An Encore Presentation | Building Leadership Community Podcast

Workplace wellness is often treated as something optional until burnout forces people and organizations to respond.

In this special Encore Presentation, Coach Dora Mendez revisits one of her favorite conversations from Season 3 with nonprofit leader Stephan Spilkowitz. Together, they explore why caring for people begins with caring for the people who lead them.

In this condensed conversation, Stephan shares practical reflections on sustaining yourself while supporting others, why burnout prevention must be proactive rather than reactive, and how healthy workplace cultures are built through intentional leadership.

Whether you lead a nonprofit, a business, a school, or a small team, this episode offers timely reminders about investing in your own well-being so you can continue investing in others.

Episode Highlights

00:00 Introduction: Why workplace wellness matters

00:10 Building workplaces where people flourish

00:56 What you'll learn in today's conversation

01:30 How leaders take care of themselves while supporting others

02:22 Finding activities that genuinely restore your energy

03:43 The oxygen mask lesson every leader needs

04:56 Why wellness must be intentional

05:20 The "check engine light" analogy for burnout

06:05 Why workplace wellness isn't optional

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