Mindful Business Charter Community Area

Perfectionism may not be something the Charter speaks to  directly, but the Charter is all about removing unnecessary stress in the  ways in which we work, and perfectionism can sure cause stress. It is also  something that blights the professional and personal lives of so many  conscientious people. We have all heard about it, and many of us probably  think we suffer from it to some extent from time to time, but what is the  difference between an admirable desire to do a great job and an unhealthy  obsession with perfection, is there a line, and, if so, where is it?

Roz Shafran is a Professor of Translational Psychology at  University College London and also a Director of Bespoke Mental Health, an  organisation she founded to help bring the latest proven approaches to  treating mental distress into the mainstream of psychological support. She is  the author of many books and has a particular expertise in the field of  perfectionism. She also speaks about it in a way ordinary folk can  understand.

In this session Roz will help us understand what  perfectionism is about, and why it is different from that pursuit of  excellence we all admire. She will explore where it comes, how to recognise  it in ourselves, and perhaps others, and give some practical tools to manage  it.

The session will run for an hour – alongside hearing from  Roz we will make time for your questions. If there are particular issues you  would like discussed, or questions you already have in mind, please do let me  know and we can make sure they are covered. This is a subject matter that  many of us could benefit from learning more about and so we are opening this  up to all employees of member organisations. Please do therefore share this  invitation across your organisation. We will also record the formal part of  the session and make it available on the website but would absolutely  encourage you to attend and hear from Roz first-hand if you are able to.

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