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Mindfulness: the mother of all intelligence.

The scarcest resources of our time are TIME and QUALITY THINKING. People scarcely keep up with the pace of change, information overload and non-stop technological connectivity. This chaotic busy-ness is robbing people of their basic attention span and quite frankly, people have no time to sit back and think about how to deal with these converging pressures.

Dina offers a topic that is like a breath of fresh air for congested minds. It comes to life through her deep knowledge, experience and passion for it: Mindfulness ~ The ability to be here, now.

Topics / focus areas

Mindful Leadership; Mindful at Work; Mindfulness: the mother of all intelligence.

Speakers Delivery Style

Dina is a no-nonsense and easy-going person who does public speaking in a highly personable yet professional manner. She engages people through her unique ability to translate fascinating psychological fact into critical business insights. She is a scientist without the jargon, a motivator without the raa-raa.

Why the audience should listen to these topics

Every person benefits when they learn about the simplicity of being mindful at work and at home. It teaches people that they can cut away layers of noise, nonsense and stress to have more space for quality thinking and quality relationships.

What the speeches will address
  • The sources of poor leadership, stress and anxiety.
  • How mindfulness works and how it helps.
  • How mindfulness is the mother of all types of intelligence.
  • How mindfulness shrink ego and grows a clear mind.
What participants will learn

That to live a quality life and deliver quality leadership in this modern era of non-stop noise is not just possible, but simple. It is not rocket science, but it takes some effort.

What the audience will take home
  • Simple tools to practice mindfulness in any situation.
  • Awareness of how they create the stresses they complain about and how they can dissolve this in an instant.
Benefits for the individual
  • Individual presence and groundedness in the face of a noisy, chaotic world.
  • Lower stress levels.
  • Being connected to what is working well in their lives, rather than focusing all energy on what is not working.
Benefits for the organisation
  • Better quality leadership.
  • Beter quality attention, concentration and productivity on all levels.
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Topics
  • Mindful leadership
  • Mindful at work
Speaks
  • English
  • Afrikaans
  • Italian (after one glass of wine)
  • Silence
Publications
  • Articles for CEO magazine
  • Articles for Fair Lady magazine
  • Masters’ thesis: Leadership development in a post-industrial world


 

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