Search Inside Yourself
Mindful Leadership Training
a highly interactive two-day program followed by a four-week online journey
born at google, now available to all
Originally developed at Google by leading experts in neuroscience, business, and psychology, Search Inside Yourself (SIY) teaches practical mindfulness, emotional intelligence and leadership tools to unlock your full potential at work and in life. SIY has been proven to reduce stress, improve focus, raise peak performance, and improve interpersonal relationships, using highly practical and scientifically proven methods of mental conditioning and attention training that improve resilience, creativity, communication, productivity, and personal and organizational leadership.
The Search Inside Yourself approach is built around four key disciplines:
- Emotional Intelligence
- Neuroscience
- Mindfullness
- Leadership
Emotional Intelligence
Workplace studies show that having strong emotional competencies predict employee performance, leadership effectiveness, and wellbeing.
Mindfulness
Research shows that mindfulness is a foundational skill that can help in your personal growth, particularly in self-awareness, self-management, and emotional skills.
Neuroscience
Scientific research indicates that how we direct our attention determines the mental habits we form, the emotions we develop, and the results we experience.
Leadership
Leadership skills such as decision making, communicating effectively, and inspiring trust are enhanced through practices in mindfulness and emotional intelligence.
This highly interactive and experiential program includes the following core components:
- Overview of the neuroscience of emotion, perception, and behavior change
- Definition of emotional intelligence and its personal and professional benefits
- Attention training to enable greater emotional intelligence including self-awareness, self-mastery, motivation and connection with self and others
- Principles and practices for developing healthy mental habits that accelerate wellbeing – including effective listening, generosity, empathy, communication and social skills
- Mindfulness and reflection practices that support happiness, the ability to thrive, and overall well-being
- Exercises include attention training practice, dyad conversations, writing, walking and group conversations
Whether you are coming for personal or professional development or to discover the SIY program on behalf of your organization, you will learn foundational skills to:
- Enhance mental fitness and clarity
- Develop agile and adaptive mindsets
- Reduce stress responses
- Increase resilience
- Improve access to creativity
- Develop greater self-awareness
- Enhance the regulation of emotion
- Improve communication skills
- Develop better decision-making skills
- Develop greater emotional intelligence
- Experience greater overall wellbeing and thrive!
Improved Leadership
Increased Resilience
Reduced Stress
Day 1 - Am
Introduction to Mindfulness and Emotional Intelligence
- Emotional intelligence at work
- Intro to mindfulness
- The neuroscience of mindfulness and emotional intelligence
- Intuition and decision making
- Theory, practice, and benefits of mindfulness
Day 1 - PM
Self-Awareness and Self-Management
- Science of self-awareness
- Emotional regulation
- Understanding triggers
- Reframing and responding to challenges skillfully
Day 2 - AM
Motivation and Empathy
- Aligning your values and work
- Resilience
- Neuroscience of motivation
- The role of empathy in leadership
- Perspective taking
- Neuroscience of empathy
- Developing trust
Day 2 - PM
Leadership and Integration
- Compassion and leadership
- Influence with goodness
- Communication with insight
- Neuroscience of compassion
- Team building models
- Navigating difficult conversations
- Integration and next steps