Mindfulness for Organizations & Teams

Which story do you choose?

The quality of our actions reflect the quality of the thoughts and emotions that drive them. 

After all, what great achievement was ever accomplished without passion, drive, courage, or care? On the other hand, how many initiatives were dragged down by worry, stress, doubt, or fear? 

What might happen if the leaders and teams responsible for planning and executing change had the ability to understand - in real time - the states of being behind their actions? And if those states aren't clear, effective, or useful, could in that moment choose a mindset that is?

And what if this ability also greatly reduced stress, improved performance and morale, fostered clearer communications, and set the stage for truly innovative thinking?

It starts within.

The Art of Monday Morning offers courses, programs, seminars, and consulting to leaders and teams to develop the skills to operate mindfully and effectively.

Mindfulness is the capacity within each of us to:

  • Recognize the root causes of stress and develop the skills to minimize/eliminate them

  • Improve the clarity and quality of our thoughts, as well as our ability to communicate them with our teams and leaders, resulting in more effective, transparent, and productive interactions.

  • Consciously choose actions that are helpful and constructive for ourselves, our teams, and our customers

  • Cultivate healthier states of wellbeing and ongoing commitment

As we increase our own individual skill to mindfully operate and interact with others, we in turn improve our organization’s ability to do the same, with benefits including:

  • Increased performance and productivity

  • Higher quality interactions, including more effective communications and flexible team dynamics

  • Reduced burnout and improved resilience to stress

  • Improved emotional intelligence

  • Improved creativity and innovation

  • Empowered and effective decision making

  • "The Art of Monday Morning helped our teams to feel more grounded, purposeful, and thoughtful in their interactions and approach to our day-to-day operations."

    Tim Pries, Executive Producer for the Creative Studio, Where the Buffalo Roam

Six-Week Mindfulness Series

Designed to be delivered virtually and during times that work best for your organization, this program was created to provide practical, proven, and effective tools to improve well-being and enhance performance, without the need for a substantial time commitment.

Each one-hour session will introduce a mindful tool for further exploration, as well as a guided visualization exercise for ongoing practice.

  • All programs will be scheduled at the convenience of the organization (e.g. early morning, lunch and learn, late afternoon, etc.) - additional sessions and/or individual coaching for participants may be added. 

  • While each session builds upon the material, each session stands on its own—there is no requirement that participants attend all six, and no prior experience necessary.

  • Practical and evidence based tools to reduce anxiety and improve mental health in the moment and long-term

  • Methods to generate support, helpful advice, and motivation from within

  • Ways to energize actions through the quality of the thoughts that drive them

  • Strategies to focus the mind on precisely what we choose.

  • How to effectively handle angry customers, production issues, impending deadlines, etc.

  • How to provide feedback and honor commitments mindfully

Standard Full-Day Mindfulness Program

The below represents a sample of standard and recommended course content.

  • Material can be presented both in-person and/or virtually, based on what works best for your organization.

  • All programs may be customized to address specific organizational goals, outcomes, and/or contexts, such as business or IT transformation, strategic alignment, innovation, organizational change, etc.

  • Multi-day programs offer additional material and dive deeper into practice, and are recommended for leadership training, retreats, and/or targeted efforts to build team cohesion and alignment.

While all coursework is customized to suit your organization’s objectives, recommended topics typically include:

  • Why we act, feel, and think the way we do (and what can we do about it when it isn't helpful or effective), and the science behind mindfulness practice.

  • Moving from conditioned reactions to conscious action, and understanding the power of intent.

  • Recognizing our inner critic, finding our most helpful inner voice, and meditation practices for awareness, focus, insight, and stress-reduction.

  • Exploring the Four Questions of Mindfulness, including case studies & practical application, as well as mindfully managing change.

  • Models for mindfully giving and receiving feedback, and conversation models for making commitments (and for handling them when something goes wrong).

Let’s connect!

Every engagement begins with a conversation to explore how our approach to mindfulness could best serve your organization and its goals. We'll also further explain our curriculum and training approach, and answer any questions that you may have.

We're excited to see how we can help, and look forward to connecting with you!

Click here to view and download the information sheet as a .pdf.

Mindfulness Research (a very small sample)

Mindfulness & Performance

Keeping Our Eye on the Ball

“In 1989, long before mindfulness became the buzzword that it is today, Phil Jackson introduced mindfulness practices to the Chicago Bulls to pull the team together, reduce tensions among players, and ultimately win championships. At the time, many players, including Michael Jordan, were highly skeptical, but when they went on to win six NBA titles, the skepticism disappeared. Afterward, Jackson employed the same approach with the Los Angeles Lakers, who went on to win five NBA championships.”("What Mindfulness Can Do for a Team", Lingtao Yu and Mary Zellmer-Bruhn, May 31, 2019, Harvard Business Review)

“When I got that ball, my thoughts were very positive: the crowd gets quiet, and the moment starts to become the moment for me. That’s what we’ve been trying to do, that’s part of that Zen stuff. Once you get into the moment, you know when you are there: things start to move slowly, you start to see the court very well. You start reading what the defense is trying to do.

I saw that moment. When I saw that moment and the opportunity to take advantage of it, I never doubted myself. I never doubted the whole game.”
— Michael Jordan
“It’s not about the number of hours you practice, it’s about the number of hours your mind is present during the practice.”
— Kobe Bryant