Staff Well-being Programs

Why should we integrate well-being into our work?

Well-being is not just something that happens when you’re off the clock. It’s essential to your overall work and life experience and helps you be a better colleague and a stronger resource for the students you serve. In Student Affairs, our staff often spend their energy supporting students’ well-being. You deserve to take the time to fill your own cup!

Quarterly Well-being Series

Starting in the Fall of 2025, Staff Coaching and Professional Development will hold a quarterly well-being workshop or event. Events might include creative expression, Lego Serious Play, nature exploration, physical activity or strengths-based activities. The themes will change each quarter and will draw upon requests and feedback offered by staff. 

  • This series will launch Fall Quarter 2025, exact date/time TBD.

Check the Program Calendar for the Next Quarterly Well-being Event

Strengths & Resilience

Strengths and Resilience is a strengths-based workshop that helps staff to build resilience in the face of adversity and challenge, ultimately improving wellbeing and mitigating burnout. During this two-part workshop, participants utilize CliftonStrengths frameworks to assess recovery and identify unhelpful work/life patterns.

Learn More and Sign up for Strengths & Resilience

From Burnout To Well-being

This program utilizes coaching techniques and reflection to prevent and respond to burnout in the workplace. Identifying root causes of burnout and exploring self-care practices are just a couple of ways that this coaching-based program helps staff identify and develop strategies to manage and move beyond burnout. 

There are two main Burnout to Well-being Programs:

  • Burnout to Wellbeing Coaching - Work with a professional coach for six one-on-one sessions to prevent or address burnout and form well-being strategies. You can request burnout coaching any time throughout the year. Note: This program is now available for all levels of Student Affairs professional staff.

    Sign up for Burnout to Well-being Coaching

  • Burnout to Wellbeing Group Coaching Program - This is a 6-month cohort-based program where participants work with a professional coach and support each other on paths to well-being through community and discussion.

    Check the Program Calendar for the Next Group Program in Spring '26

LEGO Serious Play

These “out-of-the-box” workshops use hands-on activities and creative thinking to build metaphors, tap into subconscious ideas, and spark fresh perspectives—all while connecting with colleagues and taking a break from screens. Anyone can sign up, and topics may include goal setting, career exploration, and navigating challenges.

Check the Program Calendar for the Next LEGO Serious Play Event

Self-Care Series: From Surviving to Thriving

This brand new workshop uses group coaching, discussion, and journaling to create tangible and practical self-care strategies and plans that help employees to balance work with life while connecting with supportive colleagues. In this workshop, self-care is not just an idea but a habit and a way of life that helps participants move from surviving to thriving.

  • This series will launch next Winter, exact date/time TBD.

Share Your Well-being Ideas!

Do you have your own ideas or requests for how staff in Student Affairs can engage in well-being? Share your ideas by filling out the form below. We love getting input from staff that we can incorporate into future workshops and events!

Submit a Well-being Program Idea or Suggestion