Less Stress, More Joy ~ with Amy Leneker (September 16, 2026)

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:00:00 GMT

Less Stress, More Joy

New Rescheduled date for this Lunch and Learn!

with Amy Leneker, Author of Cheers to Monday: The Surprisingly Simple Method to Lead and Live with Less Stress and More Joy

Less Stress, More Joy is a transformative and energizing workshop based on Amy Leneker’s book, Cheers to Monday: The Surprisingly Simple Method to Lead & Live with Less Stress & More Joy (Wiley, 2026). This workshop is typically a half-day or full day training, so we are thrilled that Amy is offering this special 1 hour lunch and learn session for PNODN!

Drawing on insights from her national research study, The State of Stress & Joy at Work, Amy reveals why the common advice about stress isn’t working and what leaders, teams, and organizations can do instead.

Participants leave with a practical framework they can use immediately to stop operating on autopilot, respond more intentionally to stress, and approach their work with greater clarity, energy, and joy.

What You'll Learn From This Session

Understand what’s really driving stress at work today. Insights from Amy’s national research reveal the most common sources of stress at work and why traditional approaches to managing stress are often making it worse.

Learn The Un-Stressing Method™. Practice Amy’s simple, science-backed three-step method for reducing stress and increasing joy at work. In a 2026 study, 96 percent of American workers said The Un-Stressing Method™ helped them better understand and manage their stress.

Discover the five biggest drivers of joy at work. Explore why joy isn’t a “nice to have,” but a powerful catalyst for decision-making, creativity, and performance.

Join us for this enlivening presentation with Amy Leneker! Please note that this event will NOT be recorded. Catch it live!!

About Our Speaker:

Amy Leneker is an optimistic, joy-seeking, recovering workaholic. She's also a leadership consultant with over 25 years of leadership experience, including a decade in the C-suite, who has helped over 100,000 leaders, teams and organizations (from Fortune 100 companies to the public sector) thrive at work through keynotes, coaching and training, centered on less stress and more joy.

A first-generation college student, Amy earned both her undergraduate and graduate degrees while working full-time and later raising a family. She has studied leadership at Yale, neuroscience at the NeuroLeadership Institute, and stress resilience at Harvard Medical School.

Amy has appeared in Forbes, Katie Couric Media Inc., CEOWORLD Magazine, and other prestigious outlets. She is a regular contributor to Fast Company and the author of the national research study, The State of Stress and Joy at Work (2026). Cheers to Monday is her first book and was an instant national bestseller, debuting as the #1 bestselling business book on the USA Today bestseller list and in the top 10 on the Publisher's Weekly bestsellers list.

She and her family make their home in the Pacific Northwest.

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Neuroinclusive Organization Design ~ with Marissa Mosunich (September 25, 2026)

Fri, 25 Sep 2026 18:00:00 GMT

Neuroinclusive Organization Design

with Marissa Mosunich

~Lunch and Learn ~

Overview

Neurodiversity describes the natural variation in human cognition. More and more, organizations are adopting and working with this concept, one that Marissa believes is deeply aligned with the work that Organizational Development practitioners do, with its implications for both social justice and organizational effectiveness.

Through this workshop, participants will explore how organizational design can better account for cognitive diversity through structure, mindset, process, leadership strategy, and culture.

Participants will find that these areas are ripe with opportunities to make organizations more just and more effective.

Session Objectives

Participants will:

Understand key concepts of neurodiversity and neuroinclusion in organizational contexts
Identify practical design elements for more neuroinclusive systems (e.g., role design, communication norms, process clarity, team composition, policies)
Brainstorm ways that Organizational Development supports neuroinclusion through the lens of organizational design elements
Identify ways that they, as practitioners, can leverage their existing tools and skills to more consciously promote neuroinclusion in organizations
Walk away with a shared vision for how organizational development can support (and already supports) neuroinclusion in organizations!

Key Design Principles Explored: Structure, Power/Rewards, People/Culture, Process, Strategy

Your Facilitator:

Marissa Mosunich is a seasoned operations professional with experience in manufacturing, consulting, and the nonprofit sector. With her company, Operate Well, Marissa helps individuals and teams find clarity, flow, and alignment in their work while supporting neurodivergent workers. She brings a unique blend of facilitation skills, operational design experience, and Organizational Development values, shaped by her lived experience as a neurodivergent employee, leader, and student. She holds a master’s degree in Organizational Development and Leadership from Fielding Graduate University and a master’s degree in Industrial Engineering from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

AGENDA:

10:45am - 11:00am: Join meeting
11:00am - 11:45pm: Presentation
11:45am - 12:45pm: Breakout Groups on Key Design Principles
12:45pm - 1:00pm: Synthesize Shared Findings

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