Special thanks to Jenn Sherman (Founder and CEO of The Influencer Collective) and Jenny Shtipelman for inviting me to take part in this timely and important discussion. Full props to Pivotal Moments, from whom I’ve plagiarized the summary and key takeaways (followed by video, below).
“Stop evaluating what you can’t change, but start with the present moment where you are at right now.” Jenny Shtipelman, Senior Vice President, National Capital Bank of Washington and Sean Murphy, Founder and Executive Director, 1455, join us for a lively discussion on the importance of having mindful awareness, emotional intelligence, and situational awareness in your personal and professional lives. Both guests highlight how we can incorporate arts, music, and literature into our daily lives to strengthen our mental fitness muscle. Join in on the conversation on how employers can help bridge the generational gap in the workforce through facilitating dialogue around mental fitness – because #WeAreEveryone
Key Takeaways:
0:00 Intro
1:50 Jenny and Sean share trends they are seeing in the workplace when it comes to employees mental wellness and disengagement/productivity pre Covid and also in the Covid world
7:53 Sean and Jenny also talk about what they feel when they hear the word mental fitness in their own terms
14:57 Jenny talks about how she has evolved her communication strategies so as to have difficult conversations in the workplace
17:43 Sean also talks about how he has evolved his communication strategies in his company so as to help in having the difficult conversations
19:56 Jenny also explains the importance of being able to have good conversations with all types of people in terms of difficult conversations
22:59 Sean talks about mindful awareness, emotional intelligence and situational awareness as the best traits that you could have
27:03 Jenny also explains the importance of having mindful awareness, emotional intelligence and situational awareness
33:05 Sean explains how you can incorporate the arts, music and literature to help you maintain a healthy mental fitness
36:04 Jenny also talks about how people can use arts, music and literature to help them maintain a healthy mental fitness
38:11 Sean also explains the importance of re-evaluating how we incorporate art and creativity into our daily lives
41:36 Jenny talks about how different generations in the workforce should communicate about mental fitness and how they’re feeling
44:54 Sean also talks about the different generations in the workforce and how they should communicate about mental fitness
51:45 Jenny shares the resources and what she does to flex her mental fitness muscles that can be helpful to people
53:50 Sean also shares the resources and what he does that helps him flex his mental fitness muscles that can be helpful to people
Shows Mentioned:
www.pivotalmoments.org
Summer Festival: https://web.cvent.com/event/09e46134-4022-438e-9297-72ee3f323a1d/summary
Guests Social Media Links:
Sean Murphy:
Company Website: https://1455litarts.org/
Personal Website: https://seanmurphy.net/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorSeanMurphy/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/bullmurph
Jenny Shtipelman:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennyshtipelman/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BetterBankCoach
Website: https://www.nationalcapitalbank.com/
