Workplace Wellness and Team Building Workshops in Metro Vancouver
Help your team beat burnout and reconnect with its purpose.
When a team loses sight of why it exists, the problems pile up fast. Burnout. Low motivation. People pulling in different directions. At Happiness Management Society, we help teams across Metro Vancouver and the Lower Mainland step back, reconnect with their purpose, and watch many of those problems ease once everyone is working toward the same thing.
The idea is simple. Living it takes patience, and that is what makes it worth doing.
A Positive Psychology Approach to Team Wellbeing
Most workplace programs go straight to the immediate problem. We look further, at what your team actually wants to build together. Stephen’s philosophy comes from his TEDx talk,Manage Your Happiness, Not Your Anger: anger management teaches you to put out fires, and Happiness Management teaches you how to stop starting them.
At work, that looks like helping people build on their strengths, care for their mental wellbeing, and support each other through the hard stretches. Stephen’s belief is straightforward. Improve your mental wellbeing and you become a better worker, because success is a team sport.
Workplace Wellness Programs for Teams and Organizations
Team Building Days and Half-Day Workshops
Practical positive psychology sessions that help teams reconnect with their purpose and with each other. Each session is built around real conversations about how your team works today.
Stephen has led half-day team sessions as part of workplace wellness campaigns, and he brings a view from every level of an organization, having worked as a counsellor, shop steward, manager, and senior manager.
Mental Wellbeing Keynotes and Lunch-and-Learns
Introduce Happiness Management to your organization with a keynote or lunch-and-learn on mental wellbeing at work. The ideas from his TEDx talk, shaped around your team, your industry, and the season you are in. Popular topics include:
- Happiness Management vs. anger management
- Practical positive psychology skills for everyday life
- Mental wellbeing for professionals and workplaces
- How to train your brain to improve your mental wellbeing
- Does money bring you happiness?
Leadership and Management Sessions
Support for leaders who carry the weight of everyone else's wellbeing.
Stephen spent five years as the Director responsible for in-house training at a large not-for-profit organization, and he currently serves as a shop steward through a charity merger. He understands the pressures on both sides of the table.
Team Coaching Through Change
Ongoing support for teams moving through a demanding stretch: a merger, a new mandate, a difficult season.
Someone steady to walk beside you while your team finds its footing.
Burnout Prevention and the Results Teams Work Toward
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A Clearer Sense of Purpose
Everyone knows why the team exists and what they are working toward.
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Stronger Employee Retention
People stay when they feel connected to their work and to each other.
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Lower Burnout
Teams that support each other share the load more evenly.
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More Honest Conversations
Difficult discussions happen early, before they turn into crises.
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Managers Who Build Cohesive Teams
Bringing out the best in people sounds simple. Stephen helps managers create the conditions where a strength-based approach can take root.
Experience That Builds Trust
Stephen Quinlan is a Registered Social Worker with more than 35 years of experience in England, Scotland, and British Columbia, and the creator of the TEDx talk Manage Your Happiness, Not Your Anger. He has shared his approach to mental wellbeing on podcasts including The Pulse of Addiction and Empowered Movement..
- 35+
- Years in social work
- 5
- Years directing training
- TEDx
- Speaker
- Nearly ten years running weekly Happiness Management sessions for people managing addiction. Regular attendees report higher happiness over time.
- Five years as Director responsible for in-house training at a large not-for-profit organization.
- Facilitator of workshops that help people strengthen their mental wellbeing and happiness.
- Leader of half-day team sessions as part of workplace wellness campaigns.
- As lead shop steward, brought the non-unionized half of his agency into the union. Patient work that earned trust across a long-standing divide.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you offer workplace wellness workshops outside Maple Ridge?
Yes. Stephen works with teams across Metro Vancouver and the Lower Mainland, including Vancouver, Burnaby, Surrey, Coquitlam, Langley, and Richmond.
Virtual sessions are also available for teams elsewhere in BC and across Canada.
How long is a typical team session?
Half-day sessions are the most common format, and full team days are available for deeper work. Keynotes and lunch-and-learns run 45 to 60 minutes, so they fit easily into a regular workday.
What is positive psychology in the workplace?
Positive psychology is the study of what helps people and groups thrive. In the workplace, it means building on strengths, purpose, and connection so teams feel better and work better together.
Can a workshop help with team burnout?
Yes. Stephen's sessions help teams name what is wearing them down, reconnect with their shared purpose, and build habits of support that spread the load more evenly.
How do we get started?
Email steve@happinessmanagement.ca to set up a short call. You will talk through what your team is facing and whether a workshop, keynote, or coaching is the best fit.
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