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Walking As Part of Work Meetings:Don’t Call It A Break
Beth Kanter, Master Trainer, Blogger, Author, and SpeakerGuidestar Webinar
Feb. 12, 2015
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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 ….
Sitting increases risk of death up to 40%
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Beth
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I Know from Direct Experience
Healthy Range
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Triglycerides: Test Results
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Too Much of This
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And That Too …
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Made A Commitment To Walk and Eat Better
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Dashboard To Collect Data Connected To Goals
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Triglycerides: Test Results
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Where do you find the time in your work day?
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Walking: The Killer App for Creativity and Problem Solving
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A Long History of Walking At WorkLeaders Put On Their Walking Shoes
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Aristotle instructed his students while strolling about …
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”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
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Mindset Change: Integrate Walking Into Your Work
• Stop thinking of solo walking as “exercise” it is a great time to think about challenging work task
• Recognize when you are not productive sitting and take a five minute walk around your office, stretch
• Hack a standing desk• Incorporate 20-30 minute solo walks during the
day or talk call w/ your mobile phone• Walking commute to work, if possible or park
far away or get off bus a stop early
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Standing Desk
Beverly Trayner-Wenger
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Meeting Type Description
Informal Chats To decide to act on a problem you are facing
1:1 Regularly scheduled check-ins with your boss or people who report to you
Networking Meeting with a professional colleague for relationship building
Huddles To offer help or take action on tactical issues such as scheduling or daily work
Staff Meetings Reporting, decision, planning, scheduling, updates, brainstorming, etc
Work Session To develop a strategy, process improvement, or implementation plan
Conference Calls Meetings by phone or online
Changing A Culture of Sitting: Pick One Meeting
Easy place to start: Suggest replacing weekly status updates with supervisors with a walking meeting. Suggest meeting for a walk instead of coffee for networking meetings. Switch conference call meetings to your mobile phone and walk or pace
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Nonprofits and Walking Meetings
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Walking As Part of Conferences and Workshops
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Tips for Walking Meetings: Planning
• Purpose• Agenda• Note Taking• Facilitation
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Tips for Walking Meetings: Actual Meeting
• Use a park or outdoor setting whenever possible.
• Try holding walking meetings in the afternoon, when energy levels are lowest.
• Avoid noisy roads or crowded areas. • Plan a route with some good stopping points.
Plan indoor meetings in the office space in the event of bad weather.
• Set a goal for walking meetings each week. Suggest replacing weekly status updates with supervisors with a walking meeting and build up to more frequent strolls.
• Track your steps with a wearable device. • Plot out a few walking routes that work out to
the typical length of company meetings.
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More about walking at work:http://www.bethkanter.org/category/walking/http://www.scoop.it/t/walking-for-work
Friend Me on Fitbit for Walking As Work Challengeshttps://www.fitbit.com/user/288NYK
Reflection
• How can you integrate walking into your work?• What’s one small step you can take?