Program Format: Lunch and Learn

Overcoming Victim Mentality: How to Embrace Your Inner Warrior

Victim Mentality is a common and easy mindset to adapt after going through personal or professional hardship. I share through my own experience of a life changing medical event as well as being a former high achiever as a sales executive what victim mentality looks like, feels like, sounds like, and most importantly where it comes from. It is important when working with someone that is playing this out to have tools that can support them to the best of your ability as a leader. I am passionate about embracing a warrior mentality and offering tools that create positive shifts in perspective as well as creating a more supportive and cohesive team environment.

Learning Objectives

1. Know how to spot someone who has adapted a victim mentality and what to look for and listen for
2. Discover tools that will empower individuals and teams to embrace warrior mentality and a more positive work environment
3. Learn specific ways to enhance your own mental and emotional well-being

Cost: Free for SLA Members. $80 non-member. $60 nonprofits.

Individuals who are either unemployed or connected with an employer who is unable to pay can request scholarships for any of our programs.

About Our Facilitator

Jennifer Chapman, an Indy native and Ball State Graduate, spent her first 16 years building her sales expertise through a variety of roles including sales representative, recruiting, key account management, and Indiana state manager. She hit Presidents Club in 2016 and was chasing another when life had different plans for her in 2017. She felt the call to create Just Commit Coaching in 2021 after the power life coaching had on her life.

Jennifer’s passion lies in supporting an individual’s whole self on all levels so they can excel in every area of their life. She has completed a year-long certification through Institute of Coaching Mastery, accredited through the International Coaching Federation (ICF), and really focuses on mindset. Her goal is to take an inside out approach through bringing awareness and acceptance and then taking aligned action. Jennifer is passionate about supporting others through 1:1 and group coaching as well as speaking her message on Embracing Your Inner Warrior.

Why Fun Should Matter to Leaders

Active engagement in the workplace has dropped to 23% (Gallup 2023). Leaders around the world try to solve this problem with incentives, feedback, team building, and work-life balance seminars. More attuned leaders consider the psychology of Flow Theory. Flow, a famous concept by psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, explains how humans do or do not experience engagement. It explains how and why we get “in the zone” and is a major factor in whether we bring our whole selves to our work or just go through the motions. Flow has served as a theoretical framework for many leaders and consultants, particularly facilitators, however, in 2005, game designer and entrepreneur Raph Koster made the connection that Fun and Flow are inseparably tied together in his book “A Theory of Fun for Game Design.” In this session, we will discuss the traditional tenants of flow theory, including the balance of skill and challenge when performing work tasks. We will also incorporate the discoveries related to flow that come from more traditional “fun” like playing games. Through discussion and activities, we will find out how a little fun at work can actually improve performance, and that work can be fun without silly gimmicks.

Learning Objectives

1. Describe the theory and benefits of Flow
2. Implement at least one fun activity into their work or team
3. Appraise whether they are experiencing Flow or fun in their work

This program is ideal for:  All levels

Cost: Free for SLA Members. $80 non-member. $60 nonprofits.

Individuals who are either unemployed or connected with an employer who is unable to pay can request scholarships for any of our programs.

About Our Facilitator

Dillon Waggoner has a robust background in Career and Professional Development. He served as a career coach, presenter, and creative facilitator for the Ball State Career Center for six years, and now serves the university in the Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute. He empowers students to engage with powerful resources that promote self-awareness, problem solving, and creativity, and he finds a way to add an element of fun to everything he does.