Equipping frontline leaders to support team member wellbeing – L. Casey Chosewood, MD

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Episode 84 | Duration: 28:09

L. Casey Chosewood, MD, MPH, is currently the Associate Director for StrategicPriorities, and Director of the Office for Total Worker Health® at the NationalInstitute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). In this role, he promotesthe protection and improvement of the safety, health and wellbeing of workersthrough research, intervention development and partnerships. Dr. Chosewoodcoordinates the worker wellbeing, mental health and substance use disorderprevention portfolios of the Institute. He also co-leads the NIOSH cross-sectordedicated to Healthy Work Design and Wellbeing. From 2004 to 2009, he was theDirector of the CDC Office of Health and Safety, which served the 15,000members of the CDC workforce. Previous work included serving as the MedicalDirector of CDC’s three occupational health clinics and as the Medical Directorof the tech manufacturing company Lucent Technologies.

In this episode of Caring Greatly, Dr. Chosewood talks about the critical role frontline leaders play in.supporting team member safety and wellbeing. He delves into how frontlineleaders play a role in the three P’s of total worker health – policies,programs and practices – both influencing their creation and overseeing theirimplementation. He talks about how frontline leaders are essential tominimizing work stress and supporting team members because they controlschedules, the pace of work and how much control and flexibility team membershave in daily work. Dr. Chosewood also shares the critical role of frontlineleaders in supporting inclusion, belonging and trust, essential factors inworkplace safety and wellbeing. He also shares measurements that frontline andsenior leaders can use to gauge workplace wellbeing

Links related to Dr. Chosewood's podcast episode:

• NIOSH Impact Wellbeing™ homepage
• NIOSH WellBQ worker wellbeing guide
• NIOSH Total Worker Health® homepage