8:00 – 8:30 Virtual Networking and Introductions
8:30 – 9:00 Virtual Chapter Business Meeting
9:00 – 11:00 Virtual Presentation: “Help Your Organization Navigate the Next Chapter of the Pandemic - Return to the Work Place,” with Bob VandePol, LMSW and Jean Holthaus, LMSW
Link to Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/162331194
COVID-19 has produced many personal and professional challenges and tragedies. Maintaining individual and systemic mental health has been paramount among them. Whereas the frequency with which we have heard the work "unprecedented" lends caution to any confident predictions, this presentation will focus upon how business leaders can effectively aid their work teams in return to newly designed and fluid work conditions. The pandemic has produced highly charged polarized opinions regarding what is now a safe way to live one's life and this dynamic can lead to dysfunctional fragmentation of work teams leading to non-productivity and worse. The presenters will borrow heavily from crisis leadership concepts and strategies to equip leaders with skills for when "all eyes are on them."
2 PDH’s - Domain II
Bob VandePol LMSW serves as Executive Director of Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services’ Employee Assistance and Church Assistance programs where he leverages behavioral health expertise to support healthy, productive people and groups. Prior to joining the Pine Rest team, he was President of Crisis Care Network, helping to lead it from a startup to the world’s largest provider of Critical Incident Response services to the workplace. Active as a keynote speaker, Mr. VandePol has published and been quoted in business and clinical journals, co-authored book chapters addressing workplace response to tragedy, and has been featured as subject matter expert in numerous video training series. He managed CCN’s Command Center in Manhattan after the 2001 terrorist attacks and led teams in response to high-profile tragedies including the Boston Marathon bombing; Aurora, Sandy Hook, and Las Vegas shootings; natural disasters, and our nation’s prominent university-based tragedies. He frequently consults with businesses, universities, schools, and churches regarding how leaders can accelerate organizational recovery following crises.
Jean Holthaus, LMSW, LISW obtained her Masters of Social Work degree from the University of Iowa in 1995 and has worked at Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services since 1997. She is currently the Southwest Regional Director in addition to managing the Telehealth Clinic and providing trainings as a part of the Pine Rest EAP program. She is the author of two books and is deeply invested in walking with individuals struggling to find meaning and purpose in the midst of the struggles of their lives. She enjoys speaking at events and is passionate about providing educational services which equip individuals, leaders and organizations to proactively address mental health issues. Jean started her career as a teacher after earning her BA in Education from the University of Northern Iowa in 1985. She was a teacher for 10 years prior to beginning her career as a therapist