Episode 6 - Wellness at the Helm: Leading with Vitality with Julia Schowerer and Renee Moorefield

In this episode of Conscious Insights, Renelle Everett Darr engages with Renee Moorfield and Julia Schworer to explore the significance of wellbeing in leadership and corporate culture. They discuss the innate capacity for individuals to thrive, the importance of servant leadership, and how organizations can implement wellbeing initiatives to foster a healthier, more productive, connected, and innovative work environment. Through a case study of Barilla's initiatives they highlight the transformative power of prioritizing employee wellbeing and the ripple effect it can have on organizational success.

 

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About Our Guests

 

Julia Schworer is President, Global Bakery at Barilla Group. After several years of international career in L’Oréal (in Germany, France, Italy) Julia joined Barilla Group in 2005 and over the years has worked in different marketing roles. Between 2012 and 2023 she has successfully developed and grown Mulino Bianco, a 1 bn€ + bakery brand in Europe. In 2024, Julia moved to the new international headquarter of Barilla in Amsterdam as President Global Bakery, a business composed of 10 brands and 8 categories (2 bn€). Julia leads a team of 55 people worldwide. Julia has a particular passion for Innovation and Leadership transformation and loves to learn and develop. Julia is married and has two little girls, and she loves travelling. Discovery, Empathy and Intuition are key values for her.

Renee Moorefield, PhD, MCC, is CEO of Wisdom Works, a social enterprise working with global companies to bring the science and practices of human thriving to life in their work cultures, brands, and leadership—and make thriving a new standard of success. She is also Executive Director of Be Well Lead Well®, a science-based platform of assessments, culture change resources, strategic advisory services, and education for the development of healthier, more effective leadership. Renee is on the Advisory Board for the wellness nonprofit, Global Wellness Institute and the Program Advisory Board for the mental health nonprofit, John W. Brick Foundation. For over three decades, Renee has provided thought leadership and state-of-the-art resources to fuel a global movement of leaders who make thriving a priority at work, at home, and in all walks of society.

Episode Takeaways:

• How Autopilot Keeps Us in Survival Mode - Why many people live in struggle and fear, even though we are wired to thrive and be joyful, and how to break free from autopilot. 

• Why invest in wellbeing and conscious leadership? Julia explains that wellbeing is fundamental to transformation and key to achieving innovative results. She also describes how her team’s commitment to wellbeing became contagious, spreading throughout the organization. 

• How to integrate wellbeing and conscious leadership into your workplace - Renee discusses how to embed this way of operating into your organizational culture. She explains how shifting from a reactive, problem-focused approach to a creative, potential-focused one can transform your organization, helping it navigate and thrive amid environmental uncertainties.