Bringing Happy to the Workplace: Strategies for Infusing the Workspace with a Little Happy!

Integrating happiness into the workplace can seem like a daunting task in today's complex world of work, with recruitment and retention issues; a multigenerational workforce; and employees working from home, in person, and hybrid. Dr. Ohlson will offer insightful and realistic strategies to infuse happiness into your workplace!

OBJECTIVES/KEY TAKEAWAYS

1. Identifying workplace challenges and barriers.

2. Creating strategies for happiness in the workplace.

Executive Director & Faculty at the UNF Taylor Leadership Institute- harnessing the power of leadership & organizational culture to improve schools and businesses nationwide.

Former district leader, school principal and teacher - nationally recognized as one of the top school/district turnaround specialists. Winner of the UNF Gender Equity Award, Hr.com LEAD Award, FCAN Innovator Award, American Graduate Champion Award (PBS), the Work of Heart Leadership Award (United Way), the Service to Youth Award (Jefferson Awards for Public Service), Visionary Award (EdTech Digest) and the Foundation Heroes Award (United Health Care). Leadership "Coach" to 6 Olympians, 14 professional athletes, 21 collegiate teams and more than 1,100 business leaders & educational administrators throughout the nation. Tenured Faculty of Leadership within the Department of Leadership, School Counseling & Sport Management. Founder of the award-winning "CAMP Osprey" & career leadership mentoring programs. Leadership Advisor to UNF Athletics.

Global expert and author in the field of school improvement, increasing employee retention and job satisfaction, leadership development, organizational culture and combatting the "Optimism Gap" with positive branding and performance outcomes.