Mindfulness at work

David Gelles teaches how to apply the concept of mindfulness in the professional environment and achieve better results for employees and business owners.

Employees and business leaders around the world are discovering what psychologists and cognitive scientists have already confirmed: mindfulness brings tangible benefits and may be the key to fostering a happier, more productive workplace.

Mindfulness at Work is about factory workers, fashion designers, lawyers, and CEOs who have used meditation to change their lives for the better. It's also about how organizations are becoming more mindful—taking better care of their employees, reducing their negative impact on the planet, and finding ways to improve people's lives. And it's about what a mindful society will look like in the future.

One of the most surprising and promising trends in business today is the growing encouragement of mindfulness practices. At first, it might seem like yoga and meditation breaks in the office would only fit into the Silicon Valley startup environment, where young people work alongside their pets and play ping-pong in the lobby. But in recent years, some large companies—such as General Mills, Ford, Target, and Google—have created extensive programs to promote these activities among their employees.

In this book, David Gelles explains how all types of companies and workers can benefit from these techniques. In addition to reducing stress, increasing mental focus, and alleviating depression among employees, meditative practices also bring concrete benefits to companies that adopt them, including increased productivity and saving millions in healthcare costs.

Mindfulness at Work goes beyond other books on the subject by providing evidence of the practical benefits of mindfulness techniques applied to work and showing readers how they can become more mindful.