Reducing Stress and Increasing Engagement in Changing Times

Since the pandemic we've been operating in crisis mode. It took 41 percent of the global workforce to resign for us to finally admit, crisis mode may not be sustainable. And yet, here we are in 2023, growth expectations have not slowed, workloads are still unmanageable, and people keep quietly quitting or quitting outright.

The lack of stress-testing before the pandemic caught organizations completely off guard. It wasn’t just overwork, there were changes in process, new technology to master, ever-increasing meetings, new modes of working, rising loneliness, and an explosion of inefficiencies that felt like pouring glue into an already sluggish wheel.

Although there’s a strong desire to put the past into the rearview, Jennifer believes that’s a mistake. Three years of living in fight/flight/freeze changes people. We can’t go back. And, do employees really want more? Or do they just want something different? A ‘jam the toothpaste back in the tube’ strategy has never worked - why would it now?

Jennifer Moss, globally recognized as an expert in workplace wellness, can show you how to capture those lessons from the past to make a better future of work.

Takeaways include:

• How to better measure risk of attrition and disengagement before it’s too late
• Tackling unmanageable workloads (it’s not what you think)
• The six root causes of burnout—and what organizations can do to prevent it
• Why traditional corporate wellness initiatives may worsen the problem
• Leading in the age of quiet quitting, rage applying, and future work trends
• Ways to shape a better hybrid/remote/in-person strategy to prevent burnout
• How organizations can lead with empathy and why that matters right now

Combating Burnout to Reach our Goals

A chronic state of urgency and heightened stress has made it more challenging to reach our potential. Many of us feel depleted and less effective in our jobs. Brain fog - a symptom of chronic stress - can make recall more difficult, and small tasks feel enormous. We’re distracted and lack motivation, so even making simple decisions can feel like a Herculean task. All of this is adding up. We’re working 30% more each day to hit the same goals we used to reach effortlessly. If this is how you’re feeling, you’re not alone. But, there are solutions.

Jennifer Moss, globally recognized as a well-being expert, and author of the book, The Burnout Epidemic, published by Harvard Business Press, will share how to identify chronic stress and offer strategies to prevent it - for both managers and individuals.

Takeaways Include:

• The myths and facts about burnout
• How to identify when we’re burning out
• How to reach out to help others in need
• Building resilience – to protect our well-being during times of change
• Current realities of learning and achieving goals while combating stress
• Easy-to implement five-minute daily habits for improved well-being

Unlocking Happiness at Work

Can you really be both “happy” and “at work”? We all want to be happy, engaged, and satisfied with our job or in the career we’ve chosen. Loving what it is we do makes us less stressed, decreases boredom, increases motivation, and has an overall positive impact on our personal lives. As workplace leaders, we want happier employees. These employees are more engaged, approach their work with enthusiasm, and bring a hunger to innovate.

Sadly, only 13% of the global workforce is happy and engaged. Despite all the stats, happiness strategies are often low on the workplace priority list. With 50% of our waking hours spent at work in our lifetime; this is a massive problem. It isn’t just costing employers – studies show that employee disengagement is making us lonely, anxious, and harming our health.

Jennifer Moss believes we can solve this well-being crisis and has the research and data-backed insights to show us how. Drawing on her experiences as a behavioural sciences consultant and member of the UN Global Happiness Council, Jennifer provides audiences with practical advice to become happier, healthier, and higher-performing people both professionally and personally.