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FIVE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS FOR CYBER WORKFORCE WELLNESS

 

ABSTRACT

In a typical organization and especially in government agencies, the resources, tools, technologies, and funding allocated to cyber professionals are minimal at best. They are often asked to do a lot with very little and expected to resolve an organization’s cyber issues as a standalone entity, even though they are often embedded deep in the IT realm of the organization. Additionally, the IT operations staff are also perpetually in a state of burnout, as they must meet the expectations of their CIO for operations, but also try and meet the security requirements put forth by the cyber department. Eventually, the state of burnout is perpetuated across the organization, with no sign of light at the end of the tunnel (or should we say marathon). Discover the five essential elements for workforce wellness that are crucial to factor in for Cyber and Technology leaders as well in this article that will greatly help in fostering a people focused approach to Cyber and to organizations.

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Jothi Dugar

Jothi Dugar is changing the world by bringing modernized transformational leadership programs to the corporate setting that combine mental fitness, energy psychology, body hacking, performance science, neuroscience, and behavioral psychology and much more using simple and effective techniques that can be done anywhere, anytime, to increase performance, happiness, relationships, and resilience of leaders and their teams. By learning how to harness the power of chaos, corporate leaders and their teams are able to 10x their lives and become authentic and powerful leaders of themselves and others that they serve. Jothi is a leading Cybersecurity Executive who knows what it’s like to be the only female executive in the room for over 25 years. She is a catalyst for change, inspiring transformational leadership as a Holistic wellness specialist and coach, author, international public speaker, and a mom of three.  Jothi embodies the duality of merging of the eastern world of wellness with the western world of corporate leadership.  She is passionate about empowering people to take charge of their minds, their lives, and their health.

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