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Steady in the Storm: The Anchor Is You

Friday, December 4 | 9:00 - 10:30 AM

The children and families this field serves don't need perfect leaders — they need steady ones. But steadiness is hard to come by when caseloads keep climbing, teams are stretched thin, and the weight of other people's crises comes home with you. This highly interactive session is for everyone in the room, regardless of title. Drawing on Valorie Burton's resilience framework, you'll learn practical ways to recover from setbacks, stay grounded under sustained pressure, and lead from a place of strength instead of depletion. You'll also explore why resilience is contagious, and how your steadiness shapes the colleagues and clients around you. Because in behavioral health, the anchor isn't a policy or a program. It's you.

Learning Objectives: 

  1. Identify the personal purpose that drew you to this work and one practical way to return to it in high-pressure moments.

  2. Apply Valorie Burton's resilience framework (Adaptive Skills, Protective Resources, and Preventative Measures) to assess where you're strong and choose one area to strengthen.

  3. Describe how your response to pressure shapes the colleagues and clients around you, and commit to one practice for modeling steadiness on your team.

  4. Use a simple coaching framework and shared language to keep building resilience in yourself and others after the session.

About the Presenter: Payne Schoen

Payne Schoen is an international coach, speaker, and facilitator who helps leaders move with authentic presence and decisive clarity, especially when the pressure is on. A recovering CPA, Payne spent more than a decade leading teams in operations, finance, legal, and business leadership before a simple question took hold of him: why do some people come alive at work while others slowly burn out? More often than not, the difference came down to fear. Leaders who decide and act from fear wear themselves down. Leaders who are present enough to see clearly, confident enough to trust their instincts, and grounded enough to act from wisdom find their flow. Today he helps leaders and teams make that shift, working with clients from small entrepreneurs to Fortune 50 companies around the world. Through coaching, facilitation, and speaking, he helps people discover their strengths, build resilience that holds under real pressure, and create careers that actually fit who they are. He's known for his energy, his authenticity, and his willingness to ask the questions others avoid. Payne believes everyone deserves to be led well and everyone has the capacity to be steady in the storm. Because when people know who they are, build the resilience to carry it, and have the courage to go after it, they tend to do some pretty epic stuff.

Social Media Handle: https://www.linkedin.com/in/payneschoen/

Website Handle: https://payneschoenconsulting.com/