Special Edition Newsletter: Work/Life Balance

Work/Life Balance Learning Bundles

CSU has newly launched Work/Life Balance Learning Bundles containing theme-based courses and videos that are packaged for easy access. The Work/Life Balance learning bundle is available on the Learning Hub and provides courses, a quick video and several CSU’s Got Talent webcasts for team members and managers. If you’re feeling stressed about the current COVID situation, we highly recommend the “Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation” webcast with Dr. Juliet Hwang. It’s definitely worth an hour of your time.
Work /Life Balance Learning Bundle

Mindfulness Toolkit

Mindfulness involves experiential processing which "permits the individual to attend to a stimulus as it is, without immediate attempts to derive meaning from it." Mindfulness has been shown to improve attention stability, increase cognitive capacity, improve stress regulation and reduce emotional reactivity. The Employee and Organization Development Department offers a Mindfulness Toolkit that includes videos, online courses, articles, and eBooks to support you. Click here to view the Mindfulness Toolkit.

Zoom Open Labs

In remote work environments, staying connected with your team is more important than ever. Zoom video conferencing provides an excellent platform to have face-to-face team meetings, 1-on-1 check-ins, project collaborations, and even remote training sessions and book circles! Zoom Help Center provides daily live or recorded webinars to help you get started and navigate this user-friendly software. Additionally, the Employee and Organization Development department will be hosting virtual open labs to provide small groups of employees the opportunity to ask specific questions with a focus on Cal Poly services as well as Zoom best practices and etiquette. Click here to register for a Zoom Open Lab time that works best for your schedule.

Featured Books and Courses

Mindfulness Practices
Mindfulness helps you be more effective in today’s busy world. It reduces stress, increases focus, and improves your ability to deal with challenges, both at work and at home. With regular practice, mindfulness can change the course of your life. Practice with executive coach Henna Inam as she leads you in guided exercises that expand emotional intelligence, grow self-confidence, and build stronger relationships. Access the course here.

Mindfulness for Life: An Interview with Jon Kabat-Zinn
Mindfulness is an antidote to the tendency to sleepwalk through our days and an invitation to reclaim our lives. Mindfulness-based therapies have been empirically validated as highly effective for reducing stress and preventing relapse in depression and addictions. Access the video here.

Mindfulness in Organizations
This book chapter reviews the definition and concept of mindfulness; the different forms of mindfulness practice in organizations; and the empirical evidence on the effects of mindfulness on work-related outcomes and processes such as employee performance, employee wellbeing, leadership, and ethical decision making. Additionally, the authors discuss a recently developed self-administered mindfulness training program and the results from qualitative interviews with participants of a corporate mindfulness training program. Access the article here.

Upcoming Events

3/25 Can You Hear Me? How to Connect with People in a Virtual World
10AM - 11AM

With Dr. Nick Morgan, Founder and CEO, Public Words

Webcast link: https://calstate.adobeconnect.com/CGT

3/30 - 4/9 Zoom Open Labs
Monday 3/30 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Monday 3/30 12:00 – 1:00 PM
Wednesday 4/1 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Thursday 4/2 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Tuesday 4/7 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Wednesday 4/8 3:00 – 4:00 PM
Thursday 4/9 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

The Employee and Organization Development department will be hosting virtual open labs to provide small groups of employees the opportunity to ask specific questions with a focus on Cal Poly services as well as Zoom best practices and etiquette. Click here to register for a Zoom Open Lab time that works best for your schedule.

4/21 Stress-Sleep Correlation [Empathia Workshop]
12PM - 1PM

Sleep is not optional - it is as important as food, water and breathing. Learn the benefits of sleep, effects of sleep deprivation, common causes of poor sleep, and developing healthy sleeping habits. Join Benefits and Employee Services as we bring you a workshop from our Employee Assistance Provider (EAP) – Empathia.

4/29 Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
10AM - 11AM

With Justin Hale, Keynote Speaker and Trainer, VitalSmarts. Description coming soon.

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