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Including updates from Chief officer Richard Martin, and an insightful review of the implementation of the MBC , from Head of Resource Management and Wellbeing at Ashurst - Russ Martin. We also held breakout rooms where signatories discussed what they foresaw as challenges for 2023.
DownloadMBC Signatories Call Nov 16th 2021 - Welcoming new members, a brief overview from Richard Martin including learnings and requests from 121's he has been conducting with members, and updates from Carolina at PLMJ who provided great insights into mental well-being in the legal sector in Portugal, and Katie Wadsworth and Natasha Kay from Cooley, sharing their successes and challenges when implementing the Mindful Business Charter pillars.
DownloadAnnual 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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DownloadMBC Champions can be useful voices - this job description is a starting point for you to use in your organisation.
DownloadAnnual event – slides from Amy Browne at CCLA
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.
DownloadRunning effective meetings event follow up thoughts
DownloadINSIGHT SESSION - Emma Mahoney - Hello Self
DownloadBurges Salmon - Hybrid Etiquette Top Tips
DownloadNotes for people to start the conversation with a client or supplier around MBC
DownloadQuestions to ask when engaging with a client/supplier around working mindfully
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
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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
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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.
DownloadReady for ‘The Mindful Conduct of Litigation’? - Newsletter entry from The Legal Diary
DownloadFind out moreAs the law focuses on mental health, aggressive and belligerent litigators appear to be an archaic breed. New guidance from the Mindful Business Charter aims to bring the profession up to date
DownloadFind out moreOne former litigator involved in creating the guidance said: "I well remember some of the behaviour that goes on and how it often got in the way of the resolution of disputes." - a report on the MBC Litigation Guidance Launch
DownloadFind out more13th October 2022 Press Release - Annual Event
DownloadFind out moreWe want to make it as easy as possible for you to share the work of the MBC with your colleagues, old and new. As such, we have created this video for you to use internally, to help new recruits, (or people who might want a refresh) understand what the MBC is, and why its important to your organisation.
Find out moreOn this call we had an introduction and update from Richard Martin, followed by an update from Russ Martin at Ashurst on the challenges and successes they have experienced, embedding the MBC into their organisation. We also took the opportunity to interact within our signatory community by going to break out rooms and discussing what we have planned for 2023.
Find out moreMark is a consultant psychiatrist at London’s Royal Free Hospital. He is also well known for his work with the team of young Thai footballers who were rescued from a flooded cave. Mark has recently visited the boys again and has more insight into the organisational factors that enabled the groups inside and outside the cave to survive. This session looks at what we can learn in terms of resilience, leadership, and the purpose of working for and within a community.
Find out moreThis short animation is an excellent example of how to share MBC practices and principles in the workplace - looking at how we can be more mindful for colleagues in blended/hybrid working situations.
Find out moreMBC Signatories Call Nov 16th 2021 - Welcoming new members, a brief overview from Richard Martin including learnings and requests from 121's he has been conducting with members, and updates from Carolina at PLMJ who provided great insights into mental well-being in the legal sector in Portugal, and Katie Wadsworth and Natasha Kay from Cooley, sharing their successes and challenges when implementing the Mindful Business Charter pillars.
Find out moreMBC bi monthly Signatory Call September 2022
Find out moreThe session will help us understand what we mean by neurodiversity, and address some of the stigma associated with it. It will explore how neurodiversity affects different people, debunk some myths and language and help us to reflect on what it means for our modern workplaces – how to embrace, accommodate and celebrate neurodivergence and make those workplaces more inclusive.
Find out moreWe often hear that MBC is all very well but it doesn’t work when there is a big transaction and all hands are needed on deck. This just isn’t true. Earlier in 2022 we heard from Hannah Brophy at Lloyds Banking Group and Stacey Bairner about a deal they worked on together, a monster of a deal, that they approached in a mindful way, delivered on time and to the required standard and in a way that was respectful of their teams’ wellbeing. We have turned that conversation into a podcast. Thanks to Hannah and Stacey for sharing their experience.
Find out moreOne of the things that often gets in the way of meaningful collaboration between clients and suppliers about healthy working practices is how best to approach the subject with a client – particularly a really important client you don’t want to risk upsetting. It is all very well for us MBC champions to say you just need to get on with it and the client will be fine, but we know the reality is that many of our colleagues in the business – and this applies to law firms as well as other suppliers – have any number of concerns that might hold them back. This session therefore, is an opportunity to hear the client voice. We have assembled a panel of senior folk in client organisations who will provide their perspective and experience on how to engage with clients. The session is intended to be for anyone in your organisations who you think would benefit from this insight.
Find out moreWe all spend a lot of time in meetings, whether they be virtual, in person or hybrid. The quality of those meetings and the thinking they generate varies widely. Sadly, all too often the poor quality of meetings discourages people from preparing and participating as they might, which feeds a downward, and self-fulfilling, cycle in the quality of the meetings. The second pillar of the Charter obviously speaks about a number of the issues around meetings. The changes to the Charter in January 2022 specifically focussed on the need to run meetings inclusively, taking account both of location of participants and their neurodiversity. As part of our developing programme of events around specific aspects of the Charter and related issues, we are delighted to be hosting a session with Katie Driver of the Thinking Alliance. Katie is an accredited practitioner of the Thinking Environment®, a way of working developed by Nancy Kline which aims to generate the best possible thinking in the many different environments in which it’s needed – meetings being a prime example. Katie’s session will be about enabling better quality meetings and will draw on Thinking Environment® approaches which echo much of what the Charter speaks about. You can find out more about Katie and her approach in this post from May 2022 - Yes, you can have better meetings! | LinkedIn
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 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 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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