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Create a Positive Workplace

• Career Level: Basic-, intermediate-, and advanced-level career services professionals
• Competency: Program/workshop design and delivery
• Fee: FREE (member); FREE (nonmember)

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• Summary

  Research shows that satisfied employees lead to a positive work environment, which will furthermore improve the relations and experiences when students engage with the campus departments. Join Philip Wilkerson and Christie Michals, George Mason University, to address the top factors related to job satisfaction in the workforce and how to incorporate well-being initiatives to improve the productivity of your campus departments.

  Following this program, you will be able to:

  • Develop an understanding of well-being best practices, for both in-person and virtual settings, and the role they play to shift the work culture.
  • Present evidence from well-being specialists about ways to increase workspace productivity and morale; and
  • Identify actionable take-aways and examples to facilitate a positive work environment for your campus department.

• Presenters

  

  Philip Wilkerson , Employer Engagement Consultant, George Mason University

  Philip Wilkerson is a manager of industry advising and employer development at George Mason University Career Services. He oversees all industries that fall under the creative industries umbrella, including media, performing and visual arts, entertainment, journalism, public relations, and graphic design. This role serves both student and employer stakeholders, meaning Philip both collaborates with employers to make them aware of the talented students and meets with students to market their creative skills through personal branding. He recently was awarded Employee of the Month for GMU in September and was also included on the “Forty under 40” list for GMU Black Alumni.

  

  Christie Michals , Employer Relations Coordinator, George Mason University

  In her hometown of Fairfax, VA, Christie has been in her current role for two years. Being close to family and working in a positive environment are both driving factors in her overall well-being. Her daily drive at work stems from the innovative and diverse community at Mason. Christie was a four-year student-athlete at the University of Hartford, where she played collegiate basketball and graduated in 2016 with a B.A. in international studies and a minor in economics. In 2018, Christie graduated from East Tennessee State University after obtaining her M.B.A. and working as a graduate assistant in the Athletics Department.

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