When the Ground Shakes: Not Losing Yourself & Your Work in the Midst of Organizational Change: Webinar
Whether we work in K–12 education, the corporate world, higher education, or nonprofit organizations, the one thing we can all count on is change. Organizational change is inevitable. This season has helped teach us that, while change is inevitable, how we deal with change is critical to our emotional, physical, spiritual, and professional wellness. This webinar brings together panelists from corporate, nonprofit, K–12, health care, and higher education to lead a robust discussion about—CHANGE! Learn how to manage to and through change without losing your work, your focus on service, your wellness, or YOURSELF!
In this webinar, you’ll learn:
- Strategies to find appropriate balance between your vocation and life so as to not lose yourself when work-life goes awry.
- Inspiration to not lose sight of the work, the clients, the students, or the customers despite organizational challenges, change, and dysfunction.
- How to manage your emotional, physical, spiritual wellness when change happens.
- How to work through dysfunctional and turbulent work situations to ensure personal wellness.
- Trauma-informed mindfulness that will help you learn when it is time to let go and reset your professional journey.
- How to maintain quality work, while not placing inappropriate value on a specific role or employer so that, when change arrives, it does not threaten your work and well-being.
About the Presenters
Adam A. Smith is a first-generation college graduate who has dedicated his almost three-decade career to ensuring college access and success for all Americans. He currently works at the University of Kentucky as Executive Director of University Academic Advising and has a vibrant public speaking and educational consulting firm, Adam A. Smith & Associates. Smith has led coalitions and innovations that have had a dramatic impact on student success at Metropolitan State University (MN), the University of Alabama, the University of Akron City of Rockford (IL), and Rock Valley College.
heather c. lou (she/her/hers) is an angry gemini earth dragon, multiracial, asian, queer, cisgender, disabled, survivor/surviving, anxious, and depressed womxn of color artist and educator based in st. paul, minnesota, which is the hxstorical occupied land of the Dakota and Anishinaabe peoples. find out more about hclou at: hclouart.com or instagram.com/hclou