E26 | Put nature to work: How connecting to nature enhances wellbeing | Workshop 2 hrs
Tracks
Track E | Grand Ballroom 3
| Saturday, July 9, 2022 |
| 10:50 AM - 11:10 AM |
| Grand Ballroom 3 |
Overview
In-person live
Presenter
Miss Leah Hague
Research Fellow
Griffith University
Put nature to work: How connecting to nature enhances wellbeing.
10:50 AM - 12:50 PMPromotional description
Put Nature to Work workshop highlights the benefits of high levels of employee/nature engagement in improving workplace outcomes. This workshop offers practical suggestions for practitioner self-care, coaching in nature, and incorporating nature into wellbeing interventions when working with individual clients, teams, leaders, and organisations. Content will cover evidence on the benefits of engagement with the natural environment and information about the types of environments and experiences which are likely to contribute to the largest wellbeing gains. Other factors that contribute to getting the most out of nature will also be discussed, i.e. connection and engagement with nature, exercise in nature, and social contact in natural environments. This interactive and experiential workshop will focus on integrating this knowledge into evidence-based self-care, coaching, leadership, and organisational wellbeing interventions.
Learning outcomes
At the conclusion of this workshop, participants will be able to:
1. Articulate the practical nature-based activities shown in the research to contribute to wellbeing at work and home
2. Apply relevant models and research underpinning nature-based activities to employee wellbeing, coaching, leadership and organisational wellbeing interventions
3. Complete an Action Plan committed to implementing a number of practical nature-based activities shown to contribute to wellbeing
1. Articulate the practical nature-based activities shown in the research to contribute to wellbeing at work and home
2. Apply relevant models and research underpinning nature-based activities to employee wellbeing, coaching, leadership and organisational wellbeing interventions
3. Complete an Action Plan committed to implementing a number of practical nature-based activities shown to contribute to wellbeing
Author(s)
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Leah is a Research Fellow with the Griffith Business School and PhD candidate with the Applied School of Psychology at Griffith University. Leah is researching the link between contact and engagement with the natural environment and mental health and wellbeing in the workplace.
Leah has worked on collaborative projects with public and private sector organisations which have broadly focused on developing, implementing and evaluating interventions to improve employee health and wellbeing. Leah is also skilled in facilitating behavioural change, organisational change, creating a supportive organisational culture, and the role of leadership in wellbeing.
Leah has experience as a tutor, coach and facilitator, and delivers practical, interactive, and informative presentations on the above topics to academic, practitioner, and industry audiences.
Dr Vicki Webster
Founder And Director
Incisive Leaders Pty Ltd
Put nature to work: How connecting to nature enhances wellbeing.
10:50 AM - 12:50 PM.....
Vicki has over 20 years practising as an organisational psychologist. She delivers interactive, informative presentations that communicate clear and unambiguous messages and challenge the status quo, providing practical strategies to enhance effectiveness through embracing new mindsets and engaging in behavioural change. Vicki facilitates discussions on values based leadership, resilience and wellbeing.
