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Laura Witham

Laura Witham

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Breakthrough Your System's Most Pressing Challenges with Alia

Posted by Laura Witham on 10:55 AM on August 22, 2024

One of the ways we partner with leaders in child welfare and adjacent systems is through Breakthrough Sessions. These one to three day unique, immersive experiences allow leaders the chance to step away from their day to day work to dive deep into a concept or challenge they are looking to address, to guide their work moving forward.

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Striving for Collective Wellbeing

Posted by Laura Witham on 4:23 PM on January 24, 2024

At Alia, we work with leadership teams across the country to deepen their connections with one another, align with their organizational missions, visions, and values and create new solutions together. One effective avenue to approaching this work is our Breakthrough Sessions, which provide an immersive experience for teams to explore specific content areas or tackle agency-specific challenges in concentrated blocks of time. In a recent Breakthrough Session with a leadership team, the concept of collective wellbeing was a primary focus. We often say that wellbeing begets wellbeing, so when a leadership team is functioning well (i.e., treating each other well in person and behind the scenes, supporting each other, aligning on the work they do, keeping each other informed, and being human together) their culture filters through to the rest of the organization’s staff.

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The Power of Apology

Posted by Laura Witham on 8:00 AM on September 5, 2023
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