TCZ Podcast #113: Karen Downes: Creating the Foundation For Human Flourishing in The Workplace: A Case Study

What does it take for humans to flourish at work? Does our definition of resilience need redefining? What can you do to support a team in overwhelm and facing burnout?

Join me Carissa Bub and guest Karen Downes, Founder and Managing Director of The Flourish Initiative as we talk about her experience training 1600 business leaders of a leading global organisation. as part of her mission to shift the business paradigm of growth and performance into a new model of human flourishing for business prosperity. Karen and I discuss:

Her first career as a healer and building up a multi-dollar business in Australia
The call to focus on corporate organisations and her bias for community over team
Living in an age of exponential disruption and collapse
Her intensive learning journey in 2018 supporting a leading global brand to transform its culture
How human flourishing is a way to create psychological safety, connection and dignity
The difference between ‘old’ and ‘true’ resilience
Embodiment, somatic coaching and working with trauma
Advice for teams who are in overwhelm and facing burnout
Advice for team coaches who want to help clients build resilience that goes beyond ‘toughening it up’
Her related work and experiences developing feminine intelligence in leadership

You can reach Karen here:

http://www.theflourishinitiative.com

karen@theflourishinitiative.com

linkedin.com/in/karen-downes-9a33737