Mindful Leadership Developing the power of presencing to realise new possibilities

Mindful Leadership
Developing the power of presencing to realise new possibilities

Led by Lisa Markwick and Stephen Archer

This experiential workshop introduces you to the practice of mindfulness, personally, and with others, and explores how this “power of presence” can assist you to develop leadership which is well equipped for navigating through today’s complex challenges. Mindfulness recognises the quality of our attention as a fundamental agent for transformation. Mindful leadership enables us to recognise our own blind spots and to step more powerfully into creating new possibilities to effectively recognise and meet our current and future world aspirations and challenges.

We invite leaders who are committed to shifting “the nature of things” around currently sticky issues, to learn together on this workshop. We will explore what more is possible through a discipline of mindful practice, collective inquiry, and a framework for innovative change (the U process). All that’s needed is your willing curiosity and active interest, not necessarily a prior experience with mindfulness.

Learning Objectives
• Develop the practice of mindfulness as a core currency for leadership today
• Build the capacity to mindfully sense emerging possibilities with your organisation and team, and lead generative conversations
• Face into your powerful questions in order to move forward in a way worth going

Main Contents
• Understanding our common “blind spot” in leadership practice
• Definition of mindfulness and its application in leadership
• Utilizing the power of present-moment attention - guided sitting and walking mindfulness exercises - for leadership
• Moving from automatic pilot to conscious awareness and responsiveness
• Introduction, through practice, to mindful Presencing and Theory U as a framework for innovation and leadership
• Experience the difference between co-sensing and brainstorming, and allowing, rather than forcing change to occur
• Powerful generative conversational exercises – cultivating authentic presence and deep listening and learning
• Mindful inquiry focusing on gritty questions sitting at the heart of our leadership
• Reflection, journaling, and discussions around emerging themes
Venue
Wilton House, Wellington www.wiltonhouse.co.nz 9am-5.30pm, both days

Cost
$795 (GST incl) including light lunches. Early bird special $695 (GST incl) if registering before 9 October 2009. Registrations are limited to 20 people so please register early to secure your place.

Registration
Please send details of your name, contact, and what attracts you to this workshop, by email to stephenarcher@wellness-solutions.co.nz We will send bank account details for internet payment.

Alternatively send information and a cheque (made out to Wellness Solutions Ltd) to: Wellness Solutions Ltd, PO Box 27015, Marion Square, Wellington 6141

Further information Call Lisa 021 313323 or e-mail lisa@mindfuladventures.co.nz or Stephen 0274 356352 stephenarcher@wellness-solutions.co.nz