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Integral Wellness Group
Integral Wellness Group
In 2005 The Integral Wellness Group (IWG) was established — focused on providing management and integration (M&I) consulting — to address health and wellness related extinction-level issues, high-leverage, and/or high-impact problems such as global climate change, pandemics, warfare, famine, potable water shortage, aging populations, energy crises, ecosystem degradation, pollution, etc.
IWG efforts provoke profound shifts in individual and organizational consciousness -- where "Consciousness" is the awareness, assumptions, and beliefs that people use (knowingly or unknowingly), that shape what and how they think, say, and do in our relationships with themselves, others, and the world around them. Albert Einstein said that “You cannot solve a problem at the same level it was created. You have to go to a higher level.” At the IWG, we translate and understand Einstein’s wisdom to mean: You cannot solve a problem at the same level of consciousness that created it. You have to go to a higher level of consciousness and transform it. We have been exploring opportunities for investigating and discovering the benefits of implementing consciousness-oriented healthcare strategies based on individual (personal) and collective (community) awareness and responsibility. For our part, we use a whole-systems design and whole-person approach to optimize wellness through prevention and intervention. Our hypothesis is that we can positively impact health and wellness measures and metrics by leveraging our insights and processes. The results of such investigations are intended to measure the effectiveness (or ineffectiveness) of comprehensive integral wellness approaches. Our work is framed around principles of a "Health Resource Optimization" paradigm:
IWG has addressed four target areas for “Health Resource Optimization”:
IWG INITIATIVES Public Health Activities Establish opportunities to collaborate with healthcare Stakeholders (consumers-patients, employers, taxpayers, government, insurers, and healthcare service providers) to promote Integral Wellness practices as a means of monitoring, researching, and improving public health. Center-Clinics-Support Groups-Community To provide:
Integral Wellness Programs Establish well-crafted and comprehensive “wellness programs” that: offer an effective means of increasing overall wellness in individuals and populations; manage healthcare costs; and increase happiness and productivity. Target the programs at individuals, groups, organizations, and communities. INTEGRAL WELLNESS GROUP — PARTNERS The Integral Wellness Group (IWG) consists of four founding partners: Candi S. Foon (Chief Operating Officer) Ms. Foon is an operations manager specializing in the design, management, and delivery of programs that improve the: quality of life, personal lifestyle practices, relationships, and business processes of individuals, organizations, and communities — through the skillful integration of educational health, fitness, wellness, and leadership practices. Her objective is to optimize individual and organization value and performance. Her mission is to increase the capacity for health and wellness in individuals and collectives. And her performance target is to increase overall effectiveness, productivity, leadership capacity, and well being of individuals and collectives. She has over 20 years combined corporate and entrepreneurial business experience in management, sales, and administration; with over 20 years teaching experience in the fitness and wellness industries — offering private consultation, classes, workshops, retreats, organizational consulting & group facilitation to the staff of organizations such as Seattle’s Best Coffee, Seattle Center Foundation, Seattle Parks & Recreation, Pemco Insurance, and "T-Mobile". She also has over 25 years volunteer experience, and 30 years as a spiritual practitioner. Ms. Foon has a Master of Science degree in Management; a Bachelor of Science degree in Business & Economics; and over 1500 + hours Professional Training / Certificates of Completion: Health & Wellness; Community Capacity Building Experience. She is a graduate of the United Way’s Project LEAD Program. Mark R. Jones (Chief Executive Officer) Mr. Jones is a “Strategic Thinking Partner” and Master “Systems Architect” specializing in the optimization of individual and organization value, performance, and contribution to increase: social and economic effectiveness and efficiency (Non-Profits | Government); and/or social and economic profit leveraging {IPO | LBO | M&A | etc. (For-Profits)} — through integral leadership; generative and healthy organizations and communities; informatics, and institutionalized business and political savvy. He has over twenty-five years full time professional experience, including five years full time experience serving at a senior executive level, and six years serving in senior management positions — leading information technology, information systems, and technology innovation, and business optimization efforts for multi-national corporations and with the U.S. government. He has achieved over a billion dollars in cost savings, cost avoidance, and revenue generation. He has managed organizations with annual budgets of $100M or greater. He has twenty years experience serving in leadership capacities in elected and/or appointed positions. Mr. Jones has been a spiritual practitioner for over forty years, and a spiritual teacher for over thirty years. Mr. Jones has a Master of Science degree in Management; a Bachelor of Arts degree in Systems Analysis; over 2500 hours technical, management, executive, and community capacity-building training. He is a graduate and Past Chair of United Way’s Project LEAD Program. Michael Lindfield (Chief Practice Officer) Michael Lindfield is a highly regarded organization development consultant and coach, with over 30 years of international experience in helping individuals and organizations unleash the creativity of the human spirit to meet the needs of our times. He learned his craft from a broad range of experiences that include: a 14 year residency as Director of Education at the Findhorn Community in Scotland (an international community in northern Scotland committed to building a viable society through applying shared core values in daily activities); small-scale organic farming in western Sweden; conducting seminars and presenting at conferences around the world and as a senior consultant with Boeing from 1989-2005 responsible for introducing innovative methods for large-scale change of the business and people systems, coaching individuals and teams in ‘breakthrough’ and ‘systems thinking’ and by generally assisting clients in creating the ‘right cultural conditions for success’ - from both a business and people perspective. Michael is author of ‘The Dance of Change: an "Eco-Spiritual" Approach to Transformation’ (Penguin Books 1986) and numerous articles featured in psychology, education and business journals. Mark Yeoell (Chief Personal Dev. Officer) Deeply understanding the import of Albert Einstein’s famous quote, “"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them,” Mr. Yeoell has spent the past 35 years exploring the practical application of the development of his own and other people’s consciousness as a key to breakthrough personal and team performance. During his 30 year career in business, wellness, and personal and organizational development -- he has used his increasing understanding of human capacity, limitations and dynamics to:
Mr. Yeoell is concurrently the CEO of Global Integrity Leadership Group -- focused on the transformation of leadership consciousness as a direct route to increased Personal and Organizational Effectiveness. He is a High Performance Team Builder, Change Agent and an able Leadership Coach. He works with an array of global, regional and local Executives and organizations from three continents (North America, South America and Europe). Mr. Yeoell has a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) in Business Studies granted by London University; and has received the following training: Martial Arts, Meditation, Certification in ‘The Leadership Circle’ 360 Assessment Tool and Leadership Circle Programs Facilitator, Adizes Management Methodology (Conceptual Foundations, Integrators Training), Contegrity Corporate Development Trainings, Public Speaking, Certified Kripalu Yoga.
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