Moving Beyond Engagement to Build Flourishing Teams

Traditional employee engagement strategies are no longer enough. Despite decades of checking the box with annual surveys, global workplace engagement remains stagnant, often breeding more resentment than trust. True organizational success requires shifting the focus toward authentic employee well-being.

Join the San Diego HR Forum for an insightful session featuring workplace thought leader and bestselling author Mark C. Crowley. Drawing from cutting -edge positive psychology, neuroscience, and his extensive career leading top-performing financial services team, Mark will share the core principles from his book, The Power of Employee Well-Being: Move Beyond Engagement to Build Flourishing Teams.

Attendees will discover how human motivation and performance are structurally driven by feelings and emotions. This program provides human resource professionals with an actionable roadmap to foster true belonging, leverage frequent pulse feedback, and transform management from standard oversight into supportive stewardship.

Special Book Signing & Pre-Reading Encouraged

To get the absolute most out of this session, we highly encourage attendees to read The Power of Well-Being prior to the event. Arriving with a baseline understanding of Mark's research will help elevate out group discussion and support your asking questions specifically related to your organization and its needs. 

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Key Session Takeaways:

• Understanding the Science of Well-Being: Why 95% of workplace behavior is driven by emotions and how prioritizing positive feelings correlates directly to higher productivity and retention.
• Moving Beyond the Annual Survey: How to transition to simple, bi-weekly pulse checks that enable managers to adjust in real-time and demonstrate immediate accountability.
• Cultivating True Belonging: Strategies to replace competitive team dynamics with collaborative systems built on trust, acceptance, and psychological safety.
• Balancing Empathy and Accountability: How combining a heart-led leadership approach with clear discipline drives uncommon loyalty and bottom-line profit.

Mark C. Crowley is a leadership consultant, speaker, and the author of Lead From The Heart: Transformational Leadership for the 21st Century and The Power of Well-Being. Recognized by Inc., Magazine as a top 50 leadership expert, his philosophy is integrated into the curricula of 11 American universities. Mark is also the host of the globally recognized Lead From The Heart podcast., which reaches listeners across 175 countries. He lives in La Jolla, CA.

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