A leadership wellbeing morning in Brussels

The brief

The regional vice president’s executive assistant was organising a full day of leadership meetings in Brussels and wanted the day to start differently. The team flies in from across Europe, carries a heavy quarter, and needed to arrive at the table clear-headed, with the inbox left behind.

The format and the experts

Our curators paired two experts for the morning, each leading one hour in the client’s own meeting room:

• First hour, regulation: a chair-based session of breath, gentle movement and meditation that slows the nervous system and settles attention, in business dress.
• Second hour, resilience: a practical session on recovery under pressure, with tools each leader can use between meetings, on a flight or before a difficult conversation.

Both sessions ran in English, around the table the team would use for the rest of the day.

The setting

The client’s European office in Brussels, in the meeting space already set for the leadership day. Nothing had to be moved, and the first agenda item started on time.

The outcome

Thirty leaders sat down to their meeting clear-headed and focused, with two practices for the quarter ahead. For a team that meets in person only a few times a year, the morning set the tone for the whole day.

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