Jarik E. Conrad

Jarik E. Conrad Speaking Topics

• Burnout to Brilliance: Unleashing Vitality and Resilience Through Emotional Intelligence and Lifestyle Medicine

  In this heartfelt and transformative session, Dr. Jarik E. Conrad shares a deeply personal journey of loss—having experienced the passing of his parents and siblings due to chronic health conditions—and how that profound experience sparked a commitment to personal transformation. By embracing meaningful lifestyle changes, he successfully improved his own health metrics without relying on medication or “miracle” supplements. Through this powerful narrative, the session creates a meaningful connection with audience members who may have faced similar losses or are currently navigating their own health challenges.

  The session will delve into the root causes of confusion surrounding healthy lifestyle choices and the common barriers that prevent individuals from achieving their goals, even when they know what steps to take. Attendees will be introduced to an innovative framework that combines emotional intelligence with lifestyle medicine to simplify decision-making and empower positive, sustainable change.

  Key Objectives:

  • Analyzing Global and Local Health Challenges: Examine the underlying factors and impacts of prevalent health concerns worldwide and within the United States.
  • Introducing Dr. Conrad’s CORE™ Framework: Discover an innovative model for navigating change and fostering personal growth.
  • Enhancing Holistic Health and Resilience: Emphasize the vital role of emotional intelligence in embedding evidence-based lifestyle medicine into everyday habits for improved overall wellbeing.

• The Power of Organizational Plasticity TM : Cultivating Resilience, Agility, and Strategic Growth in Uncertain and Complex Times.

  The modern world is relentless in its pace of change. With information flowing faster than ever—often inaccurate, emotionally charged, or overwhelming—individuals and organizations face significant challenges in maintaining clarity, resilience, and sound decision-making. This toxic environment can manifest in employee burnout, disengagement, and organizational instability.

  Navigating this chaotic landscape demands breaking old habits, overcoming resistance, and managing uncertainty—all while balancing daily operations and long-term growth. To thrive, organizations must embrace both employee and organizational emotional intelligence as strategic assets.

  Key Objectives:

  • Employee Engagement: Demonstrate how Dr. Conrad’s 5P’s TM of Performance model can be used to foster high employee engagement, increased discretionary effort, and improved productivity.
  • Emotional Intelligence: Deepen their understanding of the key components of individual emotional intelligence–self-perception, self-expression, interpersonal skills, decision making, and stress management—and how they influence individual performance.
  • Cultural Transformation: Explore how to use organizational emotional intelligence to shape a workplace culture that fuels innovation, collaboration, and sustained success.

The Overlooked Organizational Risk: Why Workforce Well-Being is Now a Strategic Imperative

Declining employee health poses a critical strategic risk to organizations, much like cyber threats, as it undermines productivity, resilience, and long-term stability. Just as vulnerabilities in cybersecurity expose companies to financial and reputational damage, widespread health issues—such as chronic stress, burnout, and lifestyle-related illnesses—erode workforce performance and engagement. Poor employee well-being leads to higher absenteeism, increased healthcare costs, and diminished innovation, weakening an organization’s competitive edge.

Without proactive investment in employee health and well-being, businesses face operational disruptions, talent attrition, and declining morale—threats that can ripple through the organization, jeopardizing growth and sustainability in an increasingly complex world. Prioritizing employee health can no longer just an HR initiative–it must be embraced as a strategic imperative for organizational survival. However, to drive real impact, these initiatives must move beyond conventional corporate wellness programs, embracing innovative approaches that deliver meaningful and lasting results.

Key Takeaways:

• Global and Local Health Challenges: Examine the underlying factors and impacts of prevalent health concerns worldwide and within the United States.
• The 5P’s™ Performance Model: Learn the formula for enhanced employee engagement, increased discretionary effort, and improved productivity.
• Whole Person Approach: Experience a groundbreaking strategy that integrates emotional intelligence with lifestyle medicine, seamlessly transforming knowledge into action for lasting, meaningful change.

HR for HR: Putting Your Mask on First

The roles and responsibilities of human resources professionals are becoming increasingly difficult and complex. HR teams tackle persistent talent shortages, increasing employee disengagement and burnout, growing uncertainty around DEI programs, and seemingly endless compliance and regulatory concerns—all while trying to build and maintain a positive organizational culture. In the hustle to meet heightened demands, HR professionals often neglect their own wellbeing, resulting in higher rates of stress, anxiety, and depression than the employees they serve.

During this session, Dr. Conrad will utilize the synergistic power of emotional intelligence and lifestyle medicine to equip HR professionals with the knowledge, strategies, and practical tools needed to effectively navigate their challenging roles while prioritizing and maintaining their own wellbeing.

Key Objectives:

• Understanding Health Trends: Detail the causes and consequences of the distressing health and wellness trends impacting HR professionals.
• Achieving Wellbeing and Building Resilience: Outline why emotional intelligence is essential for integrating evidence-based lifestyle medicine practices into daily routines to enhance holistic health.
• Cultural Transformation: Demonstrate how HR professionals can foster a culture of wellbeing to boost employee engagement and high performance.

Target Audience:

This session is designed for CHROs, CDOs and DEI staff, HR Directors and Managers, payroll professionals, corporate wellness staff, and anyone in HR committed to enhancing their personal wellbeing and professional effectiveness.

Executive Wellbeing: Putting Your Mask on First

The role of C-suite executives and business owners is becoming increasingly demanding and complex. These leaders face persisting talent shortages, increasing employee disengagement, and the constant pressure to drive organizational success—all while trying to navigate economic uncertainties and global market shifts. These heightened demands have taken a significant toll on executives, contributing to higher rates of stress, burnout, and overall health challenges.

This thought-provoking, interactive session delves into the combined power of emotional intelligence and lifestyle medicine to help C-suite executives and business owners prioritize self- care, build resilience, and enhance their personal and professional impact.

Key Objectives:

• Understanding Health Trends: Detail the causes and consequences of the distressing health and wellness trends impacting executives and business owners.
• Achieving Wellbeing and Building Resilience: Outline why emotional intelligence is essential for integrating evidence-based lifestyle changes into daily routines to enhance holistic health across seven dimensions.
• Cultural Transformation: Demonstrate how executives can foster a culture of wellbeing to boost employee engagement, high performance, and organizational success.

Target Audience:

This session is designed for CEOs, CFOs, COOs, business owners, and anyone in leadership roles committed to enhancing their personal wellbeing and professional effectiveness.

Healthcare for Healthcare Professionals: Putting Your Mask on First

The role of healthcare professionals is becoming increasingly challenging and complex. Healthcare teams grapple with persisting staff shortages, increasing patient loads, and growing uncertainty around healthcare policies—all while striving to provide exceptional patient care. These heightened demands have taken a significant toll on healthcare professionals, contributing to even higher rates of stress, anxiety, and burnout than the general population they serve.

This thought-provoking, interactive session dives deep into the combined power of emotional intelligence and lifestyle medicine to help healthcare professionals prioritize self-care, build resilience, and boost personal and professional impact.

Key Objectives:

• Understanding Health Trends: Detail the causes and consequences of the distressing health and wellness trends impacting healthcare professionals.
• Achieving Wellbeing and Building Resilience: Outline why emotional intelligence is essential for integrating evidence-based lifestyle changes into daily routines to enhance holistic health across seven dimensions.
• Cultural Transformation: Demonstrate how healthcare professionals can foster a culture of wellbeing to boost team cohesion and high performance.

Target Audience:

This session is designed for doctors, nurses, allied health professionals, and anyone in the healthcare field committed to enhancing their personal wellbeing and professional effectiveness.