Walking is the work
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Walking is the work
- 1. Walking Is Work: Don’t Call It A Break Beth Kanter, Master Trainer, Blogger, Author, and Speaker June 10, 2014 Nonprofit Bootcamp
- 2. People are sitting 9.3 hours a day, which is more than we’re sleeping, at 7.7 hours It’s harmful to your health ….
- 3. Beth 399 I Know from Direct Experience Healthy Range >150 Triglycerides: Test Results
- 4. Too Much of This
- 5. And That Too …
- 6. Made A Commitment To Walk and Eat Better
- 7. Dashboard To Collect Data Connected To Goals
- 10. Where do you find the time in your day?
- 11. Walking is Work Don’t Call It A Break!
- 12. Walking: The Killer App for Creativity and Problem Solving
- 13. Leaders Put On Their Walking Shoes ”For me, walking has proved to be a great way to promote a healthy lifestyle, while facilitating my communications skills and leadership efforts.“ Louis Sullivan, HHS Secretary 89-93
- 15. How To Integrate Walking Into Work • Recognize when you are not productive sitting and take a five minute walk around your office, stretch • Incorporate 30 minute walk at lunch • Meet for walks, not coffee or lunch or drinks • Walking meetings with your team • Don’t think of walking as “exercise” think of it as time to think about challenge of work • Walking commute to work, if possible or park far away or get off bus a stop early
- 16. Walking As Part of Conferences and Workshops
- 17. Nonprofits and Walking Meetings
- 18. It’s Your Turn Now! • Find a walking buddy • Line up • We are going to walk for 15 minutes in a line • Discuss: What did you learn from today? What will you apply? More about walking at work: http://www.bethkanter.org/category/walking/
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- Let me tell you a personal story about why I’m so excited about the power of data to inspire change, leading to better outcomes. Six months, I went into my doctor for my annual check up and got some test results back … My Tryglycerides were If you know these numbers .. You know that less than 150 is the healthy range to avoid heart disease …
- https://www.flickr.com/photos/marcopolis/8489053357/sizes/o/
- I needed better data and I needed to collect and analyze it in a faster cycle to make better decisions .. So, I got a FitBit
- I set some goals around walking 10,000 steps, a daily calorie deficit based on eating more healthy foods, and more active minutes
- http://markgetshealthy.com/blog/ I’m not the only one of my friends trying to get healthy …
- https://www.flickr.com/photos/alancleaver/2581218229/sizes/o/
- I have cut out non-productive work time where I sit at my desk and can’t concentrate! I have incorporated mini-breaks to walk in the middle of the day help me think and digest when I am writing or thinking through a problem for a client. Also, if I’m on calls I do them while walking around. I have gotten good at taking notes while I walk. I’ve also replaced networking requests for “coffee” for “walking meetings.” It isn’t about making the time or thinking about physical activity or movement as a separate exercise time, but something that is integrated into your life – including work time. –
- The benefits of walking to “clear your brain” or build relationships is not a new leadership technique. As Louis Sullivan, HHS Secretary in 1989-93 and famous for walking meetings, notes in an HBR blog post ”For me, walking has proved to be a great way to promote a healthy lifestyle, while facilitating my communications skills and leadership efforts.“ - I have cut out non-productive work time where I sit at my desk and can’t concentrate! I have incorporated mini-breaks to walk in the middle of the day help me think and digest when I am writing or thinking through a problem for a client. Also, if I’m on calls I do them while walking around. I have gotten good at taking notes while I walk. I’ve also replaced networking requests for “coffee” for “walking meetings.” It isn’t about making the time or thinking about physical activity or movement as a separate exercise time, but something that is integrated into your life – including work time. –
- I have cut out non-productive work time where I sit at my desk and can’t concentrate! I have incorporated mini-breaks to walk in the middle of the day help me think and digest when I am writing or thinking through a problem for a client. Also, if I’m on calls I do them while walking around. I have gotten good at taking notes while I walk. I’ve also replaced networking requests for “coffee” for “walking meetings.” It isn’t about making the time or thinking about physical activity or movement as a separate exercise time, but something that is integrated into your life – including work time. –