The Mindvalley Podcast How To Create A Company That Amplifies The Health Of Its Employees - Vishen Lakhiani
Apr 2, 2021
Discover how to create a workplace culture that boosts employee health and happiness. Learn about two types of longevity and the importance of social connections from Blue Zones. Transform corporate norms by prioritizing well-being and community over outdated rules. Explore the five keys to a thriving company culture, including optimism, connection, and growth mindset. Delve into practical habits that foster team bonding and how to infuse meaningful purpose into work. Uncover the impact of caring leadership on productivity and retention.
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Two Kinds Of Longevity
- Longevity has two meanings: years of life and life in your years.
- Strong social purpose and connection increase both longevity types.
Design Work To Fuel Happiness
- Make work fuel happiness and community instead of only output.
- Design offices and rituals to attract people who want to belong.
Start With Three Small Changes
- Focus on applying a few practices, not mastering every idea at once.
- Implement three changes to see significant cultural shifts.
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Intro
00:00 • 41sec
Two Types of Longevity and Blue Zones Lessons
00:41 • 2min
How Work Can Add Life to Our Years
02:37 • 53sec
Mindvalley’s Multicultural Team and Growth Story
03:30 • 4min
Discarding Old Workplace Rules
07:10 • 8min
Five Keys to a Healthier Company Culture
15:33 • 16sec
Hire for Attitude, Train for Skill
15:49 • 6min
Creating Strong Social Connections at Work
21:30 • 1min
Practical Social Rituals: Parties, Retreats, Culture Days
22:37 • 10min
Two-Minute Daily Appreciation Habit
32:35 • 6min
Infusing Meaning with Massive Transformational Purpose
38:09 • 5min
Talk About Where the Company Will Be in 10 Years
42:40 • 60sec
Mission Reminders and Customer Love Stories
43:40 • 42sec
Make Every Team Strive to Be the Best
44:22 • 4min
Nurture a Growth Mindset and Employee Vision
48:22 • 3min
Three Most Important Questions (3MIQ) Vision Board
51:13 • 5min
Use Mindvalley Quests to Train Teams
55:45 • 59sec
Giving and Compassion Drives Longevity
56:45 • 1min
Support Employees’ Dreams with Small Gestures
58:11 • 3min
Gallup Data on Caring Supervisors and Retention
01:00:59 • 1min
Build Multi-Headed Leadership and Promote Internal Stars
01:02:07 • 32sec
Summary: Transform Work Into Healing and Growth
01:02:39 • 49sec
Outro
01:03:28 • 1min
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In this episode, our founder, Vishen Lakhiani shares the principles he brought into Mindvalley to transform it into one of the world’s best places to work — his vision, notions of workspace and culture, happiness at work, and how to attract brilliant employees. This has resulted in the company becoming a talent hub now employing people from a multitude of different countries, many of whom move to Malaysia to work from the Mindvalley HQ.
Vishen Lakhiani is an entrepreneur, author, and activist on a mission to raise human consciousness. He is the founder and CEO of Mindvalley, an award-winning education movement with millions of students worldwide. He is also a two-time New York Times bestselling author of The Code of the Extraordinary Mind and The Buddha and the Badass.
Listen out for:
- 2 types of longevity.
- 5 keys that help the CEO of a company to live longer.
- The strength of social connections.
- The ultimate definition of a leader.
- 3 most important questions about "Experiences growth contribution".
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- Discover how to access altered states of mind for powerful guidance & problem solving with Vishen Lakhiani in this FREE Mindvalley masterclass 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/Silva
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