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Workplace stress is rising rapidly and is having an ever-higher negative impact on employees' mental health. Pfeffer (2018) calculates that mental health costs employers $200 billion every year in healthcare costs, as well as reducing productivity and increasing employee turnover. Many companies have developed ways to support mental health, such as initiatives to encourage sleep, exercise, and meditation, and offering perks like nap pods and snack bars. While these actions can be very helpful, they must be accompanied by a supportive culture and the development of work environments where employees feel safe to talk about mental health.
In this event, Prof. Nuno Camara will lead us to consider the issues at the heart of workplace mental health and explore some solutions that can be applied to strengthen employee well-being . One practice is around boundaries and how this can help us to maintain healthy and productive relationships at work. Another practice is mindfulness, which has seen a huge rise in popularity in recent times, and is known to have hugely beneficial effects on mental health.
A boundary is a limit or space between you and the other person. A clear place where you begin and the other person ends. The purpose of setting a healthy boundary is to protect and take good care of you. Many people assume that boundaries could confine or limit us. However, in reality, healthy boundaries do just the opposite. They free us and allow us to do things in life that matter. In this workshop, Ms. Minghui (Sophie) Zhou will talk about our boundaries with others, share with us how to define our boundaries based on our values, communicate assertively to protect our boundaries, and get what we want while keeping the relationship. Ultimately, our boundaries with ourselves will be the subject to discussion, which is an essential way of self-care.
Mindfulness is the awareness that emerges through paying attention to the present moment on purpose and non-judgmentally. Mindfulness has its roots in Buddhist meditation traditions and becomes mainstream in western countries with the work from pioneer scientists like Jon Kabat-Zinn. Now mindfulness is widely applied in clinics, university, enterprise, prison and government in western countries. Prof. Li Pan (Sunny) will firstly provide a brief introduction about what is mindfulness, how mindfulness works, etc. Then, she will lead a guided mindfulness practices and Q&A.
Target Audience
People who would like to manage the stress at workplace, improve their ability to handle tricky conversations, learn skills to build and maintain positive relationships and get someone to do what you want or say "no" to another's request.
Language
English
COVID-19 Prevention & Control Requirement
- According to the current school's epidemic prevention regulations, you will be allowed to enter the school if you stay in Suzhou within 14 days, otherwise the nucleic acid test report in 48 hours need to be submitted. It is forbidden to enter the school if you have been to high-risk areas and key observation areas (including Shanghai) within 14 days.
- All participants need to show the health code, travel record and receive the body temperature check when entering the school.
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
Agenda
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10PM
Strengthening Employee Mental Health in the “New Normal”
Prof. Nuno Camara2
10PM
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50PM
Self-care and Boundary Setting in the Workplace
Ms. Minghui (Sophie) Zhou3
50PM
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05PM
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05PM
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35PM
Mindfulness Session
Prof. Li Pan (Sunny)4
35PM
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00PM
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00PM
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01PM
Strengthening Employee Mental Health in the “New Normal”
Speakers
Prof. Nuno Camara
Director Of International MBA of IBSS, XJTLUProf. Nuno Camara is an organisational psychologist, specialising in employee engagement and corporate reputation.
He is currently Director of the International MBA at IBSS and teaches courses on managing people in organisations and strategic organisational design. Before coming to China, he was MBA Director and Associate Professor at the University of Southampton in the UK.
Nuno was previously in industry for 12 years, initially as a corporate communications professional in the financial services sector, and later as a consultant advising companies on reputation management. He has worked for large organisations like Aviva, Clifford Chance and J P Morgan, as well as specialist agencies like Smithfield Financial and Reputation Inc. He has also consulted with a variety of private, not-for-profit and public organisations on stakeholder research, employee engagement and change programmes.
Nuno is also a qualified executive coach and has a strong interest in leadership development. He did his PhD at Henley Business School and his Masters at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
He grew up in the UK and Portugal, and speaks English, Portuguese, Spanish and French. He is now living in Suzhou and trying to learn Mandarin.
Self-care and Boundary Setting in the Workplace
Speakers
Ms. Minghui (Sophie) Zhou
Psychological Counselor at Parkway HealthMs. Minghui Zhou is an American licensed Social Worker with many years of clinical experiences. She specializes in providing individual and group therapy for a variety of mental health issues experienced by children, adolescents and adults including anxiety, depression, learning difficulties, emotional regulation
concerns, social skill difficulties, low self-esteem, traumatic events, addiction
problems, etc. Minghui aims to create a safe, non-judgmental environment for clients from diverse culture background in achieving their therapeutic goals.
Working with children and adolescents, Minghui collaborates with parents and related parties regarding care goals and expectations. In addition, Minghui has extensive experiences working with students having adjustment problems due to academic difficulties, lack of motivation and interpersonal difficulties, etc. Minghui is skilled in providing group psychotherapy and psychoeducation and developing training programs, such as Motivational Interviewing Training.
Minghui uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy to treat mental illnesses. She received Master of Social Work from the Ohio State University (U.S.). She has previously worked at New York University Shanghai, LIH Olivia’s Place in Shanghai (China) and The Woods at Parkside Rehabilitation Hospital in Ohio (U.S.). She is a chemical dependency counselor assistant of the Ohio State (U.S.) and a member of the American Group Psychotherapy Association.
Mindfulness Session
Speakers
Prof. Li Pan (Sunny)
Lecturer of Marketing, Program Director of BA Marketing at IBSS, XJTLUDr. Li (Sunny) Pan obtained her PhD degree in marketing at Shanghai Jiaotong University, and Msc and Bsc degree in marketing from Wuhan University. She was also a visiting scholar at University of California, Irvine.
Sunny has over 17 years of experience of marketing in both industry and research. She worked for Multinational Corporation covering different functions of marketing, such as Research Executive (marketing research), Account Manager (B2B marketing) and Marketing Manager (B2C marketing). She had consulted for many world-renowned brands, such as Unilever, Abbott, Apple, Nike and etc. Sunny is also active in academic marketing research and had published over 10 articles indexed by SCI and SSCI.
Sunny engages in social innovation. She co-founded TEDxSuzhou and worked with social enterprises, such as Microbenefits and WiseHeart. Her research on using twitter group for quitting smoking were published on Journal of Internet Medical Research and American Journal of Public Health.
Sunny teaches mindfulness for executive at IBSS and initiated mindfulness-based W.E. Leader project with special fund from IBSS. She is funded by Jiangsu Talent Program as Innovation & Entrepreneurship Doctor on “Mindfulness & Innovation” and is the Principle Investigator of XJTLU RDF project “Consumers’ Adoption on Learning Mindfulness: An Exploratory Study”.
Speakers
Prof. Li Pan (Sunny)
Lecturer of Marketing, Program Director of BA Marketing at IBSS, XJTLU
More Information
Prof. Nuno
Camara
Director Of International MBA of IBSS, XJTLU
Prof. Nuno Camara is an organisational psychologist, specialising in employee engagement and corporate reputation.
He is currently Director of the International MBA at IBSS and teaches courses on managing people in organisations and strategic organisational design. Before coming to China, he was MBA Director and Associate Professor at the University of Southampton in the UK.
Nuno was previously in industry for 12 years, initially as a corporate communications professional in the financial services sector, and later as a consultant advising companies on reputation management. He has worked for large organisations like Aviva, Clifford Chance and J P Morgan, as well as specialist agencies like Smithfield Financial and Reputation Inc. He has also consulted with a variety of private, not-for-profit and public organisations on stakeholder research, employee engagement and change programmes.
Nuno is also a qualified executive coach and has a strong interest in leadership development. He did his PhD at Henley Business School and his Masters at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
He grew up in the UK and Portugal, and speaks English, Portuguese, Spanish and French. He is now living in Suzhou and trying to learn Mandarin.
Prof. Li
Pan (Sunny)
Lecturer of Marketing, Program Director of BA Marketing at IBSS, XJTLU
Dr. Li (Sunny) Pan obtained her PhD degree in marketing at Shanghai Jiaotong University, and Msc and Bsc degree in marketing from Wuhan University. She was also a visiting scholar at University of California, Irvine.
Sunny has over 17 years of experience of marketing in both industry and research. She worked for Multinational Corporation covering different functions of marketing, such as Research Executive (marketing research), Account Manager (B2B marketing) and Marketing Manager (B2C marketing). She had consulted for many world-renowned brands, such as Unilever, Abbott, Apple, Nike and etc. Sunny is also active in academic marketing research and had published over 10 articles indexed by SCI and SSCI.
Sunny engages in social innovation. She co-founded TEDxSuzhou and worked with social enterprises, such as Microbenefits and WiseHeart. Her research on using twitter group for quitting smoking were published on Journal of Internet Medical Research and American Journal of Public Health.
Sunny teaches mindfulness for executive at IBSS and initiated mindfulness-based W.E. Leader project with special fund from IBSS. She is funded by Jiangsu Talent Program as Innovation & Entrepreneurship Doctor on “Mindfulness & Innovation” and is the Principle Investigator of XJTLU RDF project “Consumers’ Adoption on Learning Mindfulness: An Exploratory Study”.
Ms. Minghui (Sophie)
Zhou
Psychological Counselor at Parkway Health
Ms. Minghui Zhou is an American licensed Social Worker with many years of clinical experiences. She specializes in providing individual and group therapy for a variety of mental health issues experienced by children, adolescents and adults including anxiety, depression, learning difficulties, emotional regulation
concerns, social skill difficulties, low self-esteem, traumatic events, addiction
problems, etc. Minghui aims to create a safe, non-judgmental environment for clients from diverse culture background in achieving their therapeutic goals.
Working with children and adolescents, Minghui collaborates with parents and related parties regarding care goals and expectations. In addition, Minghui has extensive experiences working with students having adjustment problems due to academic difficulties, lack of motivation and interpersonal difficulties, etc. Minghui is skilled in providing group psychotherapy and psychoeducation and developing training programs, such as Motivational Interviewing Training.
Minghui uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy to treat mental illnesses. She received Master of Social Work from the Ohio State University (U.S.). She has previously worked at New York University Shanghai, LIH Olivia’s Place in Shanghai (China) and The Woods at Parkside Rehabilitation Hospital in Ohio (U.S.). She is a chemical dependency counselor assistant of the Ohio State (U.S.) and a member of the American Group Psychotherapy Association.
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