Speaker: Dan Comer, Workforce Manager, The Kempe Center, Denver Colorado
Tell us how this training addresses the challenges of burnout, turnover, and recruitment in human services organizations.
Dan Comer: I have been doing this work for over 40 years and I can honestly say that human service organizations are in an unprecedented time of burnout, turnover, and challenges in recruiting and retaining staff. Caring about the well-being and the resiliency of our staff can no longer be just a nice add-on. We simply cannot address child maltreatment without an engaged, productive, and especially resilient workforce. The Kempe Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect has created the Be Well. Do Well. Stay Awhile. training, which focuses on how to build a positive work culture that supports resilience and agency staff. It's based on the premise that well-being leads to better thinking, more creativity, greater resilience, more success, and a reduction in turnover among staff. This training will let you explore an evidence-informed framework and the strategies needed to build a positive work culture. This organizational intervention is designed to impact the three drivers of workforce resilience: leadership, workplace culture, and climate; and simple proven behaviors that any staff member can practice to improve their personal resilience.
What can participants expect to learn?
Dan Comer: During this training, participants will learn about five simple practices that can rewire the brain towards greater positivity and resilience. Second, they will make a plan to practice one personal and one workplace practice known to increase resilience. Third, they will understand how psychological safety is the foundation for an effective work culture that supports resiliency. And lastly, participants will examine the vision, commitment, communication, and planning that allows organizations to move resilience training from simple well-being programs to longer term initiatives that define and build the cultures we need in our organizations in order for resilience to persist.
Who is this training designed for?
Dan Comer: This training is useful for anyone who works within a stressful environment and wants to bring their best selves to the work that they do. You will benefit whether you're a frontline worker, a supervisor who wants to know how best to support their team, or an agency leader who cares about the work and cares about the people doing the work.
What will the training experience be like for participants?
Dan Comer: This training will be fast-paced, interactive, fun, and I hope inspirational. I guarantee you will laugh, think, learn, and actually do something differently as a result of your attendance.
