity and consistency. Make sure you never profess beliefs when people are watching, only to act differently when the temperature rises and the pressure is on.

Mindfulness, An Essential Element of Resonant Leadership, Boyatzis & McKee 3. Know that you will feel uncomfortable, even vulnerable, because in the midst of real change around you, the rules are not clear and politically expedient behavior is very tempting.