Panel Discussion: Mental and Emotional Wellness in the Workplace

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The stresses of a lingering pandemic, financial hardships, separation, isolation, burnout – the mental and emotional strains of the past year are taking a toll on employees. Our panel of experts will provide insight and practical advice to business leaders on:

• Leader Personal Care. How do I maintain my own wellness so I can be a solid, confident, resilient leader to my teams?
• Employee Care. How do I support my employees to help them maintain their own wellness and build resiliency?

Join us on Wednesday, March 3, from 8:00-9:00 a.m. to learn how to maintain productivity and care for valuable employees by addressing the mental and emotional strains that are impacting everyone. Business owners, executives, and trusted advisors will learn:

• How stress manifests to negatively affect performance and productivity
• Issues relating to leader self-care and techniques to maintain focus and workforce connections
• Strategies to demonstrate care for employees, provide support to relieve employee stress and overwhelm, and boost productivity

About the Panelists

Mary Kruse, President and CEO, HealthSource Solutions. Having served in the health and fitness field for 30+ years, Mary spent 18 of those with Park Nicollet HealthSource. The company offers corporate wellness programs designed to reduce health risk factors in workplace environments. Mary sits on the planning committee for the American College of Sports Medicine Health and Fitness Summit. She presents frequently on Health Promotion and authored the chapter, “From the Basics to Comprehensive Programming”, within the ACSM’s Worksite Health Handbook, Second Edition: Healthy Worker, Healthy Company.

Kate Snowise, Consultant and Executive Coach, Thrive.How. Kate trained as an Industrial & Organizational Psychologist in New Zealand, and focused her research on Emotional Intelligence, Stress & Well-Being in the Workplace. All of her work is grounded in psychological theory and research, while maintaining a focus on practicality. She delivers workshops and keynotes on stress and well-being within organizations, and as a consultant, conducts well-being reviews and stress audits to help organizations create healthy workplaces for their people. She hosts the Here to Thrive podcast, and her thoughts have been featured in Huffington Post, Forbes and FastCompany.

Rob Brown, Consultant. Rob has spent 15+ years focusing on individual and organizational well-being, company culture, and employee experience. He is a change agent with hands-on experience working with individuals, teams, and executive leadership to increase organizational effectiveness and performance. Rob believes strongly in the utility and efficacy of a peer-to-peer model to enable and accelerate change. He is a Certified Intrinsic Coach (CIC) and SPHR and SHRM-SCP certified.