How can you use mindfulness to keep your team calm under pressure?

How to help a team is to ask them to notice the sub modalities and focus on what they are feeling, what responses are they having and why is that. Create an inclusive and use activities that allow for individual and group reflection. Breathing exercises are effective in grounding people back to the earth and slowing them down and finding time at the end for a practical activity helps. Having breaks is vital

If mindfulness is the practice of paying attention to the present moment with curiosity and openness and without judging or reacting to what is happening you could start with activities that address self-censorship. Try a sketching activity like squiggle bird and instruct participants to not overthink and just sketch. The drawing outcome isn't important and they will be present in the moment with curiosity and openness.

I think most people want the best results for themselves and to learn practices that are going to help them with helpful state of beings. Explain the benefits Send some information for people to read up further on Share some bitesize videos for people to look at and follow Share the value and how Mindfulness has helped you Create the time for people to engage in Mindfulness Set up some mini-sessions at different times over a period so people can access Seek feedback on how yo take forward and implement as an actionable strategy and part of wellbeing

I have just gone through a 30 Day Resilience Challenge with the Wise@Work app and have loved everything about the experience. Tons of work-related exercises ('how to prepare for a meeting when you're anxious', 'how to speak to a critical team member'). Shows that 5 minutes a day can make a difference in the rest of the day. Clear metrics on individual and team calm, focus and connection before and after the 30 day challenge to show the results. Note: I am not an affiliate or related to Wisdom Labs / Wise@Work, just loved the experience :)

When my team members are under pressure, they are overwhelmed with the number of tasks they have on hand and not being sure of how to start. Many goes into a “freeze” mode. What helps is firstly, grounding. Taking a deep breath and relaxing the tension in the body. Then, ask- What’s most important right now? Not later, but right now. When they can focus on just taking the first step, they can start to flow.

To create a mindful team, it’s very important for a leader to walk the talk. If your team sees you practising mindful listening and keeping calm under pressure, they will learn that too. So before expecting the team to be more mindful, cultivating a personal practice is the first step.