Is Well-Being a Skill that can be Trained? How Thriving Is Accessible from the C-Suite to the Shop Floor

This session advances a simple but revolutionary ideas: just as we train our bodies for physical fitness, we can train our brains for well-being. But is optimized energy and productivity as accessible to the blue-collar as to the white-collar worker, to high- and low-wage earners alike? From his vantage point as a successful business executive and serial entrepreneur, Eric Langshur describes his transition to values-based entrepreneurship and his research into the power of purpose and how meaningful work can produce more engaged, happier and healthier work teams. Eric explains how business success and seriously addressing social determinants of health are interrelated and how his approach to supporting thriving at all levels in his organizations translates to both personal fulfillment and a winning business strategy.