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    WebinarRespect 2009 60 min

    Creating Healthy Organizations Through Genuine Contact

    Imagine if you, as a leader, could create a work environment that’s consistently healthy and productive and allows all members of your team to excel! Now you can. Leaders today know that being a healthy organization is not optional. A healthy and dynamic working environment is the precondition for generating skills and knowledge, collaborative working relationships, change readiness, resilience, innovation, and a healthy bottom line. Much has been written about what needs to be done, but there is very little guidance as to how to get there. This presentation will introduce participants to a holistic approach to how that integrates ancient wisdom and leading edge practices. The Genuine Contact™ program and approach uses simple and practical tools and approaches that that has a proven track record of success around the world. Create the kind of organization that you want to work in!

    Presenter

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    Michelle Cooper

    Participants in this interactive session will: •Understand why attending to health and balance is important to success •Recognize the factors that lead to a healthy organization •Learn key questions that will help you start on the path to health and balance •Have an introduction to the Medicine Wheel Tool© as holistic framework for understanding your organization’s current state of health and for creating strategies for achieving and maintaining a healthy work environment •Identify resources and approaches that can help you build an operating system that promote health and balance for organizations and the individuals within them.

    Key Takeaways

    • 1.A healthy and dynamic working environment is the precondition for skills, knowledge, collaboration, and innovation.
    • 2.The Genuine Contact™ program provides a holistic approach to achieving sustainable organizational health.
    • 3.This framework integrates time-tested ancient wisdom with leading-edge, practical tools for leaders.
    • 4.Fostering a healthy organization enhances change readiness, resilience, and positive financial outcomes.
    • 5.Leaders can apply these principles through simple, repeatable actions that build a culture of trust and shared purpose.

    The Imperative for Healthy Organizations

    In today's business landscape, a healthy organizational environment is not optional; it is the foundation for success. It is the precondition for generating essential skills and knowledge, fostering strong collaborative relationships, ensuring readiness for change, and building resilience. Leaders recognize this necessity, but often lack clear guidance on how to achieve and sustain it.

    The Genuine Contact™ Program: A Holistic Framework

    This webinar introduces the Genuine Contact™ program, a proven, holistic approach to creating healthy and productive organizations where all team members can excel. This method moves beyond theoretical concepts to provide practical, actionable steps for leaders, HR professionals, and organizational development practitioners.

    Integrating Ancient Wisdom with Modern Practice

    The Genuine Contact™ approach is unique in its integration of time-tested wisdom with leading-edge practices. This synthesis provides a comprehensive framework for addressing complex organizational challenges in a sustainable way.

    Practical Tools for Today's Leaders

    Participants will be introduced to simple, practical tools that have a proven track record of success around the world. Leaders can apply these methods to:

    • Enhance communication and collaboration.
    • Foster an environment where feedback is welcomed.
    • Regularly assess organizational health indicators.
    • Cultivate a culture of trust and shared purpose.

    Benefits of a Genuinely Healthy Workplace

    By prioritizing organizational health through the Genuine Contact™ program, leaders can cultivate a dynamic, resilient, and innovative workplace. This leads not only to increased productivity and well-being but also to healthier financial outcomes, creating a sustainable path for navigating complexity and achieving long-term growth.

    This session explores how leaders can cultivate genuinely healthy and productive work environments where all team members thrive. It presents a holistic approach that integrates time-tested wisdom with modern practices, providing actionable methods to move beyond theoretical concepts to practical implementation in organizational development. The insights shared remain highly relevant for contemporary leaders facing complex organizational challenges.

    What you'll learn

    • A comprehensive approach to creating and sustaining organizational health.
    • Practical tools and methods from the Genuine Contact™ program.
    • Strategies for fostering a dynamic work environment that drives productivity.
    • How to integrate ancient wisdom with leading-edge practices for organizational effectiveness.
    • Ways to cultivate an organization resilient to change and prepared for innovation.

    Who this webinar is for

    This webinar is designed for:

    • Leaders and managers at all levels seeking to improve organizational effectiveness.
    • HR professionals focused on culture, engagement, and talent development.
    • Organizational development practitioners looking for practical frameworks.
    • Individuals committed to fostering healthier, more productive workplaces.
    • Anyone interested in sustainable organizational growth and resilience.

    Why it matters now

    In today's rapidly evolving business landscape, a healthy, dynamic organizational environment is no longer just a benefit—it's a fundamental necessity. This approach is critical for developing essential skills and knowledge, fostering strong collaborative relationships, and ensuring an organization's readiness for continuous change. By prioritizing organizational health, leaders can significantly enhance resilience, drive innovation, and ultimately achieve healthier financial outcomes. The principles discussed offer a sustainable path to navigate complexities and thrive.

    How leaders can apply this

    Leaders can apply the Genuine Contact approach, as discussed by Michelle Cooper, by focusing on actionable steps within their teams. This includes utilizing simple, practical tools to enhance communication and collaboration, fostering an environment where feedback is welcomed, and regularly assessing organizational health indicators. By consistently applying these principles, leaders can cultivate a culture of trust and shared purpose, leading to increased productivity and well-being. The emphasis is on practical, repeatable actions that build a strong organizational foundation over time.

    About this session

    Key takeaways

    Watching this webinar gives you grounded, practical perspective on Belonging. Expect ideas you can use in leadership conversations, not abstract theory, drawn from Michelle Cooper's direct experience.

    Who this is for

    CHROs, HR business partners, talent leaders, executive coaches, organizational development practitioners, and senior leaders who are responsible for respect inside their organization.

    Why it matters now

    Workforce expectations, hybrid work patterns, and AI-driven change keep raising the bar on culture and leadership. Sessions like this help leaders make smarter, more evidence-informed decisions about Belonging.

    How to apply it

    Use the ideas here to challenge a current assumption on your team, design a single concrete experiment in the next 30 days, and bring one finding back to your leadership group for discussion.

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    Topics

    Best Practice Institute

    Best Practice Institute is the research organization behind Most Loved Workplace® certification, the SPARK Model, the Love of Workplace Index™ (LOWI™), and The Workplace Report.

    The Workplace Report

    The Workplace Report is BPI's original workplace culture research and editorial briefing series for CEOs, CHROs, people leaders, talent leaders, and employer-brand teams. It turns BPI's 25 years of research, Most Loved Workplace® certification data, SPARK findings, and current workforce signals into practical analysis leaders can use.

    The report format includes executive summaries, research-backed articles, company examples, methodology notes, and practical implications for retention, hiring, culture, leadership, and employee experience. New research and analysis is published on an ongoing editorial cadence at /workplace-report.