Jen Marr to Present at White House Leadership Development Program
Monday, October 18 (Washington, DC) - Inspiring Comfort Founder and CEO Jen Marr has been invited by the White House Leadership Development Program (WHLDP) to present comfort as a leadership skill in a session titled, “Creating a Culture of Care in Our Pandemic Weary Workforce” on November 3rd. The session is expected to be attended by an audience of up to 1,000 participants, including WHLDP Fellows and Alumni, Presidential Innovation Fellows, CXO Fellows, President's Management Agenda Team, and other government leaders.
The session is a part of WHLDP’s “The Invitation” series — a series of 90-minute events that invite feds to think through how they too can be impactful leaders and play a part in good government. It will include a panel of experts: Inspiring Comfort Founder and CEO Jen Marr, as well as speakers Treva Smith, Deputy Director, National Geospatial-Intelligence College at United States Department of Defense; Oscar Gonzales, Assistant Secretary for Administration at the U.S. Department of Agriculture; Claude Silver, Chief Heart Officer (Chief People Officer), VaynerMedia; and Jonathan Kaufman, Former White House Disability Policy Advisor, Forbes Contributor and Executive Coach. The session will also feature mini-masterclasses and break-out sessions, including a master class on Comfort, led by Jen Marr.
Jen will present to government leaders and fellows how they can identify the impact of their own personal behaviors of care, and how to develop tools and strategies for building skill in comfort, resulting in emotional resiliency, social connectedness and greater productivity. “I am thrilled that the White House is recognizing comfort as a crucial leadership development skill, ” she says on the invitation.
The description of the session can be found below. Congratulations to Jen Marr — updates on the session to follow!
White House Leadership Development Session: “Creating A Culture of Care for our Pandemic Weary Workforce”
As workplaces reopen post-pandemic, we are experiencing an unprecedented shift in what government agencies, organizations and workers expect in terms of when, where, and how work gets done. While Covid-19 has prompted our organizations to seek better ways of working, it is important to recognize the impact that working through the Pandemic crisis has had on our workforce. Many of us have struggled to get work done with children at home while others may have been distracted by housemates or the need to care for sick relatives or even grief and loss. Many have quietly suffered from loneliness or stress and even burnout.
This session will help better understand and navigate these massive workplace transformations while focusing on a framework to adopt a “Values-Informed Planning” perspective into their future-of-work and post-re entry plans. Participants will also start to understand their own personal behaviors of care and walk-away with tips to develop tools and strategies for navigating their individual “Awkward Zone” - to be equipped with what to say and do for those who are struggling around them in the workplace, no matter the work location.