Happy, engaged employees have a direct impact on revenue and profit
Enhance your company’s performance by improving the wellbeing, motivation, resilience and self-esteem of your team through the power of neuroscience.
Mind Growth Masters facilitates workshops and one-on-one sessions using tools, linked to neuroscience and transformational coaching, to help individuals reach their true potential.
“We help you unlock the power of your brain chemistry using science-based methods that naturally raise your feel-good chemicals (like dopamine, serotonin, and oxytocin) and reduce your nor-adrenaline and cortisol levels.
We’ve integrated best-practice programmes that empower you and your team with the knowledge and tools to transform your mind-state so that you have improved performance, motivation, satisfaction and wellness.
Mind Growth Masters also specialises in assisting organisation heads (leaders) create lasting impact by leading with resonance and grace.”
David Hallas – Co-Founder, Mind Growth Masters
Employees lost 13.7% of their working hours due to absence (1.2%) and presenteeism (12.5%)
The cost of presenteeism to business is estimated at R96 500 per employee annually, totalling R235 billion, or 4,2% of GDP
Impact Of Depression In The Workplace
80% have taken time off for depression
32% did not tell their employers why
50% of those diagnosed don’t take time off because of it
32% did not tell their employers why
54% said it took more time to complete simple tasks
50% made more mistakes than usual
74% experienced trouble concentrating, indecisiveness and forgetfulness
80% said they continued to work during an active episode
Impact Of Depression In The Workplace
18 days is the average time taken off for depression
80% have taken time off for depression
32% did not tell their employers why
50% of those diagnosed don’t take time off because of it
32% did not tell their employers why
54% said it took more time to complete simple tasks
50% made more mistakes than usual
74% experienced trouble concentrating, indecisiveness and forgetfulness
80% said they continued to work during an active episode
OUR STORY
Sarah & David Hallas
“Our journey to understanding how our brain chemicals affect our wellbeing began in 2014 when David experienced what is traditionally described as a Breakdown or Burnout, but what we prefer to call feeling Helpless and Hopeless.
After a lot of rest and a job change, he recovered. However, the experience led him to further investigate the effects of ongoing stress on both leaders and employees, and how excessive cortisol, adrenalin and noradrenalin can have an impact on the brain – negatively affecting wellbeing.
In 2016 David met Dr Ian Weinberg, a neurosurgeon. This encounter solidified David’s interest in the mind-body connection in health and brought into perspective the influence external conditions were having on himself and his colleague’s performance and wellness.
In 2020 we were both heavily affected by the COVID pandemic when David got retrenched and I watched my events company of 25yrs disintegrate.
This catalysed us into studying further in our fields of interest. David became qualified as a Systemic Wellness Practitioner and a Neuro-modulation Coach and I successfully completed my transformational coaching training, which complimented the other qualifications I hold in marriage and bereavement counselling and addiction coaching.
On 30 August 2021, we faced the biggest tragedy of our lives. We went to a meeting for one hour and when we returned we discovered that our 26yr old son had taken his life. He hanged himself in our garden, a place we had called home for 29yrs.
Our completed studies assisted us in facing this devastating situation and we got to learn first-hand how to apply the principles and tools of neuromodulation and transformational coaching.
After months of reflection and hard work in therapy we were able to genuinely see the role positive brain chemicals play in the rehabilitation process and frame our experience in terms of the reality of the world around us.
During this journey we became the South African managing partners of a dynamic company in the UK called The Positive Profitability Company, as their teachings also played a part in our recovery process. We have since created Mind Growth Masters, with the goal of sharing our knowledge and the tools we’ve used through our lived-experience via workshops and one-on-one coaching.”
– Sarah Hallas – Co-Founder, Mind Growth Masters
OUR PARTNERS
Organisations have a responsibility to address mental wellness in the workplace and create a more supportive environment for their employees. Poor mental wellness not only affects individual employees, but also impacts the overall productivity and success of the company.
Mind Growth Masters has partnered with two leaders in their field of expertise to focus on wellness and performance, as their programmes compliment and work hand in hand with each other.
Dr Ian Weinberg
Dr Ian Weinberg is a renowned neurosurgeon and the founder of the acclaimed Triangles Model which integrates the scientific study of the nervous system with the influence that your state of mind has on your immune function. To find out more about him click here.
Graham Keen
Graham Keen is the founder and CEO of the respected UK-based The Positive Profitability Company. He is a business-psychologist, speaker and bestselling author. Delivering leaders, culture, and growth for entrepreneurs & large companies. His programmes focus on developing leadership and influencing financial performance, increasing zest (resilience, motivation, positivity), making change easier to implement, increasing wellbeing and increasing corporate and personal potential within an organisation. To find out more about the company and the team behind it click here.
WHAT WE OFFER
IN-PERSON WORKSHOPS
Individual Mind-Body Connection & Neuromodulation + 3 Triangles Assessment: 1-day
Teams Mind-Body Connection & Neuromodulation + 3 Triangles Assessment & Corporate Efficacy
Index: 1-day
ONLINE WORKSHOPS
Individual Mind-Body Connection & Neuromodulation + 3 Triangles Assessment: 1-day
BLENDED LEARNING
New Impetus Positive Business Psychology: 3-day online or in-person workshop + 6 months online learning
Individual or Teams Mind-Body Connection & Neuromodulation (1-day workshop) + New Impetus Positive Business Psychology (3-day workshop) + 6 months online learning
ONE–ON–ONE COACHING
Work with David Hallas
Work with Sarah Hallas
INTERACTIVE TALKS
The Adolescent: How The Brain Boggles
