Deepen the Impact with Hands-On

Workshops.

Each keynote is just the beginning.

To turn inspiration into deeper action, we offer hands-on workshops designed to bring these ideas to life through interactive discussions, hands-on activities, and actionable strategies.

Whether it’s rethinking wellness, tackling our sedentary culture, fostering workplace wellbeing, or developing modern leadership, these workshops provide a deeper dive, equipping participants with the tools and insights needed to create meaningful change.

Together We Thrive.

“To be honest, I hadn’t ever thought about incorporating wellness into my leadership style, and now that I’ve been involved with Laura’s workshop, I can’t imagine not doing so."

Tracy Farahmand
Director of Network Management, BCBSND

Workshop Topics

  • This signature workshop, now delivered to 50,000+ leaders globally, shows managers the why behind wellbeing, the pivotal role they play in leading it, and the Multiplier Method to activate it. Team leaders need to be modeling wellbeing, talking about it in a positive way, and integrating wellbeing into the daily team routines to make wellbeing a way of life within the team. The goal of the program is simple: Give managers the information, inspiration and tactics needed to launch a “middle-out” movement of wellbeing, benefiting themselves, their team members and the entire organization.

    Tangible Takeaways:

    • Gain the data, research & case studies for a deep understanding of the case for wellbeing at work

    • Engage on an emotional and personal level through stories, personal reflection activities and thought-provoking questions

    • Walk away with the Multiplier Method: Do (lead by example), Speak (talk about wellbeing), Create (devise healthier systems and norms within the team)

    Intended Audience: Managers and leaders

How Every Manager Can Become a Wellbeing Multiplier

Managers on the Move

  • It’s time for that to end. The spike in mental health issues is simply too big to ignore, especially for industries like construction. So, how do we meaningfully tackle the taboo topic of mental health at work – and who’s responsible? This session shows leaders why they matter, and how they can lead a culture-first approach to make a difference.

    Tangible Takeaways:

    • Big picture overview of the mental crisis, and how it is having a disproportionate impact on the construction industry.

    • Why the prevailing approach, which relies on individual resources, is falling short.

    • How leaders on all levels - especially managers - can meaningfully make a difference, leveraging a culture-first approach.

    Intended Audience: Leaders, on all levels

Tackling the Taboo Topic of Mental Health at Work

Leading Mental Wellbeing

  • Evidence suggests it’s probably not. Over 80% of eligible employees are opting out and rates of stress and poor health continue to soar. Learn about why every organization cannot afford to overlook employee wellbeing, and the steps organizational leaders can each take to truly make a difference. In this in-depth workshop, Laura Putnam, author of Workplace Wellness that Works will show how to resurrect your wellness efforts to create a lasting culture of wellbeing that works. Walk out inspired and ready to start a movement of wellbeing in your organization.

    Tangible Takeaways:

    • Inspire people to imagine what’s possible, setting a foundation of hope.

    • Analyze your culture – is it supporting or sabotaging employee wellbeing?

    • Create the fabric for wellbeing to become a way of life.

    Intended Audience: Leaders, HR and wellness leaders

10 Steps to Infuse Wellbeing & Vitality into Any Organization

Workplace Wellness that Works

  • Through a combination of stories and science, learn about the secrets to thriving, exploring multiple dimensions: physical, emotional, social, financial, career and community. Then, examine why knowing what it takes is not enough, and how each of us must study the cultural and environmental “currents” we “swim in,” identifying those that we can leverage and those that we need to navigate. Come away refreshed, restored, and armed with specific takeaways to catapult yourself into a revitalized way of living.

    Tangible Takeaways:

    • Envision what’s possible.

    • Know what it takes to thrive, exploring the six key dimensions.

    • Navigate the “currents” of one’s environment to more effectively achieve true wellbeing.

    Intended Audience: All audiences

Me At My Best®

How to Build the Life You Want

The Art of Leading Wellbeing

Blending Art with Science for Maximum Impact

  • Science helps us to diagnose, to problem solve, and to inform – but we also need art to move people. Science alone, with all its facts and figures, is not enough. Learn about how you can take your workplace wellbeing efforts to the next level through art, by mastering the art of storytelling, the art of teaching, and the art of creating unexpected joy.

    Tangible Takeaways:

    • Confidently cite the evidence behind why facts and figures are not enough to persuade people, and how art can fill the gap.

    • Provide real-world examples of how art has moved people, especially leaders, to embrace wellbeing and in doing so, build meaningful cultures of wellbeing.

    • Apply an artist’s template for leading wellbeing, built around the art of storytelling, the art of teaching, and the art of creating unexpected joy.

    Intended Audience: HR, L&D, OD, and wellness leaders

Want to do it yourself?

Join with leading companies like BCBSND, CGI and TVA who have leveled up their leadership offerings by licensing the Managers on the Move workshop.