Mindfulness at Synchrony

Join us for our interview with Shawnta Hooks, Vice President and Process Leader at Synchrony, and the creative force behind the company’s rapidly growing in-house mindfulness program. 

Shawnta is a remarkable, high-energy executive, and Synchrony is a market-leading financial services firm, recently named to the annual Fortune’s Best Places to Work list. In our case study, we’ll learn about Shawnta's journey to launch and grow this successful mindfulness program - taking a look at the discoveries made, challenges overcome, and her success stories along the way

About IOSM Case Studies

Helping our people cope with stress, change and uncertainty are top-of-mind for leaders at every level. One of the simplest, most cost-effective, yet powerful strategies is to organize an internal, ongoing mindfulness program.

IOM Case Study Webcasts are a series of live monthly interviews with the leaders and champions of the organizational mindfulness movement. Each session profiles a unique journey to envision, launch and grow a successful in-house mindfulness program in a corporate environment.

Case studies so far include Aetna, Amazon, Microsoft, Morgan Stanley, LinkedIn, Pacific Blue Cross, Ford Foundation, EY and Toyota, and more - and we’re looking forward to many great sessions ahead. These insights are an essential resource if you are planning to bring mindfulness into your company!

About IOSM

Institute for Organizational Science and Mindfulness (IOSM) is a non-profit association of human capital and operating leaders, researchers, and educators who share a mission to bring science-based mindfulness into the workplace.

Mindfulness is a process of neural training that produces remarkably positive outcomes in health and wellbeing, cognitive performance, and emotional intelligence. In turn, these attributes can be applied to develop more effective leaders, a happier and higher-performing workforce, and a safer, more inclusive, more productive workplace.

SHRM Credits: The Institute for Organizational Science and Mindfulness is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP®.

This program is valid for 1 PDC for the SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP®. For more information about certification or recertification, please visit www.shrmcertification.org.

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