Mindful Works for Leaders – Magnetic Island

You will leave this training equipped with effective, sustainable time and cost neutral strategies that will support you and your team to:

• Reduce stress, overwhelm and time pressure
• Be less reactive and more responsive
• Make meetings meaningful
• Boost psychosocial safety 
• Know your boundaries and how to ride them
• Make time for what really matters
• Co-create a culture of inclusion and candid conversations

“What I have learned will help me worry less, avoid multitasking, get more done and improve supervision of staff, management of workflow and relationships with colleagues.” – Ruth Venables, Regional Manager, Anti Discrimination Commission Qld

Mindful Works for Leaders is an evidence-based leadership development program designed to deliver transformative and enduring outcomes.

If you are a leader committed to establishing and maintaining an inclusive, psychologically safe workplace and finding the potential in people and processes, Mindful Works for Leaders 2-Day Training is for you.

97% of the more than 200 leaders from more than 10 organisations who have participated in Mindful Works training have reported increased self-awareness and ability to manage time and tasks, reduce stress and build better relationships. When asked if they would recommend this training to their colleagues, everyone said "YES"! 

Make time for mindfulness and mindfulness makes time for you

Away from the usual daily demands, distractions  and competing priorities you will be free to focus on strengthening your understanding and practice of mindful leadership. You will replenish your resilience and reconnect with your values and aspirations. 

You will be guided through a reflective, interactive and practical process that gives you the time, space, connections, perspective and strategies to make the difference you want, for you and your team. 

You will leave with a deeper understanding of yourself and a personalised plan that you can implement with confidence to become the change you want to see at work.

“The training provided me with space to STOP and practical skills to use personally and in the work place. It will have a very positive impact – creating change within myself and influencing others.” – Liz Wren, Director, Qld Public Service 

This thoughtfully paced mindfulness-based leadership development program will benefit both you and the people you lead.  

Day One – Wednesday 28th August

Explore and deepen your understanding and practice of bringing mindfulness to leadership and life as it applies to:

• Being less reactive and more responsive;
• Prioritising time and tasks;
• Co-creating a culture of inclusion

At the end of the day you will have increased self-awareness and practical strategies for:

• Responding to change and challenge with calm and clarity
• Transforming procrastination into productivity and making time for what really matters
• Valuing multiple perspectives and making meetings meaningful

Day Two – Thursday 29th August 

Explore and deepen your understanding and practice of bringing mindfulness to leadership and life as it applies to:

• Leaning into your values and cultivating courage
• Knowing your boundaries and how to ride them
• Ensuring psychosocial safety

At the end of the day you will have increased self-awareness and practical strategies for:

• Being the change you want to see at work
• Enabling candid conversations
• Reducing stress and overwhelm

You’ll be expertly guided, challenged and heard

This program is designed and facilitated by renowned mindfulness exponent and educator Dr Sharn Rocco. Sharn is known for walking her talk. The past two decades of her long career as an educator, researcher and program designer have been dedicated to the study and practice of mindfulness and how mindfulness can improve efficacy, productivity, relationships and wellbeing at work, in leadership and life.

“Sharn has a wealth of knowledge and experience to draw on …her non-threatening, non-judgmental and insightful approach is very encouraging and inspirational." – Tove Lemberget, JCU Team Leader/ Research Librarian

Only 25 places available.

Full Fee: $595   |    Come as a Team: $495 each  | One Day Only: $325

Registration closes 21st August

Your registration fee includes

• 2 x 7 hours of expertly facilitated mindfulness-based leadership training presented as a series of 4 x 3.5 hour responsive, didactic and interactive workshops PLUS 90 minute online group check-in and accountability session and a confidential 1:1 deep dive call
• Lunches and refreshments
• Comprehensive Mindful Works for Leaders Handbook – A reference you can return to again and again, well into the future. This comprehensive handbook explains the key concepts and practices of mindful leadership that you will encounter throughout the training. It includes a recommended reading list, space for reflective writing, intention setting and planning for on-going implementation.
• Certificate of Completion – CPD Points may apply

An array of evidence-based strategies that will enable you to:

• improve relationships and communication
• increase optimism, focus and flexibility
• decrease stress, procrastination and reactivity
• make decisions about your energies and where to put them
• open to the challenges and discomforts required to lead

We have all attended inspiring training and left with the best of intentions to put what we've learned into practice only to find that on return to work we are completely sidetracked by all the usual demands and distractions. No so this time.

You will leave the training with:

• An actionable plan 
• An accountability pod 

• Time and support to put your plan into action 
• An invitation to a 90 minute online group check-in and accountability session and a confidential 1:1 deep dive call with Sharn. Together these will explore how to continue bringing a mindfulness-based approach to your biggest challenges and most compelling aspirations.

PLUS…

• Guided practice recordings – These vary in length from 3 to 30 minutes so that you can always find at least a little time for focused practice.
• Weekly inspirational email prompts 

Mindful Works for Leaders delivers transformative and enduring outcomes. 

Don’t Miss Out!

These two days of instruction, reflection and interaction, at the secluded Water Garden Oasis at Picnic Bay Magnetic Island are the circuit breaker you've been looking for. You will return to work relaxed, revitalised and empowered with a range of simple cost and time neutral strategies for reducing stress and overwhelm, and bringing calm and clarity to strategic priorities and relationships.

FAQs

What if I know nothing about mindfulness?

Not a problem. Whether you are completely new to the concept and practice of mindfulness or have been working with it for years, the program is designed to respond to who you are and where you are as a leader.

Do I need to sit on the floor?

Not at all. There will be a chair there for everyone but you are very welcome to sit on the floor if you prefer.

Is the program evidence based?

Yes. Sharn has been studying the practice of mindfulness and its effects for more than two decades. Her knowledge of the field has earned her invitations to speak at local and international conferences and to become scholar-in-residence at the Garrison Institute, NY. Her skills as a mindfulness-based facilitator, teacher and practitioner are renowned.

Is the program religious?

No. The program is entirely secular. Nonetheless, as well as being a career academic, teacher educator and certified Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction instructor, the depth, breadth and efficacy of the program is informed by Sharn’s study of traditional Buddhist texts and receiving instruction from distinguished exponents of mindfulness, including the Dalai Lama and Thich Nhat Hanh.

Are there discounts for group bookings?

Yes. Come as a team of two or more and pay only $495 each. (Save $247.50)

Can my employer pay by invoice?

Yes. Simply email info@mindfulworks.com.au with your request and the necessary details for sending.

How do I get to Magnetic Island? 

SeaLink Magnetic Island operates a regular ferry service from Townsville.

Are there airport transfers?

Yes. Book Townsville Shuttle online and you will be taken directly to the ferry terminal for only $10.

Can I arrive the night before and/or stay an extra day or more?

Yes. Adding time to your stay on Magnetic Island to work remotely and/or spend time exploring the natural wonders of the world heritage listed island is recommended. 

What should I bring?

When you register, you will receive an email with information about how to prepare, including a list of what to bring. The most important thing to bring is an open heart and an open mind.

Can I get a refund?

Yes and No. In the event of the organiser cancelling the event your registration fee will be returned in full. If you withdraw from the program your fee will be returned less a penalty based on notice given and pro rata costs.

Satisfaction Guaranteed! 

If after participating in each of the program components you feel that you have learned nothing of value, your fee will be returned in full. No questions asked.