2025 Management & Professional Development

What is mental health and how can we combat stress and anxiety in our daily lives to create a healthy lifestyle at home and the workplace? How does your health affect your professionalism? With the right information, you can have a proper work-life balance. Get self-care tips and resources for when you need to talk about it.

You need to know your own learning preferences and your management and communication style before you can recognize those characteristics in your staff. Take a quick self-assessment and plan to reflect together how to use them so you can better hire new employees and retain raving fans on your staff.

In today’s fast-paced world, women are under immense pressure to excel in every aspect of life. Delve into the unique stressors women face and the necessity of building mental strength to shape their resilience and emotions into extraordinary personal power. Learn how to use emotions, hormones, or anxiety to your advantage to keep stress low and clear thinking high.

Are you struggling to articulate your vision to your team? Explore ideas, experiences, and incentives that could work to help promote buy-in from your staff.

Discover key leadership strategies to enhance program effectiveness and foster team collaboration. Perfect for professionals looking to elevate their leadership skills within their CACFP organization.

Resilience: The ability to bounce back. It’s what enables students to come out of challenging experiences with a positive attitude about themselves and their futures. After 18 years in foster care and watching his daughter battle brain cancer, hear how Dee turned those unexpected events into incredible life lessons.

The work of child nutrition professionals is important, nurturing, and fulfilling even while it is equally demanding and challenging. Investing in the well-being of meal service staff can lead to healthier, happier team members, and ultimately, healthier children. Explore the vital role of staff wellness in enhancing the effectiveness of nutrition programs.

How often do you prioritize and invest in your resilience and overall well-being as a program director or administrator? If you’re experiencing feelings of exhaustion or symptoms of burnout, the answer is likely not often enough. Discover evidence-based strategies for managing workplace stress while creating an action plan to help you focus on your health and long-term career sustainability.