In this Expert Interview, AdvancingWellness CEO Mari Ryan and Sam Silverstein explore the topic of accountability.
Sam is a leadership keynote speaker and his mission is to empower people to live accountable lives, transform the way they do business, and to thrive at extraordinary levels by challenging leaders to shift priorities, cultivate an organizational culture, and inspire both individual and teams to take ownership in fresh and results-producing ways.
In this Expert Interview, AdvancingWellness CEO Mari Ryan and Stefanie Heiter explore the topic of managing a remote workforce.
Stefanie is the founder and partner of Bridging Distance and has helped pioneer the field of dispersed teaming and leadership since 1997. Stefanie is among the nation’s leading thinkers and consultants on the human side of virtual work.
In this Expert Interview, AdvancingWellness CEO Mari Ryan and Joel explore workplace approaches to the opioid and prescription drug misuse crisis.
Joel is the president of Organizational Wellness Learning Systems, which goes by the acronym OWLS, a consulting firm that specializes in disseminating evidenced-based wellness and e-learning technologies to promote organizational health and employee well-being.
Dr. Sarah Reiff-Hekking is a speaker, coach, and clinical psychologist with over twenty years’ experience helping people achieve and create their goals. She has developed a unique system to help her clients get a grip on their time and step up to the next level of their life or business.
In this Expert Interview, AdvancingWellness CEO Mari Ryan and Sarah explore personal productivity.
Lacey Loehr is the Director of Employer Programs at Pacify. She helps companies design thoughtful family benefits that support parents and the companies for which they work. Lacey began her career as a health and wellness consultant at Mercer, and has subsequently worked with purpose-driven technology companies like Pacify that support employee wellbeing.
In this Expert Interview, AdvancingWellness CEO Mari Ryan and Lacey explore the topic of family friendly workplaces.
Craig is a professor in the Department of Health, Education and Promotion at East Carolina University. He earned his BS in accounting and business from Purdue University, his Masters in Wellness Management from Ball State University, and his Ph.D. from Arizona State University.
In this Expert Interview, AdvancingWellness CEO Mari Ryan explores if we want a better tomorrow, can we create more good and not just do less bad.
George Pfeiffer is the founder and president of the Workcare Group in Charlottesville, Virginia. He draws from almost four decades of experience in worksite health promotion and provides consulting, training, and program design services for corporations, government agencies, and not-for-profit organizations.
In this Expert Interview, AdvancingWellness CEO Mari Ryan discusses with George the evolution of workplace well-being programs.
Patty de Vries. Patty is the Director of Strategic Projects for the Stanford Medicine Well MD Center. She is presently building working relationships with hospitals and university programs, and generating networking support for current and upcoming projects.
In this Expert Interview, AdvancingWellness CEO Mari Ryan discusses with Patty de Vries burnout and the employee well-being model Stanford created to respond to this issue for physicians and employees.
Dak Kopec is an expert in the field of human-centered design and environmental psychology for design. He holds a doctorate degree in environmental psychology, two masters’ degrees, one in architecture and one in community psychology, and an undergraduate degree in health sciences. Dak is the former Director of the Boston Architectural College’s Master of Design Studies in design for human health program, and he is currently an Associate Professor in the School of Architecture and Graduate Program in healthcare interior design at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas.
In this expert interview, AdvancingWellness CEO Mari Ryan explores human-centered design and specifically how that applies to the workplace.
Tom Ciccotti is the co-founder and Executive Vice President of Shortlister. Shortlister is a technology platform and team of subject matter experts used by the nation’s top employers and benefits consultants to help them identify their ideal vendor match for products and services in the wellness and HR technology space. Think e-Harmony or Match.com for finding vendors in these markets.
In this expert interview, AdvancingWellness CEO Mari Ryan explores the research conducted by Tom Ciccotti's firm Shortlister, on employer’s preferences and buying behaviors with regard to well-being program technology.