Watch — PurposeCast: Finding Your Story Through Nature

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In this month’s PurposeCast, Finding Your Story Through Nature, U.S. National Park Service Ranger Shelton Johnson and Dr. Strecher will discuss Johnson’s inspirational story of purpose and how you can discover your own story through nature – and help others do the same. They discuss the relationship we have to nature and how it can inspire us to live more purposefully, and why people who spend more time in nature report they are happier, less stressed, have healthier hearts, and live more purposeful lives.

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Managing burnout — Part 2: Social Determinants

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In today’s blog, Part 2 of this Burnout series, Dr Carr shares insights into how Social Determinants of Health impact our ability to regulate burnout and what role employers should play in helping their people overcome SDOH obstacles. Part 1 of this series covered what we call the Personal Determinants of Health. The last in the three part series will cover Organizational Determinants of Health.

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Let’s get together this event season?

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The team at Kumanu is getting ready to hit the road, shake off our COVID-driven social awkwardness, meet new friends, and see old ones at a flurry of events taking place over the next few months. It kicks off in Vegas next week at HRE’s Health & Benefits Leadership Conference. See something in our list below that you like but can’t make the event? Please let us know, and we’ll be happy to share our most up-to-date research.

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February Newsletter — Why must there always be a problem?

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Why must there always be a problem? — George Costanza

Today, employers face the daunting task of adjusting return-to-office plans amid inconsistent COVID guidance from federal and local agencies as the Delta variant rips through communities like tornadoes. At the same time, vaccine hesitancy continues its stubborn and disruptive path, resignations are at an all-time high, and 2-in-3 companies report their wellbeing programs falling short. With top-performing employees and athletes alike putting their social and emotional wellbeing ahead of everything else, is your organization addressing these issues head-on?

Reality check: The answer isn’t simply remote work.

The future of work is one where a unified approach to wellbeing is paramount — one that addresses the root causes of authentic physical, social, and emotional wellbeing. Organizations falling behind now will not be able to catch up later.

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Wellbeing 3.0 Webinar: Designing Wellbeing That People Love (and CFOs, Too!)

In 2022, Baystate Health boldly re-designed its award-winning employee wellness program to better meet the moment. The Baystate team centered the new design on root causes of wellbeing: compassion, connection, purpose, social determinants, and emotional wellbeing. Now the team is exceeding engagement goals through creative use of re-imagined social challenges paired with an innovative social-good incentive model.

Watch this webinar and learn practical and proven new ways to:
– Design to better meet employee needs today, and better leverage your benefits (without busting your budget!)
– Align wellbeing benefits and culture initiatives to fortify employee experience
– Reallocate incentive spend to get more change that sticks (rather than just paying for clicks)
– Use personal purpose to help boost employee engagement & retention across the salary spectrum.

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Watch — PurposeCast: Purpose 101

Sometimes the question, “What’s your purpose?” can leave people feeling stumped, and some may be wondering why purpose matters.

Watch our special PurposeCast event, Purpose 101 with Dr. Vic Strecher. Vic leads a free, 45-minute minicourse designed to help you learn about the foundation of purpose, the science behind its importance, and practical ways you can uncover and apply your purpose in life and work.

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Watch — PurposeCast: Purpose and Values

Our values shape our purpose, and the start of the year is a perfect time to reflect on what we value and why.

Watch the recording to hear neuroscientist Dr. Emily Falk and Dr. Vic Strecher discuss the way we adopt our values and how purpose and values help us live for what matters most.

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Watch — PurposeCast: The Gifts of Compassion

Sometimes it can be challenging to show compassion to ourselves and others. Psychologist and neuroscientist Dr. Olga Klimecki will help you understand some of the barriers to compassion and ways you can strengthen this important relational aspect of kindness and care.

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Getting to the root of emotional wellbeing at work.

Thought leaders and researchers at Kumanu, analyzing a nationally representative sample of U.S. workers gathered by The Harris Poll, developed a new model for employee wellbeing better aligned to the root causes of workforce wellbeing today.

Access the report here
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Employee needs have changed. Has your wellbeing strategy?

Wellbeing is changing. For good. Join us to learn how to offer more of what employees expect today: authenticity, equity, and experiences centered on social and emotional wellbeing.

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Purposeful Overview

The Purposeful Experience delivers more than a point solution and goes deeper than an app. Our team of wellbeing, communication, and program design experts support you every step of the way, creating a solution that is highly configurable, provides real-time insights on metrics that matter most, and integrates into your culture.

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Resourceful Overview

A first-of-its-kind solution to recognize, activate, and measure essential needs, Resourceful works with your existing programs to recognize and activate your people to their fullest potential.

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Watch — PurposeCast: Move with Purpose and Motivation

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Knowing the purpose, or why, behind your physical activity routine can drastically change your level of enjoyment and commitment. Dr. Michelle Segar, director of the University of Michigan’s Sport, Health, and Activity Research and Policy Center explains that lasting motivation depends on choosing a physical activity for the “Right Whys.”

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Managing burnout — Part 1: Personal Determinants

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In today’s blog, Part 1 of this Burnout series, I will share some tips that are in your control to manage — that you can do personally to improve your risk for burnout. In subsequent blogs, I will explore the broader Social and Organizational Determinants of Burnout and share some evidence-based tips for leaders and organizations.

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3 Ways to Re-establish Human Connection in the Workplace

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We’ve become adept at meeting in the meta, sending out little upraised thumbs, and keeping our bunny-slippered feet under the desk during big meetings. We know who hangs art on their walls. Who takes care of plants. Who has cats. Who has barking dogs. These are signs of our resilience. Then again, we’re missing the human connection. While many companies still don’t have an option to be in-person yet, there are ways to nurture the soul of an organization to improve esprit de corps.

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Watch — PurposeCast: Discover the Purpose Behind Your Goals and Reduce Burnout

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In this month’s PurposeCast, Dr. Vic Strecher and John U. Bacon will discuss how to set meaningful, specific goals to bolster achievement and reduce burnout. Bacon is a New York Times bestselling author, journalist and educator bringing passion to the topics of business, sports and health. Listen in as he and Dr. Strecher provide strategies to help you create and accomplish more purposeful goals.

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January Newsletter — How real is burnout?

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A recent survey by the Conference Board found that 77% of U.S. workers cited burnout as their biggest challenge. And with no playbook to follow, leaders are looking for ways to address the symptoms of burnout. But what are you doing to address the root causes?

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