The Catalysts and Inhibitors of Workplace Wellbeing: Cultivating the Conditions for Humans to Thrive and Not Merely Survive

When compared to the general population, educational leaders experience lower levels of general wellbeing and more severe consequences of a lack of overall wellness including increased levels of stress and burnout. The wellbeing of district and school leaders is as imperative as the overall flourishing of those for whom they are responsible in the system (educators and students). Emotionally well leaders generate systems and espouse practices that foster the wellness of their stakeholders. This session will highlight current research on what contributes to, and what takes away from, the emotional wellness of educational leaders, and provide strategies to increase one’s overall flourishing/diminish languishing.