Burn Bright Not Out

Time: Thursday Oct 3rd from 1:15PM to 2:45PM

Location: Riverview Room

Speaker(s): Mark Mulcahy and Carolee Colter


We sell the best food on the planet. We get to live our values through our work.

We’re committed to doing the best job possible and yet we can feel burdened with the weight of all our obligations and responsibilities to where the vision and motivation that led us into our work begins to fade and the feeling of burnout can become a regular part of our daily work life. Sound familiar as you’re reading this while eating lunch at your desk?

Come spend time with Mark Mulcahy and Carolee Colter in a fun and interactive session to tackle the causes and create solutions to job fatigue that will allow you to burn bright for a long, long time.

BIO:
Mark Mulcahy is the founder and owner of Organic Options, which provides transformative leadership and consulting services for natural and organic food retailers, businesses, farms,
and cafes. An award-winning consultant, educator, mentor, and organic advocate, he has spent more than 35 years in the organic produce industry-leading, guiding and inspiring others to their fullest potential.

Mark is well known for his creative merchandising, effective training techniques, unique and creative approaches to leadership, successful sales growth and promotion strategies, as well as his deep-seated passion for produce and dedication to sustainable agriculture.
He is a prominent speaker at major natural and organic food events and a regular columnist for several industry magazines and websites including the Provender journal.

BIO:
Carolee Colter has been consulting for co-ops and independents in the natural foods industry for over 30 years. She’s been leading workshops at Provender for most of those years. As the leader of the HR Team of Columinate, she has surveyed thousands of employees in our industry and uses that data in her work to help make her clients the workplaces of choice in their communities.