Wellbeing Discussion Series

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The Wellbeing Discussion Series and Facilitator Guides will empower you to use WCWI’s guiding principles in practice in your organization and initiate a ripple of influence in your teams, collaborators, champions, and leaders. The virtual learning sessions and accompanying Facilitator Guides will equip you with a skillset to lead experiences of learning, reflection, discussion, and planning. The Facilitator Guides and activity materials focus on helping you lead important discourse about wellbeing, what influences it, and the different perspectives of wellbeing at your organization.

The Wellbeing Discussion Series is an included benefit for WCWI Members and provides you access to:

Recorded instructional videos for each topic to train as a facilitator of the discussions and activities
Four downloadable Facilitator Guides and the full PowerPoint slide deck and facilitator notes to use in your own meetings
Additional resources and references
Participants can earn 1 continuing education credit after viewing the virtual sessions and completing the corresponding online evaluations. WCWI is an approved provider of continuing education for NCHEC (CHES/MCHES), NWI, and SHRM.

Learning Objectives for the Wellbeing Discussion Email Series:

1) Explore four themes to expand your mindset about wellbeing; this will include gaining an understanding of concepts and frameworks such as mental models, public narratives, psychological safety, the socio-ecological model, and social determinants of health

2) Learn how to utilize ten activities to facilitate discussions that will widen the scope of employee wellbeing and support planning conversations with your own teams, committees, wellness champions, and leaders

3) Gain confidence in your ability to be a facilitator of discussion for the purpose of planning more inclusive and impactful employee wellbeing strategies for your organization

WCWI Members: Included in 12-month Membership
Non-Members: $49
The registration window for the WCWI Discussion Series is January 19-January 31, 2023

*Join the 12-month WCWI Membership to receive free registration for this and other included benefits

Important Series Dates:

February 6, 2023 | Discussion Series Overview Video + 4 Downloadable Guides

February 20, 2023 | Learning Video + Additional Tools | Zoom Out

March 6, 2023 | Learning Video + Additional Tools | Uncover Mental Models

March 20, 2023 | Learning Video+ Additional Tools | Name the Narratives

April 3, 2023 | Learning Video + Additional Tools | Connected Communications

April 10, 2023 | Final Email Summary | Series Evaluation*

*To earn continuing education credits, participants must complete an online post-session evaluation

April 17, 2023 | Facilitator Guides ONLY-uploaded to the WCWI Member Dashboard-Well Practice Library
Must be a WCWI Member to access the Member Dashboard + Resource Library

Learning Session 1 + Facilitator Guide: Zoom Out

February 20, 2023: Equip Email #1

Description of the Learning/Train-the-Trainer Session:

In this session, Zoom Out, we will exercise the habit of zooming out to a 30,000 foot view to look at wellbeing. We don’t see the world in an unbiased way. Rather, we look at the world through a particular frame that colors our understanding of the world around us. Our observations of other people, of unfolding situations and our reactions to those situations, depend importantly on the frame we put around them. Sue Ashford in her book, The Power of Flexing says it best. “What you see depends on the window from which you look.” We must zoom out to view wellbeing in a wider and more flexible and inclusive frame. The topic of this session and the Facilitator Guide highlights the importance of the iceberg – the underlying issues, root causes, and upstream challenges that are often overlooked or simply not considered at all. This learning session will include references and learning supported by the Socio-Ecological Model and the Social Determinants of Health.

Learning Session 2 + Facilitator Guide: Uncover Mental Models

March 6, 2023 | Equip Email #2

Description of the Learning/Train-the-Trainer Session:

In this session, Uncover Mental Models, we will explore ways to create discussion around the complexities of wellbeing and the potential we have to positively influence wellbeing for employees. Through your participation, you will build your skills to lead experiences of learning, reflection, discussion, and planning for employee wellbeing. The topic of this session and the Facilitator Guide highlights the importance of perspective-taking – the ability to see the perspective of another person and recognize it as truth. This learning session will include references and content supported by the Socio-Ecological Model and the Social Determinants of Health.

Learning Session 3 + Facilitator Guide: Name the Narratives

March 20, 2023 | Equip Email #3

Description of the Learning/Train-the-Trainer Session:

In this session, Name the Narratives, we will continue to build upon creating discussion around the complexities of impacting wellbeing. A narrative is simply described as a story that connects thoughts and actions to values. It’s a way of understanding, presenting, and talking about a situation, experience, or concept that reflects a particular perspective. A public narrative is a perspective that many people share and it reflects deeply held views. All organizations have public narratives of their own and they often shape how and why decisions are made and how things are done. Employee wellbeing may already have a particular public narrative at your organization right now – what is it? Through your participation in this session, you will build skills to identify and name the narratives about employee wellbeing and bring experiences of learning, reflection, discussion, and planning for employee wellbeing that bring those narratives to light. This learning session will include references and content supported by theory and actionable examples.

Learning Session 4 + Facilitator Guide: Connected Communications

April 3, 2023 | Equip Email #4

Description of the Learning/Train-the-Trainer Session:

In this session, you will build on your knowledge of WCWI’s Building Method 3: Vital Conversations, and translate the 5-step approach for growth to support connected communication within your team. This process will help prepare ideas to create a team that feels psychologically safe and is excited to take positive action steps together. After experiencing the activities and working through the 5-step process, your team will leave feeling clarity around their individual contribution, opportunities for impact, and the collective action of the team.