Virtual KEY in Des Moines - Flip the Script: Wellbeing in the Workplace

Description

Our current COVID landscape requires many professionals to do more work with limited resources, often while juggling personal relationships, professional responsibilities, and competing roles for our time.

Research tells us that personal wellbeing is crucial to navigate these challenges, but we often ignore the simple habits and skills that equip us to lead ourselves and others well. Utilizing mental health resources, academic research, and current trends, join this virtual session to learn evidence-based practices that improve your personal wellbeing and professional productivity, both at home and at work.  This month's KEY in Des Moines speaker focuses on just that!  

KEY in Des Moines stands for Keeping Educated Youth in Des Moines.  It is a program connecting employers with area colleges and universities for workforce attraction.  Every other month the group hosts free educational sessions.  KEY in Des Moines is a division of the Urbandale Chamber of Commerce.

About the Speaker:

Kristin Economos is the Director of Student Leadership Programs at Drake University, where she directs the Donald V. Adams Leadership Institute; a co-curricular leadership training program designed to equip Drake students with self-awareness, collaboration, and perspective taking skills. Prior to her role at Drake, Kristin earned her bachelor and master's degrees from Iowa State University and has worked professionally in a variety of university settings, including Big 10, Big 12, and private institutional types. Kristin brings professional experience working in university admissions, orientation, academic advising, and leadership education, with specific skills in curriculum development, leadership training, and facilitation. She was named, New Professional of the Year, by the Minnesota College Student Personnel Association in 2014, and Outstanding Academic Advisor by the National Academic Advising Association in 2015.  Kristin remains an active member of the NASPA (National Association for Student Affairs Practitioners), and recently completed the Leadership Education Academy (LEA), a week-long training facilitated by the country's leading professionals in leadership education.