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Wellness Centered Leadership
"We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own 'to do' list," Mrs. Obama told Vogue in 2016.
The theme for Black History Month 2022 is “Black Health and Wellness,” with special emphasis on healthcare access and improving wellness.
These are challenging times for our industry which have included extensive changes and unknowns. This has left some people feeling exhausted, defeated, and unmotivated.
In the last two plus years we have seen leaders step up and step down. The stress and pressure to keep the work force moving forward, looking ahead, engaged, productive, healthy, and staying positive, is unprecedented. What more can leaders do? Ensure your team members feel heard, seen and feel ‘safe’ at the table to provide input on strategies and solutions. There are numerous models of leadership and one approach that is used in healthcare is Wellness-Centered Leadership (WCL). The Wellness-Centered Leadership Model places a priority on the well-being of those who carry out the mission of an organization daily.
WCL includes core skills and qualities and distills them into a single framework designed to cultivate leadership behaviors that promote engagement and professional fulfillment.
The three elements are:
1) care about people always;
2) cultivate individual and team relationships;
3) inspire change.
If cultivated, WCL can empower individual and team performance to address the current climate, learn, plan and prepare to address challenges that may arise in the future.
Subject matter experts on topics such as:
- Recovering from Burnout
- Cultivating Confidence
- Overcoming Fear
About the MPI Potomac Leadership Committee
The mission of the MPI Potomac Chapter’s Leadership Committee is to empower MPI Potomac Chapter members in the global events industry with leadership excellence.
The Leadership Committee supports the Chapter mission: MPI Potomac is an inclusive community of meeting professionals who embrace learning, collaboration, and your development.
