Leading Your Business Into 2025: Navigating the Economy, Public Policy and Worker Mental Health

Are you ready to lead your organization into 2025? Amid ongoing change, equip yourself with the insights and strategies to lead your business, advise your clients and customers, and take care of your employees in 2025. This half-day educational symposium, open to business, nonprofit and public sector professionals, explore economic and public policy trends, as well as insights into employee mental health, wellness and workers compensation.  

Session 1: Leading Your Organization into 2025: Making Sense of the U.S. Economy and the 2024 Elections 

What do higher interest rates, complex labor force dynamics and evolving geopolitical risks mean for your business and your customers? What pressing challenges will Congress and the White House face in 2025? Drawing on her extensive experience as an economist on Capitol Hill and an analyst on Wall Street, Joan Woodward shared her economic, public policy and political outlook in this data-driven, analytical and nonpartisan presentation. Woodward, who currently serves as Executive Vice President for Public Policy at Travelers, also explored how the 2024 U.S. elections may impact insurance, tax policy and the broader economy. 

Session 2: Creating Your Action Plan: Prioritizing Worker Mental Health 

What’s your approach to addressing your workers’ mental health? From stress and burnout to substance abuse disorders, this session addressed the state of worker mental health and provided a framework for understanding mental health as a continuum. Speakers shared their perspectives on how organizations can proactively work to understand what resources are needed within their organizations to address mental health and how best to connect employees to those resources. They also discussed the latest trends in workers compensation programs and how they fit into the larger picture of employee well-being. Be part of the conversation as we lay the groundwork, get practical and work together to raise awareness and create a plan to address mental health.