As the pandemic eases, it almost feels like we are re-emerging back to life. How do we reflect, revive and begin anew as a leader? “Easing Back to Life” is an opportunity to come back to life through intentional nature-based practices that will awaken your senses, enliven your spirit, and restore your sense of wholeness after a year in which so much was taken away.
Join the Center for Nature & Leadership and a supportive community of women, to learn some practices that will support a conscious, intentional re-emergence.
Last month we celebrated all manner of Black Excellence in honor of Black History Month and reminded ourselves of the power of representation, remembering, recognition, and research. Those same things matter as we celebrate and reflect on Women’s History this month. You can find plenty of things to learn about, uplift, and celebrate in this month’s issue, but the last week served up another reminder that recalling the past also gives us an opportunity for reckoning with the realities of lived experience that get kept behind a veil when “history is written by the conquerors.”
Moving from surviving to thriving is sometimes easier said than done. In this episode, Adam Torres and Jennifer Simpson, CEO at Integrated Work, explore what it takes to thrive in today’s economy.
As a woman-owned and women-led organization, at Integrated Work, we strongly believe and advocate for a world where women feel safe, empowered, and have the same opportunity as everyone else to thrive and be successful. We will continue to support women’s rights, equity, and empowering other women. There’s so much to be done, and we’re in it for the long haul.
Integrated Work is delighted to welcome three new staff members to our team! Asra Riaz, Mikayla Branz, and Nick Delgado joined us recently, and we couldn’t be more grateful to have more wonderful people accompany us on our journey. Here’s a little more about why we love them…
Kate's focus is on managing long-term programs with our facilitators and clients, building deep relationships while maintaining our Integrated Work standards of quality. She enjoys taking ideas and breaking them down into tangible steps, using innovative tools and creativity to design the best approach to achieve programmatic goals. As our Peer Learning Team Manager, she loves seeing the connections made and tools shared across participants.
Katherine comes from the world of academia, receiving a Master of Science in Geosciences. Her previous experiences in managing research projects, curriculum development for a science non-profit, and as an adjunct professor of geoscience have honed her skills in managing complex projects, program design, and ensuring sustainable outcomes are achieved. Kate lives in Longmont, Colorado with her husband and two dogs, Ginger and Milo, and soon – some backyard chickens!
Jennifer has dedicated her life and career to improving lives, strengthening communities, and adding value to organizations by helping people amplify their impact by being more human, together. Her varied background includes more than twenty-five years of experience working in and with organizations across the private, public, corporate, and not-for-profit sectors to create more meaningful and effective ways of living and working together across differences; more than a decade of teaching university courses in communication, organizational diversity, and leadership disciplines; and a lifetime of bridging worlds in a way that capitalizes on the best in organizations to enhance creativity and stimulate whole system learning.
Moira is an Executive Consultant at IntegratedWork. She brings to her role over 20 years of experience working with non-profit organizations to define culture, create community, and enable innovation. Her work includes strategic planning, change management, implementation design, leadership development, communications, and executive coaching.
Nick joined Integrated Work after years of experience in an agency setting as a Senior Graphic Designer. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Communication Design from the Metropolitan State University of Denver. His passion for design comes from the ability to enrich lives and communities through his work. His philosophy is that the most impactful design comes from researching and understanding the client and the intended audience.
Outside of work, Nick’s hobbies include skateboarding, bouldering, and concertgoing.
Integrated Work is partnering closely with the PCA Emergency Management Advisory Coalition (EMAC) to ensure our respective work builds on one another and increases the sustainability of PCA and health center emergency management programs.
Facilitators: Darrie, Ashley, and Anna Kick-Off: TBD Standard Meeting Time: TBD
Participants on this team are focused on strengthening the health center workforce. From helping develop health professional training programs to recruitment and retention strategies and succession planning, the team covers all things WD-related.
Facilitators: Amy and Sage Kick-Off: Tuesday, November 10 Standard Meeting Time: 2nd Wednesday of the month
This team includes individuals focused on VBC in any capacity. The group is focused on orienting new staff to all things VBC and moving more seasoned staff and their organizations forward along the VBC continuum.
Facilitators: Catherine and Sarah Kick-Off: Thursday, November 12 (date differs from typical schedule) Standard Meeting Time: 4th Wednesday of the month
Participants on this team are interested in working together to support health center quality improvement efforts. The team discusses a range of topics aimed at strengthening QI programs, especially in light of the COVID-19 disruption, which has resulted in a rapid move to telehealth along with remote training and technical support.
Facilitators: Nadia, Sarah, and Anna Kick-Off: Friday, November 20 Standard Meeting Time: 3rd Monday of the month
Individuals involved in training and technical assistance (T/TA) for health centers join to discuss engaging participation, emerging topics around which health centers can use support, best practices in delivery, and tracking impact among other things.
Facilitators: Sage, Nadia, and Amy Kick-Off: Tuesday, December 1 Standard Meeting Time: 1st Tuesday of the month
This team provides a forum for data and HIT specialists to discuss how to best optimize, obtain, report, and leverage data and technology to support health center strategy and decision making as well as how to best engage health centers.
Facilitators: Catherine and Sarah Kick-Off: Thursday, November 5 Standard Meeting Time: 1st Thursday of the month
The HCCN team is focused on health information technology to support health centers in optimizing data and information utilization. The team discusses a range of topics all in service of strengthening health center performance.
Facilitators: Catherine and Kate Kick-Off: Wednesday, December 2 Standard Meeting Time: 2nd Thursday of the month
This team focuses on creating a nationwide network of PCA leaders to move the collective efforts of health centers and PCAs forward. The team discusses strategic topics that cut across all teams. An original BPHC-sponsored learning team, many participants have remained connected with one another and are deeply devoted to the health center mission. New PCA CEOs and Executive Directors are warmly welcomed.
Facilitators: Christi, Jen, and Catherine Kick-Off: Tuesday, December 15 Standard Meeting Time: 3rd Tuesday of the month
