In this First Time Facilitator episode, we hear from consultant, Rachel Grace, on how she facilitates and leads mindfulness workshops; and coaches people to adapt to the rapid change of modern day work-life and society. Rachel believe the world needs more mindful leaders and they need them right now.

The skill of mindfulness isn’t only important to our leaders.  It’s an essential skill for a facilitator to remain present in their training/group workshop environment, and to not think about what’s going on in the outside world; or worry about what’s ahead.  It’s about listening, staying focused and tuning in to the non-verbal ‘clues’ in the room.

In this episode you’ll learn

* The definition of mindfulness (Tip: It’s not about having a blank mind)

* Why mindfulness isn’t just hippy, fluffy stuff

* How you can start gaining the benefits from mindulness after 15 minutes

* Why businesses who want to be more agile need to start developing agile minds

* Why mindfulness and neuro-agility is a key skill set in navigating a VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous) world

About our guest

Rachel has first class honours degree in psychology and over 10-years experience in researching, understanding and working with individuals and organisations to change human behaviour.  She’s paired her formal training and work experience in psychology and leadership coaching, with a long stint working on permaculture and commercial organic farms.

She has worked with individuals privately and with leaders in organisations from across the public, private, higher education and healthcare sectors. In amongst all of that, she has strung together serious training in meditation and now has 20-years experience on the path, a daily personal practice and the scientific literacy to know that the benefits of mindfulness is not just hippy-fluff.  It’s an evidence-based skills with an unbeatable capacity for transforming people, their work and organisational impact.

Resources

* Rachel Grace

* Article: Leadership that gets result by Daniel Goleman

Transcript

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