Staff Council Employee Lunch and Learn

As we settle in to a new academic year Staff Council and HR Talent Development are happy to co-sponsor bringing Porter Knight from Productivity Vermont to present on a pair of topics that will help our UVM employees stay organized and focused throughout the coming year.  Sign up for one or both sessions.  Each session is offered in both a remote and in-person setting, details on the first event are below:

Mental Focus in the Workplace

How does your brain work? How do you prepare it to function well? In this session we’ll explore ways to train your brain to focus and develop skills to cope when things go wrong. These strategies will help you improve and protect your mental focus so you can keep your brain in the game even when you’re overwhelmed and feeling stress. You’ll leave with practical skills you can put to use immediately.

How does your brain work? How do you prepare it to function well? In this session we’ll explore ways to train your brain to focus and develop skills to cope when things go wrong. These strategies will help you improve and protect your mental focus so you can keep your brain in the game even when you’re overwhelmed and feeling stress. You’ll leave with practical skills you can put to use immediately.

Learning Objectives

• Apply strategies to prepare brain to function effectively and bolster focus throughout the day
• Recognize different brain responses to action and stress
• Identify consequences

About the Speaker

Porter Knight is a dynamic and popular presenter, life-changing consultant, and published author of two books: Organized to Last: 5 Simple Steps to Staying Organized and Get Paid to Win Clients: Public Speaking as a Marketing Tool. After years of creating order out of chaos at the request of friends and family,

Porter started the company in 1996. She has taught thousands of clients and workshop participants to dig out from under piles and create systems to improve the flow of ideas, paper, and the “stuff” we accumulate in our lives so that we can focus, get more done, and feel better about it all.