This 1.5-hour course turns to what makes an organization healthy: how its structure, culture, and relationships shape the well-being of the people who work and volunteer there, and how leaders can strengthen that foundation over time.
It begins with an introduction to organizational wellness and the Healing Forest principle, then walks through getting to know your organization, including its basics, services, structure, and funding. From there, it explores internal and external assessment components before moving into building a roadmap to wellness with tools such as the CDC workplace health assessments, Recovery Friendly Workplace criteria, and SAMHSA’s 8 Dimensions of Wellness. It closes with the practices that sustain a healthy organization, including leadership, volunteer retention, the 6 C’s of organizational wellness, and conflict resolution.
Done well, organizational wellness creates workplaces where staff and volunteers feel supported, valued, and able to do their best work. The goal is not a one-time fix, but an ongoing commitment to assessing, adjusting, and caring for the organization as a whole.