Strategic Team Conversations With a Culture and Well-being Lens

Through Chasing the Sun’s Three-point Impact (TM), our bespoke company offsites deliver relatable, practical, and actionable steps to improve your team’s well-being.

Our Three-point Impact Approach

  • We will deliver a powerful, interactive, and tailored discussion about your team’s Culture of Well-being. This will set the stage for further discussions to implement and integrate what we learned in parts two and three.

  • Next comes research-based implementation.

    We focus on the area that will most significantly impact your team’s well-being. We’ll deliver research-based training on this topic and train your leaders on how to start practicing it.

    Then, we set an assignment for every team member to focus on practicing at least three times before we meet again. This is about learning, not getting it right. It’s about getting better. 

  • We get the feedback. What worked well, where were the challenges, and what were the wins? And we go deeper.

    We ensure the team can now integrate this into their daily and weekly work.

    That’s when you see a significant change in the well-being of your teams. 

Features

  • Interactivity and inclusivity

    We use Mentimeter and Talkadot software to ensure interactivity, inclusiveness, and feedback are delivered.

  • Full customization for your needs

    No off-the-shelf materials here! We develop your session tailored to the specific challenges you’re facing.

  • Full scalability

    We’ve hosted sessions virtually and in-person, to attendances of five to 1,000+, from one-hour to multi-day.

  • Pre-event consultation + prep

    We’ll discuss alignment on goals, expectations, and success factors.

  • Post-event reports

    You will receive a post-event report based on our time together.

  • Ongoing consulting

    Throughout the Three-Point Impact, we’ll be available to consult with key contacts.

Sample Topics

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Design Your Team’s Well-being Plan

  • Interactive Workshop/Pre-Conference Session

  • 1-3 Hours

  • What does “well-being” mean to your team? How do you embed well-being throughout your employee experience and culture? In this session, we’ll explore the strategies you need to prioritize and implement to create a strategic well-being program to benefit your employees, executives, and shareholders.

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Design Your Personal Well-being Plan

  • Interactive Workshop

  • 60 Minutes

  • Through first- and third-party insights, we share practical health, wellness, and fitness tips, apply traditional business planning techniques to create customized fitness and wellness goals, and create a one-page fool-proof wellness accountability plan that will set you on your path.

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Document Your Team's Unwritten Rules

  • Interactive Workshop

  • 2-4 Hours

  • Through a closed-door session and as a team, we design a charter that emphasizes the benefits of an equitable work environment and establishes agreed-upon expectations. This demonstrates clear leadership and empowers employees to care about their well-being, ultimately reducing employee burnout and turnover.

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Confidence and Owning the Room

  • Interactive workshop.

  • 30-60 Minutes

  • Building relationships, virtually or in person, requires preparation, establishing a presence, building rapport, and overcoming imposter syndrome. This session focuses on practical and actionable tips on how to be a trusted advisor with your customers.

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Reversing Toxic Positivity

  • Interactive Workshop

  • 30-60 Minutes

  • It can be easy to focus too much on a positive mindset in our client-centric world. While with good intentions, phrases like “Can do,” “Get on with it,” and “Positive vibes only” can harm our mental health. This session will focus on Toxic Positivity, defined as “the belief that people should maintain a positive mindset no matter how dire or difficult a situation.”

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Embracing Imposter Syndrome

  • Interactive Workshop

  • 30-60 Minutes

  • Imposter Syndrome is defined as a psychological feeling of self-doubt and “not being enough.” In this workshop, we will discuss the common symptoms of imposter syndrome, the different types and warning signs, and how to work towards embracing Imposter Syndrome.

Wine and Company Offsites:

Chasing the Sun and Stoller Family Estate

Looking for an inspiring and fun approach to your next team offsite with a view of Oregon Wine Country?

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Testimonials

  • “Our team wanted an engaging, positive, knowledgeable, and constructive leader to facilitate our 15+ member communications team retreat. Mark delivered that for us and with lasting impact. Three months later, I can see members of the team expanding their circle of influence and working on longer term, inspiring goals. Mark quickly built trust and rapport with our team, as though he had been working with us for years. I highly recommend him as a facilitator for your next in-person or virtual event.”

    Mary Katherine Krause, MS, CAE, Vice President, Communications, College of American Pathologists

  • "What I appreciate about Mark is he brings strong analytical skills to life and are wrapped in humanity that you not only get concrete, practical, useful counsel, and action steps, but you get them in a way that is heartwarming, affirming, energizing. Bringing Mark to my team I know people will be challenged to do their best but also feel encouraged and supported. Really beautiful combination of someone who gets sh!t done and does it in a way that shows they care about them."

    Libby Catalinich, APR, Director of Communications, Pierce County (Washington)

  • "I offered a unique challenge to Mark and I knew he'd be up to the challenge. I invited him to lead an 'unplugged' workshop at Attune - this means no PowerPoint, no screens, no laptops, nothing. A pure workshop. And Mark rose to the challenge. And another great benefit of having Mark at your events - no need to babysit him. He'll show up and deliver for the audience. I've always admired his dedication to the internal comms and wellness space, and look forward to continue working with Mark as our paths cross."

    Chuck Gose, Internal Communications Expert and Head of Community and Customer Advocacy, Firstup

FAQs

How long are your sessions?

Our sessions vary with the needs of the client. Some discussions can be held in two hours, others a half-day, while others are a series of discussions taking place over several months. Please contact us for an estimate.

Do you have a non-profit/not-for-profit rate?

Yes! Please contact us for more details.

Can we swap in and out different topics?

Yes! Because we tailor every session, we can add or remove relevant topics for your audience.

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