Welcome to When wellbeing Becomes a Team Sport™, the podcast of Koi Coaching & Consulting that explores how leaders, teams, and organizations can create the conditions for people to thrive-together.

Hosted by Kristen Lessig-Schenerlein, Executive Coach, Wellbeing Strategist, and Founder of Koi Coaching & Consulting, this podcast bridges the worlds of leadership, positive psychology, organizational performance, and workplace wellbeing. Through thought-provoking reflections, practical strategies, and evidence-based insights, each episode challenges the belief that wellbeing is solely an individual responsibility and introduces a more sustainable path forward: Co-Care®.

In today's rapidly changing world of work, organizations need more than resilient individuals. They need cultures, systems, and leadership practices that help people feel valued, supported, connected, and empowered to do their best work. This podcast explores how to build those environments.

Whether you're a CEO, manager, HR professional, board member, entrepreneur, educator, or someone passionate about creating thriving workplaces and communities, you'll find actionable ideas and meaningful conversations designed to help you lead with greater intention and impact.

What You'll Discover

• The science of wellbeing, resilience, and human flourishing

• Leadership practices that strengthen trust, engagement, and performance

• The Co-Care® Framework and how shared responsibility fuels sustainable success

• Strategies for preventing burnout and creating thriving cultures

• Insights from researchers, leaders, and practitioners making a difference

• Practical tools you can immediately apply in your workplace and life

Featured Topics

• Strategic Wellbeing: Moving from reactive wellness initiatives to intentional culture design

• Co-Creation: Building shared ownership, trust, and accountability

• Opportunities Thinking: Shifting from problem-focused to possibility-focused leadership

• Connection: Strengthening relationships, belonging, and High-Quality Connections

• Awareness: Leveraging strengths, mindfulness, and self-awareness to lead effectively

• Resilience: Building Psychological Capital through Hope, Efficacy, Resilience, and Optimism (HERO)

• Positive Emotions: Harnessing the broaden-and-build effect to fuel performance and wellbeing

• Co-Care® Agreements: Creating the conditions for sustainable success together

• Wellbeing as a Team Sport: Turning individual practices into collective culture

• A Mindful Approach to Leadership

• Onboarding for Connection and Belonging