Leading Your Business: Navigating the Economy, Public Policy and Worker Mental Health – Foxborough, MA

Are you ready to lead your organization into the future? Amid ongoing change, equip yourself with the insights and strategies to lead your business or organization, advise your clients and customers, and take care of your employees. In this two-part educational symposium, open to business, nonprofit and public sector professionals, we explored economic and public policy trends, as well as insights into employee mental health, wellness and workers compensation.  

Session 1: Creating Your Organization’s Action Plan: Prioritizing Mental Health 

What’s your approach to promoting mental well-being among your employees? From stress and burnout to substance use disorders, our panel addressed the state of employee mental well-being and provided a framework for understanding mental health as a continuum. Speakers shared their perspectives on how organizations can proactively work to understand what resources are needed within their organizations to address mental health and how best to connect employees to those resources. They also discussed the latest trends in workers compensation programs and how they fit into the larger picture of employee well-being.

 
Javeed Sukhera, M.D., Ph.D., FRCPC                           
Chair of Psychiatry, Institute of Living; Chief of Psychiatry, Hartford Hospital 

 
Heidi Christensen
Director, Center for Workplace Mental Health, American Psychiatric Association Foundation 



 
Rich Ives
Senior Vice President, Business Insurance Claim, Travelers 

 
Claude Howard
Vice President, Workers Compensation Claim and NAAIA’s Greater Hartford Chapter President 

Session 2: Woodward on Washington: An Economic, Policy and Political Outlook 

What do current interest rates, complex labor force dynamics and evolving geopolitical risks mean for your business and your customers? What pressing challenges will Congress and the White House face through 2025 and beyond? Drawing on her extensive experience as an economist on Capitol Hill and an analyst on Wall Street, Joan Woodward shared her signature economic, public policy and political outlook in this data-driven, analytical and nonpartisan presentation. Woodward, who currently serves as Executive Vice President for Public Policy at Travelers, also explored how the current administration and Congress may impact insurance, tax policy and the broader economy.

Joan Woodward
President, Travelers Institute; Executive Vice President, Public Policy, Travelers

Location

Renaissance Boston Patriot Place Hotel
28 Patriot Pl.
Foxborough, MA 02035

Timeline

9:30 a.m.     Registration and breakfast available
10:00 a.m.   Session 1 – Creating Your Action Plan: Prioritizing Worker Mental Health
11:15 a.m.   Break – Lunch available
11:30 a.m.   Session 2 – Woodward on Washington: An Economic, Policy and Political Outlook
12:30 p.m.   Event concludes

Continuing education credit

Session 1 is approved for one hour of Insurance Agent/Producer CE credit in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Hampshire. To receive credit, you must be licensed in the state(s) where the credit was approved as well as complete the required fields in the form (provided onsite) after the session is finished. You can find your National Producer Numbers here.

This program is presented as part of the Travelers Institute’s Forces at Work initiative, an educational platform to help today’s leaders navigate the shifting dynamics of the modern workplace and prioritize employees and their well-being.