May 24, 2022
9:00-9:15 AM
Welcome, Opening: Emma Black and Alison Book
9:15-10:45 AM
Keynote presentation with Jennifer Moss
"Preventing Burnout in the New Future of Work"
As we begin to emerge from the pandemic, we’re pivoting to a return to work that carries a number of uncertainties and many unanswered questions. In this time of enormous change, we must prioritize workplace well-being to prevent employee burnout and increase motivation. We’re in a time, like no other in history, where organizations have been given an opportunity to redefine their workplace.
Jennifer Moss, globally recognized as an expert in workplace wellness, and author of the book, The Burnout Epidemic, published by Harvard Business Press, can show leaders how to capture those lessons from the pandemic. She will walk us through our current realities and provide tangible solutions to increase psychological fitness for a healthier and happier today, and in the new future of work.
Takeaways include:
- The myths and facts about burnout
- The role of the organization and the individual in preventing burnout
- Ensuring a healthy return to work experience
- Current realities of working during the pandemic recovery, and how to handle the changes to our work and personal lives while maintaining positive mental health
- Building the psychological fitness skills – particularly efficacy and resilience – to protect our well-being during times of change
Jennifer Moss is an international public speaker, author and workplace expert. She is an award-winning author with books such as Unlocking Happiness at Work, which focuses on how organizations can maximize success without sacrificing meaning, and she frequently contributes to the Harvard Business Review. Moss was a member of the United Nations Global Happiness Council, aiming to survey and employ the most valuable practices to ensure global well-being and apprise the Annual Global Happiness Policy Report. To recognize her achievements in business and public service, Moss was the recipient of the International Female Entrepreneur of the Year Award, was named as a Canadian Innovator of the Year and was commemorated with the Public Service Award from the Office of President Obama.
10:45-11:00 AM
Morning Break
11:00 AM-12:15 PM
Keynote presentation with Beth Cohen
"Building a Bridge Between Crisis and Calm: The Mindfulness Formula"
We all traverse life crises and challenges in varied ways—depending on our unique histories, genetics, stress tolerance and numerous other factors. There are, however, certain predictable stress responses for all humans that are based in the evolution of our human nervous system. More now than ever, we understand how our bodies respond to traumatic stress. The good news is that there are research-backed strategies that work to calm our stressed nervous systems. During this interactive presentation, Dr. Cohen will provide insights from her book, Workaches: The Neuroscience Guide to Surviving and Thriving at Work, that focuses on the specific issues human services professionals endure, including and beyond trauma, secondary trauma and burnout.
Mindfulness is a multifaceted and adaptive strategy to counterbalance stress and promote resilience. The Mindfulness Formula offers an updated understanding of these practices.
Topics include:
- Chronic stress and trauma: costs to our nervous system
- Locus of control and realistic expectations
- Personalizing your mindfulness formula
- Identifying your personal wellness zone
- Participating in an experiential mindfulness exercise
Beth Cohen, Ph.D., is the administrator of the Organizational Mind Group PC, a professional consultative business focused on building individual and organizational health and well-being. Cohen utilizes her many years of expertise in organizational and individual well-being to assess needs, design interventions, develop programs and train leadership, management and staff in both private and public sectors. She is a professional threat assessor, primary and secondary trauma and violence prevention expert, national speaker and certified meditation instructor with postgraduate studies in organizational neuroscience. In addition, Cohen has an extensive background in human resources, occupational health, emergency response, and risk management. She works with health and human services organizations across the nation as a consultant, facilitator and trainer.
12:15-1:15 PM
Lunch Break
1:15-2:15 PM
Keynote presentation with Neesha Patel
“Meeting Stress with Care”
Stress is real and, if gone unchecked, can be harmful to our health and well-being. But how we meet stress—individually and collectively—can make a big difference in our work and personal lives. This session will include accessible, experiential exercises to explore ways of caring for ourselves and each other that can help us meet stress in a manner that grows resilience and well-being.
Neesha Patel, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist and UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior-certified mindfulness facilitator. She is a practitioner of mindfulness and compassion cultivation, has offered training and consultation on these topics in a variety of settings for over 15 years and currently serves as the Stress Resilience consultant in the Occupational Health Clinic at UC Davis.
2:15-2:30 PM
Afternoon Break
2:30-4:00 PM
Keynote presentation with Laura van Dernoot Lipsky
"Practical Tools to Sustain Stewardship Over Trauma"
This keynote and discussion will offer practical tools to help us sustain, individually and collectively, in the face of trauma, secondary trauma and overwhelm. Whether this is related to our work, our personal lives, the pandemic, systematic oppression and structural supremacy surfacing in exceedingly painful ways, or the unfolding of the climate crisis, we will discuss what the consequences are as well as strategies for sustaining ourselves and each other. This will be interactive, so please come with questions or topics you’d like to cover.
Laura van Dernoot Lipsky is the founder and director of The Trauma Stewardship Institute and the author of Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others. Lipsky has worked directly with trauma survivors for more than three decades. She is widely recognized as a front runner in the field of trauma exposure. She has worked locally, nationally and internationally throughout her career, assisting trauma survivors in the aftermath of tragedies ranging from mass shootings to natural disasters. She is also on the advisory board of ZGiRLS, an organization supporting young girls in sports, and has served as director of a Spanish preschool driven by a social and environmental justice curriculum. Watch Laura’s TEDx Talk “Beyond the Cliff” here.