Wellness Conference - 17 and 18 April 2007

Powerpoint presentations from presenters

• Burnout and work engagement: Defining pivotal career experiences. (Prof. Michael Leiter, Director of the Centre for Organizational Research and Development, and Professor of Psychology at Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada)

• Driving wellness in the workplace. (Liezel Dreyer, Vitality Wellness Manager, Discovery Health

• How to integrate your wellness programme with the company's business processes (Mr Carl Manser:  Executive Director Strategic Solutions of the Careways Group)

• Standard Bank Wellness: A Risk Mitigation Case Study (Daniel Kotton Health and Wellness Advisor: Standard Bank Africa)
   

• Leadership and Self-Deception (Dr Cobus Pienaar )
   

•  How to build a case for initiating wellbeing in your organisation (Dr. Andre van Jaarsveld, Chief Executive, group affairs, Careways Group (CEO))

• A Culture of Discontent Within the Free State Department of Health (FSDoH) (Shirley du Plooy Anthropology Department & CHSR&D)

• Wellness/Welstand (Lourens Geyer & Annette Prins)

• Cultivating a positive work environment: a different approach to employee wellness (Dr Renalde Huysamen)

• Developement of a holistc wellness model for managers in tertiary institutions  

   (Petrus Albertus Botha Tshwane University of Technology - Polokwane Delivery site

• A case for emotional intelligence in workplace wellness (Annette Prins)

• The role of leadership in organisational wellness - The birth of a machine…

• Global and local trends in corporate and academic wellness and EAP  (Tracy Harper - Tracy Harper & Associates)

• Why do workshops fail: a neural path less traveled (Eugene van Niekerk & Annette Weyers)

• Conference themes  Prof. Leiter

Articles

• Developing a holistic wellness model    D.A. Els & R.P. De La Rey