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World Congress 2024 β€’ Aug 20, 2024 β€’ Session details

From High Performance to Whole Performance – Reconciling Wellbeing and Excellence.

Simon Cusden

Simon Cousin warns that an obsession with workplace comfort is destroying employee resilience. Discover how leaders can reconcile mental health with high performance to foster true excellence.

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#1 about 5 min

Professional sports, trauma, and descending into addiction

Unaddressed childhood trauma and the intense pressure of professional sports can fuel personal decline and severe mental health challenges.

#2 about 4 min

Rehabilitation and discovering authentic personal identity

Entering rehabilitation facilitates deep self-awareness and shifts the focus toward healthy emotional expression.

#3 about 3 min

Creating safe emotional spaces for executive leaders

Offering C-suite leaders a judgment-free environment to process personal vulnerabilities is critical for maintaining healthy organizational leadership.

#4 about 2 min

The hidden destructive risks of extreme high performance

Relentlessly chasing business results at the expense of human health creates severe organizational burnout and unseen crises.

#5 about 3 min

The danger of interpreting workplace wellbeing as pure comfort

Over-indexing on employee comfort reduces workforce resilience and increases attrition during critical periods of business pressure.

#6 about 3 min

The neurological battle between survival biology and career progression

The neurological conflict between the survival-oriented amygdala and the forward-looking frontal cortex profoundly influences employee behavior and progression.

#7 about 5 min

Adjusting leadership approaches to meet changing generational expectations

Reconciling emotional honesty with the pursuit of excellence is crucial for engaging and motivating younger workers.

#8 about 3 min

Reconciling generational workplace conflict to drive cultural innovation

Bridging the gap between traditional performance demands and newer workforce sensibilities sparks organizational growth and innovation.

#9 about 5 min

Establishing psychological safety and practicing active inclusive listening

Addressing foundational human needs and practicing active listening cultivates genuine psychological safety and cross-generational trust across teams.

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3:37 min

Transitioning from corporate burnout to sustainable high performance

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1:24 min

Balancing human vulnerability with performance-driven corporate cultures

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2:23 min

Managing executive mental health to sustain peak performance

Mike Butcher Mike Butcher +1 Β· WWC 2024

3:50 min

Addressing mental health taboos across diverse workforce generations

Rudi Bauer Rudi Bauer +1 Β· Cappuccino with HR

3:08 min

Fostering fundamental employee resilience and bold organizational curiosity

Rudi Bauer Rudi Bauer +1 Β· Cappuccino with HR

2:49 min

Expectations and human realities in modern corporate leadership

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