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What Are We Teaching?
Bringing mindfulness into the modern organization is a unique discipline that requires specialized knowledge and professional skills. As corporate mindfulness matures, the legal challenges are going up, and companies are demanding more science, more consistency, and more reliable outcomes. What's needed is a new gold standard course that is rigorously secular, all-science, connected to organizational objectives, and built from the ground up for the diverse, modern enterprise.
Companies Don’t Fund Meditation Training
Organizations are generally not interested in providing deep, traditional meditation training to the workforce. First, there are may be sticky cultural, religious, and legal issues - but more importantly, the company doesn’t need to have a factory floor of dedicated 2-hour a day meditators, in order to significantly improve the quality of their employee's lives, and so improve the quality of their products, services, and relationships.
But Everyone Needs Mental and Emotional Skills
Especially now, as our leaders and workforce alike are experiencing unprecedented levels of stress and burnout, companies must invest in mental fitness for personal performance. Mindfulness is the most effective set of mental and emotional skills known for managing stress, anxiety, depression, and burnout - and for developing cognitive and emotional intelligence capabilities. The Organizational Mindfulness Teacher certification focuses through an all-science lens on these applications, and on the practices that cultivate them.
OM Teacher Certification
Organizational mindfulness is evolving into a unique discipline that requires specific knowledge and professional skills - including a deeper knowledge of the science, how to apply mindfulness to strengthen specific personal and business capabilities, and how to measure and connect the outcomes to organizational performance.
This course builds on the OM Certificate and OM Facilitator prerequisites and prepares teachers to train individuals and teams in the Organizational Mindfulness curriculum
Successful graduates:
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Are certified as IOSM Organizational Mindfulness Teachers (IOSM-OMT), a designation that confirms the knowledge and skills to teach all-science, performance-focused mindfulness in the modern organization.
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Are certified and licensed to teach the branded Organizational Mindfulness course, use the course IP and course materials, and connect their company or clients to IOSM resources.
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May become IOSM partners, and participate in cross-business development and referral programs.
Course Objectives
The OM Teacher course provides knowledge of the science and performance applications of mindfulness, and the expertise to teach Organizational Mindfulness.
Connect the Science
Evolutionary neuroscience
The conscious mind
The non-conscious brain
Teach Organizational Mindfulness
The Science of Mindfulness
The Essential Attitudes & Practices
Resolving Stress, Anxiety & Burnout
Biases, beliefs and values
Increasing Focus & Attention Control
Thoughts, emotions and feelings
Navigating Change & Uncertainty
Attention and emotional control
Habit and behavioral change
Peak Performance
Cultivating Emotional Intelligence
Improving Teamwork & Collaboration
Building Mental Strength, Grit & Resilience
Course Contents
IOSM Certificate courses blend live instruction with self-paced learning, daily practice,
unlimited group coaching and community support
Assessments
Pre-and-post course assessments
Live Classes
4 weekly instructor-led classes
Self-Study
4 weekly self-study lessons
Progress
4 weekly progress exam-lets
Daily Practice
4 weeks of daily email videos
Coaching
4 optional coaching sessions
Final Exam
A comprehensive final exam
Certification
Certificate and digital badge
Associate Access
IOSM resources, tools and events
Lifetime Access
IOSM Global Alumni Community
Anytime Help
Phone, chat, text and email support
CEUs
ICF recertification credits
Course Outline
This course provides knowledge and resources for teaching and supporting the branded Organizational Mindfulness curriculum
Week 1. Stress, Distraction, and Change
A review of the science, and a deeper dive into the topics of stress, anxiety, and burnout - distraction, attention deficit, and digital addiction - and focus and attentional control.
You will learn to:
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Explain and explore the outcomes and applications of mindfulness in these areas
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Introduce, demonstrate, and lead the informal and formal practices in each class
Week 2. Emotional Intelligence, Relationships, and Teamwork
A review of the science, and a deeper dive into the topics of self-awareness, emotional regulation, empathy and inclusion - and effective communication, collaboration, and teamwork
You will learn to:
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Explain and explore the outcomes and applications of mindfulness in these areas
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Introduce, demonstrate, and lead the informal and formal practices in each class
Week 3. Mental Strength, Grit, and Resilience
A review of the science, and a deeper dive into mindsets, worldviews, and attitudes - motivation and engagement - adaptability, agility and resilience - and peak performance.
You will learn to:
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Explain and explore the outcomes and applications of mindfulness in these areas
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Introduce, demonstrate, and lead the informal and formal practices in each class
Week 4. Final Review and a Look Forward
An opportunity to surface outstanding questions about the course, and explore the benefits and resources for teaching the branded Organizational Mindfulness curriculum.
You will learn to:
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Access your license, program guidelines, teaching guide, slides, and course materials.
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Get started as a certified Organizational Mindfulness Teacher!
“Mindfulness can transform the workplace in a way that nurtures growth, emotional intelligence, creativity, innovation, and the capacity to respond to life with an open mind and a wise heart. This thoughtful incorporation of mindfulness into a professional culture can evolve a work environment toward a richer and more creative state.”
Mindfulness in Organizations, Cambridge University Press