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Joe  Burton      Founder  and  CEO  Whil  

Mindfulness  and  Stress  Resilience:  The  Best  Benefit  for  Your  Employees  and  Your  Company  

Combating Stress Why Mindfulness Is the Best Benefit For Your Employees And Your Company

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POLL On a scale of 1-10, how familiar are you with

‘mindfulness’

1 = Never heard of it | 10 = “My mind is a registered weapon.”

The annual cost of stress in the U.S. Source: Harris Interactive Work Stress Survey (2013)

Stress is a $300bn annual problem in the U.S. alone

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Report work as their primary source of stress1

Stress is a global crisis

Sources: 1. Work Stress Survey, 2013; 2. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 2014; 3. Institute of Medicine (US) Committee on Sleep Medicine and Research, 2006; 4. APA Excellence Work & Wellbeing Survey, 2015; 5. Workplace Options EAP survey, 2015; 6. Bleetman et al., 2011

Say their stress level is “high” or “overwhelming”2

83% 50%

Higher cost for workers who report high levels of stress5

50% Of 2014 health cases were due to employee depression, stress and anxiety (up from 55% in 2012)4

83% Of workplace injuries

are due to human error6 (avg. cost of $38k each)

91%

Suffer from insomnia with significant impacts on health

and performance3

33%

It’s impacting business

Sources: 1. Equifax Workforce Solutions; 2. Forbes, 2014; 3. Gallup, 2012; 4. APA Excellence Work & Wellbeing Survey, 2015; Workplace Options EAP survey, 2015; 5. Gallup, 2012

Average turnover rate in the U.S.1

46% Leave their job due to stress2

42% Of employees are not

engaged at work3

70%

Feel their employer doesn’t provide adequate resources

for mental health needs4

56% Feel their employer doesn’t

provide sufficient resources to help manage stress4

64% Higher chance of turnover for those who aren’t “thriving”5

35%

Thriving employees cost less and produce more

Source: Gallup, 2012

Annual Health-related Cost to Employer

Stress is getting worse for every generation

•  Four generation friction •  Stressors are universal •  Pace of technology is

making it worse

3 of 4 generations are in the danger zone

Source: APA Stress in America: The Impact of Discrimination Report, 2016

Healthy,  Manageable  Stress  Level  

Danger  zone!  

What’s stressing people out? •  A bit of everything •  The human brain isn’t

evolving fast enough to keep pace with the pace of modern living

Source: APA Excellence Work & Wellbeing Survey, 2015

Mental/Emotional Wellness ●  68% - Managing my stress ●  65% - Taking time off/relaxing

Financial Wellness ●  70% - Living within my means ●  67% - Regularly saving money ●  65% - Paying down credit cards

Physical Wellness ●  70% - Getting enough sleep ●  65% - Eating healthy ●  64% - Following medical advice

Social Wellness ●  70% - Spending enough time with family/friends ●  63% - Balancing personal and work commitments

POLL

What’s your organization’s level of stress on a scale of 1 to 10? (1 is no stress)

Think it’s bad now? Imagine stress levels in 15 years...

24% of adults report feeling extreme stress, compared to 18% in 2014. 33% increase in just two years. At this rate, by 2031 half of all adults will be extremely stressed

“Extreme” stress is up and getting worse

Source: APA Stress in America: 2016

% of people experiencing extreme stress

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Mental health symptoms of stress are growing fast

Source: APA Stress in America: The Impact of Discrimination Report, 2016

1. Death of a spouse 2. Divorce 5. Death of a relative 6. Injury or illness 7. Marriage* 10. Retirement*

Source: http://www.stress.org/holmes-rahe-stress-inventory/

Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale

12. Pregnancy* 16. Change in finances 20. Large mortgage* 22. Promotion* 23. Child leaving home* 30. Trouble with boss

•  Passive solutions based on earning points •  Focus on physical wellness •  Not embedded in a company’s culture •  Don’t prescribe well-being solutions based on

the individual employee’s needs

Traditional wellness programs aren’t covering stress, resiliency and mental wellbeing

How I came to mindfulness

What is mindfulness training?

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Mindfulness training impacts business results

Improve mental wellbeing, emotional intelligence and situational awareness

Attention and awareness training programs to move employees from stress and anxiety to increased resiliency, focus and performance. Employees form daily habits to be healthier, happier and more productive.

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Scientific research publications on the health and performance benefits of mindfulness

REDUCE

Source: University of California, 2013 (http://sites.uci.edu/mindfulhs/relevant-research/)

Absenteeism Healthcare Costs Stress Anxiety Depression Blood Pressure Addiction Insomnia PTSD Pain

The benefits of neuroscience-based mindfulness training

Employees benefit immediately, with the best results in as little as eight weeks.

IMPROVE Performance

Productivity

Focus Memory

Relationships Cardiovascular Health

Immune System Healing Time

Self-control Creativity

How does it work?

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Mind Wandering Distraction Awareness

Reorientation of Attention Sustaining

Attention

Sources: Hasenkamp et al. Neuroimage (2012) 59:750-760 Ricard et al. Scientific American (2014) 311:38-45

The brain cycles through states of awareness, with 47% spent “wandering”

Follow the Breath

Distraction Reorientation of Attention

Notice Distraction

Mindfulness training mimics these cycles to increase neural pathways and the ability to sustain attention

•  Attention training

•  Self-awareness

•  Choice vs. compulsion

•  Body scan

•  Mindful listening

•  Stop-Breathe-Notice-Reflect-Respond (SBNRR)

•  Recognize-Acknowledge-Investigate-Non Identify (RAIN)

Creating a new default: calm & focus as the norm

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POLL

How do you rate your company’s wellness program for stress, resiliency and mental wellbeing?

1. Poor

2. Fair

3. Good

4. Excellent

Why offer mindfulness as a benefit?

Happy employees are engaged, productive employees

Source: Virgin Pulse, 2016

Address the gap in your wellness program

•  Mental wellbeing may be more important than the physical

•  Healthcare costs increase 5% every year •  Only 7% of wellness programs are comprehensive,

including mental wellbeing •  If wellness isn’t integrated into a company’s culture,

employees can resent the benefits (lip service)

Source: Fortune, 2015

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Said mindfulness improved their overall wellbeing1

Impact of mindfulness on your employees

Sources: 1. Wisdom Labs; 2. Garland, 2012; 3. Loucks et al., 2014; 4. Epel et al., 2009; 5. Barrett, et. al., 2012

Increase in longevity4

94%

30%

Improved their cardiovascular health3

83% Minutes more sleep for insomniacs

practicing mindfulness.2

52

Decrease in cold and flu symptoms5

50%

Source: Levy et. al, 2012

Professionals trained in mindfulness: •  Concentrated better •  Stayed on task longer •  Multitasked more effectively •  Retained more information

The all natural performance enhancer

Decrease in absenteeism1

Impact of mindfulness on your company

Sources: 1. Barrett, et. al., 2012; 2. iOpener Institute, 2014; 3. Institute for Mindful Leadership, 2011

Increases in productivity and performance2

76%

12%

Reduction of cost due to sick leave2

19% Reduction in cost due to

employee turnover2

46%

Reported being more innovative3

93%

High-performing cultures embrace mindfulness

•  Aetna Insurance: ↓ $2,000 annually in healthcare costs and ↑ $3,000 in productivity

•  Salesforce: "Mindful Zones" in the blueprints of its new $1.1b tower

–  Johnson & Johnson: Comprehensive wellness program saves them $25m/year since 2000

–  Google: “Search Inside Yourself” - most popular training course

–  SAP: Trained 5,000+ employees on emotional intelligence and mindful leadership

Source: The Atlantic, 2015

Mindfulness for learning and development

Sources: 1. Carnegie Institute of Technology; 2. Harvard Business Review, 2012; 3. Emotional Intelligence, 2015; 4. Forbes, 2016; 5. Forbes, 2014

Amount of personal financial success due to emotional intelligence1

85% Increase in “life satisfaction” score from one mindful activity/day2

13% Of job performance success attributable to emotional intelligence3

58%

Of top performing employees tested “high” for emotional

intelligence5

90% More empathy and compassion towards coworkers4

50%

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How to implement mindfulness in your company

•  Digital, on-demand (mobile) •  Live and in-person trainings •  Creating groups/communities for mindfulness

We recommend an “all of the above” approach •  Crucial: Treat it the same as exercise - going to the gym once a month ain’t gonna do much

Get the eBook: info.whil.com/implementing_mindfulness/

Enable individual employees and team training

Engage employees in multiple ways

Mindfulness as the best benefit for your employees and your company

To Calm, cool and focused Collaborative and creative Empowered Proactive Rested and energized Situationally aware and

safe

Moving from Stressed, anxious and

angry Disconnected Overwhelmed Reactive (EAPs) Sleepless and tired Distracted and injured

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