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Mindful work : how meditation is changing business from the inside out
Title:
Mindful work : how meditation is changing business from the inside out
Author:
Gelles, David (Business journalist)
Publication Information:
Boston : An Eamon Dolan Book, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2015]
Physical Description:
296 pages ; 24 cm
Summary:
For the past few years, mindfulness has begun to transform the American workplace. Many of our largest companies have built extensive programs to foster mindful practices among their workers. Gelles explains how all sorts of businesses and any kind of worker can benefit from meditation, yoga, and other mindful techniques. He shows that mindfulness lowers stress, increases mental focus, and alleviates depression among workers, with the added benefit of saving health care costs.
General Note:
"An Eamon Dolan book."
Language:
English
Contents:
This mindful moment -- How the swans came to the lake -- The science of sitting -- Less stressed -- More focused -- Compassionate -- Socially responsible -- The space to lead -- McMindfulness -- The future in microcosm.
ISBN:
9780544227224
Format :
Book