Working in higher education now requires navigating remote, hybrid environments and supporting overextended students and colleagues while navigating institutional complexity and resource precarity. To show up for this kind of work, you must intentionally center your well-being to thrive in this ever-changing environment.

Our interactive workshop series Actualize Your Purpose offers you the rare opportunity to take stock, reflect, and intentionally craft a career vision and plan that centers your well-being and aligns with your values. Under the guidance of faculty and leadership coach Jennifer Askey, you will:

• Assess the current state of your well-being and reflect on the factors that most contribute to it.
• Explore how inherited norms shape your definition of success, so that you can create your own definition based on your values and the impact you want to have in the world.
• Document a practical and tangible plan that outlines the goals and tasks you’ll need to craft the meaningful life and career you desire.
• Develop practices and strategies that you can utilize in your everyday work to realize your purpose and achieve your desired impact.

This program consists of two coordinating workshops offered twice a year. The first workshop, Actualize Your Purpose, Part 1: Connecting Your Well-Being to Your Work, will walk you through aligning your values, priorities, and work. During this 3-hour workshop, you will assess your well-being, identify values and priorities, define success on your own terms, and begin building a roadmap for success. During the follow-up workshop, Actualize Your Purpose, Part 2: Everyday Strategies for Staying Connected to Your Well-Being, you will develop practices and strategies for how you can actualize your purpose in your day-to-day life through techniques such as creating a model calendar and time tracking.

You may choose to sign up for our Fall 2024 offering, or watch the on-demand recordings from our Spring 2024 session. However, attending the workshops more than once could be beneficial for helping you to refine your approach to actualizing your purpose as you progress in your own personal journey of well-being. If you attended prior versions of this workshop, you are welcome to attend any of these workshops to further hone your purpose and learn new strategies.

Many past participants have lauded these workshops for granting them the accountability and “luxury of time” to focus on how their well-being and professional goals can align more holistically.