Leading Wellness: How Managers Make the Difference
| The Leading Wellness Group Coaching Teleseminar Program is for supervisors, managers and team leaders who want to make a difference in the culture of their workplace through supporting employee well-being and work-life balance needs while also attending to these needs within their own unique circumstances.
Space is limited to ensure individualized attention. |
Make a difference in the culture of your workplace through supporting employee well-being and work-life balance needs... See dates below. |
Description of Leading Wellness: How Managers Make the Difference:
This program is delivered through 5 x 60 minute weekly teleseminar calls. Course size is limited to 8 participants to ensure maximum opportunity for participation and learning.
Topics covered in this group coaching program include:
- how to's for connecting with staff regarding their well-being
- information about the link between employee wellness and organizational health
- ideas for facilitating engaging staff meetings
- understanding the link between a managers style of leadership and the resulting motivation, or lack thereof, in staff - what works?
- how to recognize and acknowledge staff on a regular basis, contributing to their overall sense of commitment and career satisfaction
- opportunities for learning from others managers, supervisors and team leaders about what they are doing to cultivate wellness and engagement among staff
- review your own successes and points of pride as a manager
Quick Fact:
Managers Make the Difference
In recent years, work-life research, done in a variety of settings, has consistently shown that a supportive manager is more valued by employees than anything else the organization can offer. Findings from a large-scale analysis of employee survey data noted, "We discovered that the manager - not pay, benefits, perks or a charismatic corporate leader - was the critical player in building a strong workplace. The manager was key."
As many management experts are now asserting, this data suggests that if organizations take steps to entrench a "supportive manager" concept in their corporate environments, and if they help managers to develop the appropriate people skills to make this happen, the payoff, in terms of performance and retention of key talent, will be significant.
Source: Leading from the Middle: Managers Make the Difference, by Patricia L. Booth and Carolyn R. Farquhar. Conference Board of Canada, 2003 What is Included in Leading Wellness: How Managers Make the Difference?
The program includes:
- 5 x 60 minute weekly calls
- Participant materials emailed each week in advance of the call (includes tools, exercises and other resources) - the needs and wishes of each unique group determine the resources provided
- 1-1 meetings with each participant pre- and post-course
- Certificate of program participation
Week 1: Wellness in the Workplace
- Getting started: introductions, about group coaching, success principles, logistics
- Distant view: How do you recognize wellness in the workplace?
- Up close view: What is the culture of wellness on your team or working group? Across your organization?
- The trends, the numbers and the challenges
- Connect the dots: wellness in the workplace and its relationship to employee engagement, satisfaction, performance and retention
Week 2: Authentic Leadership: Starting with the self
“The best managers don’t manage people - they manage themselves”
Authentic Leadership Conference, October 28th, 2008
As a manager and leader, people are watching you and often following your lead, literally. If staff see you take a lunch break, they are more likely to feel that there own breaks are supported. If staff see you actively manage stress, for example through setting boundaries and limits, they are more likely to model these healthy behaviours too.
Leaders are busy people juggling multiple responsibilities all at once. You might not often have the opportunity to reflect on your own self-care habits personally or professionally. Time for reflection and increased self-awareness is an essential element of leading for wellness. This week our time together is dedicated to your self-assessments (a self-care assessment tool will be provided in advance of the group coaching call)
Review self-care assessments and create action plans for results
Week 3: Your Leadership Style
- Briefly review different styles of leadership including: transformational leadership, transactional leadership, conscious leadership, authentic leadership, and servant leadership
- Choosing your style for leading and inspiring wellness
- Strengths and opportunities for growth
Week 4: Wellness in Action
As a manager there are five powerful actions that help you increase employee well-being and positively contribute to the culture of wellness within your workplace:
- Support
- Feedback
- Listening
- Role modeling
- Addressing stress issues
Week 5: Infusing Wellness into Your Team and Workplace
Increasing the culture of wellness within your workplace and working group is a win-win. Employees feel better, are more engaged, less stressed and more productive – generally speaking more satisfied and fulfilled within their work (note: a fulfilled employee is a retained employee). This makes your job as a manager and a leader easier.
Creating messages that infuse wellness – are ultimately messages that support staff to take responsibility for caring for themselves and one another - including managing stress in a proactive and healthy way.
What are ways to infuse wellness into your working group and organization?
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How To Register for Leading Wellness: How Managers Make the Difference
Click the Buy/Register link below to register. Upon registration, I will be in contact with you to schedule our 1-1 phone conversation together. The purpose of this initial call is to learn your specific goals, needs and wants regarding this program, as well as to have an initial connection together prior to the start of the group coaching sessions. Pay Now | 
