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Annual Trustee Report year ending 31 December 2021 as approved at their meeting on 15th June 2022
DownloadAnnual Accounts for year ending 31 December 2021 as approved by trustees on 5th April 2022
DownloadMinute from bimonthly signatory call held on 120522
DownloadSignatory call on Nov 10th. Updates from Akin Gump and BMO. A run through of the new Introductions Toolkit from Kate Dodd
DownloadMinutes and summary of the Signatory Call - 20th Sept 2021 Resources shared in Signatory Resources Tab
DownloadAgenda for 6th Trustee meeting of 2021. Held on 13th December 2021
DownloadFinal agenda (minutes of the meeting are available on request - please contact mbc@byrnedean.com)
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DownloadFinal agenda (minutes of the meeting are available on request - please contact mbc@byrnedean.com)
DownloadFinal agenda (minutes of the meeting are available on request - please contact mbc@byrnedean.com)
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DownloadPDF version of briefing on the charter inclusive of introduction video to charter (link), introduction to MBC 4 pillars, myth busting slide and contact details for joining the MBC
DownloadA summary of themes from September 15th MBC Signatory Event 2021
DownloadAn article from a project team who work with law firms a lot with their thoughts on managing projects mindfully
DownloadA discussion event was held in September 2020 (as the UK's first lockdown restrictions began to be lifted) to explore collective thinking around and the application of MBC to the next phase of people working both in the office and remotely. This note summarises the output from breakout group discussions.
DownloadA tool to help organisations think about actions to take at different stages of involvement with MBC
DownloadVarious members have used regular pulse surveys to monitor how they are progressing with mindful ways of working. We have been asked by others to produce an example set of questions. Attached is therefore a note which discusses pulse surveys and includes two sets of sample questions.
DownloadMBC session on perfectionism from Roz Shafran 13th July 2022 SLIDES: Roz is very happy for people to use them personally and to share them with their teams but please do not circulate publicly or put elsewhere on the internet
DownloadLloyds Banking Group template for MBC Smart Meetings
DownloadLloyds Banking Group template for Sending Smart Emails
DownloadLloyds Banking Group template for MBC Pillars
DownloadLloyds Banking Group template for MBC Mindful Ways of Working
DownloadLloyds Banking Group template for MBC Delegation
DownloadLloyds Banking Group template for MBC Being Mindful
DownloadAs mentioned in Lorraine Roche briefing from Signatory Call on 20/09/21
DownloadAs described by Lorraine Roach on Signatory call on 20/09/21
Download• Mindful Connections consisted of 12 episodes which were emailed on a weekly basis to all of Barclays Legal globally (c.750 employees). • The Mindful Ninja was created as a mascot for the series, a character who shares small but meaningful actions that all of us can take to help improve wellbeing and mental health for everyone • This was followed up by 10 episodes of Mindful Reflections where we caught up with Legal colleagues (diversity across geography, role, corporate title, gender, ethnicity, etc) to understand their favourite episode of Mindful Connections, what they were consciously doing differently now and suggestions for further improvements of Legal’s supportive culture.
Download• Mindful Connections consisted of 12 episodes which were emailed on a weekly basis to all of Barclays Legal globally (c.750 employees). • The Mindful Ninja was created as a mascot for the series, a character who shares small but meaningful actions that all of us can take to help improve wellbeing and mental health for everyone • This was followed up by 10 episodes of Mindful Reflections where we caught up with Legal colleagues (diversity across geography, role, corporate title, gender, ethnicity, etc) to understand their favourite episode of Mindful Connections, what they were consciously doing differently now and suggestions for further improvements of Legal’s supportive culture.
Download• Mindful Connections consisted of 12 episodes which were emailed on a weekly basis to all of Barclays Legal globally (c.750 employees). • The Mindful Ninja was created as a mascot for the series, a character who shares small but meaningful actions that all of us can take to help improve wellbeing and mental health for everyone • This was followed up by 10 episodes of Mindful Reflections where we caught up with Legal colleagues (diversity across geography, role, corporate title, gender, ethnicity, etc) to understand their favourite episode of Mindful Connections, what they were consciously doing differently now and suggestions for further improvements of Legal’s supportive culture.
DownloadMBC Trustee Meeting - Wednesday 7th September
Find out moreSignatory Call - Wednesday 21st September 11am
Find out moreMBC Trustee Meeting - Tuesday 4th October
Find out moreSignatory Call - Wednesday 21st September 11am
Find out moreMBC Trustee Meeting - Monday 12th December
Find out moreRoz Shafran webinar for MBC on Perfectionism Find the slide in our Signatory Resources Area
Find out moreMBC Signatories call 31 January 2022 Welcoming new members, signatory updates from Jo Wilson @ Dentons and Margot Goldman-Edwards @ Firefish. General updates from Richard Martin on recent Charter updates and the upcoming Signatory survey due out this month.
Find out moreSignatories call on 31 January 2022 - welcome to new members, update from Richard Martin on recent and forthcoming activity, discussion of proposed amendments to Charter wording, update on personnel changes, strategic review and planned signatory survey followed by updates from Svetlana Gurevich from Linklaters and Polly James from BCLP
Find out moreMBC Signatories Call Nov 10th 2021 - Welcoming to new members, a brief overview from Richard Martin, updates from Abbey Maskell and Amy Kennedy at Akin Gump and BMO given by Richard on behalf of Theo Clarke, and a first look from Kate Dodd at the new MBC New Making introductions Toolkit which can be found in the resources section of the website.
Find out moreOur Mindful Business Charter event on 7th October 2021. We welcomed 12 new signatories to the Charter. We were pleased to welcome all you to our six monthly Mindful Business Charter event to welcome new members, celebrate our progress and think about the next stages of the movement’s growth. As part of this event we had a Q&A facilitated by Richard Martin in conversation with Richard Foley, senior partner of Pinsent Masons, who spoke about the benefits of involving clients in MBC and how to go about doing so.
Find out moreOur bi monthly signatory call. Thank you for Lorraine Roche @ Mathesons, Batoolah Dawreeawoo & Tanya Etheridge @ PGIM, Kate Hammerton @ Shoosmiths for sharing on this call. Find the minutes and briefing notes in the Signatory Resources
Find out moreThe changes businesses required of their people to adapt to lockdown changed the dynamic of the employer/employee relationship. Remote working lowered the barriers to the workplace and fostered inclusion as a result. As businesses around the world start to reopen their offices in earnest, we take a mindful look at some of these dynamics and what employers should keep in mind as the next wave of change is presented to their people. This event will feature Philip Aiken from Barclays and a panel of other MBC trustees offering a range of different perspectives.
Find out moreOur bi-monthly signatories call. Thank you to Laura Tokell (Womble Bond Dickinson) and Rachel Holder (Lloyds Banking Group) for their updates
Find out moreOur bi-monthly signatories call. Thank you to Lizzy Stewart (4 New Square), Lynda Clark (Morton Fraser) and Moira Slape (Travers Smith) for their updates.
Find out moreAn event hosted by the Law Society of Scotland with knowledge sharing and practical tips from Charter organisations. • Introduction - Olivia Moore – Law Society of Scotland • An introduction to the Mindful Business Charter – Richard Martin • Embedding MBC in a transactional team – Simon Rajgopaul - Lloyds Banking Group • A client relationship perspective - Ilona McGowan – RBS • Business incentives, getting partners involved and using MBC as an HR tool - Emma Smith and Alasdair Sutherland - Burness Paull
Find out moreOur Mindful Business Charter event on 13 May 2021 marked Mental Health Awareness Week in the UK. We welcomed 15 new signatories and heard from two speakers: Dr Emma Jones - senior lecturer in law at the University of Sheffield and part of the International Bar Association’s global task force on mental health and wellbeing. Dr Mark Berelowitz - Consultant Child Psychiatrist at the Royal Free Hospital in London. Along with his Thai colleague Dr Tee, Mark studied the Thai boys football team who were trapped in a cave in the summer of 2018, and identified key themes to their resilience and survival. More recently Mark has been involved in supporting frontline clinical NHS staff during the COVID pandemic, and is helping the hospital plan for the post pandemic recovery.
Find out moreDuring the session Richard Martin encouraged participants to be more aware of when they are feeling stressed and of what that is doing to them, gave insight and guidance as to how we can each individually better manage stress and stressful situations and reminded us of what MBC tells us about how we can help each other.
Find out moreInsight from Kate Dodd and Matt Morgan of Pinsent Masons
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