About me
My name is Steve Williams, and I am the Site Support Administrator for Wellness Together, a non-profit organization that provides mental health services to school children, families, and adults primarily in California, but also serving students in New York. I am a lifelong public-school employee with 16 years as a Physical Education & Special Education Teacher, Counselor, and Boys Varsity Basketball Coach at Grant High School in Sacramento, California, and 28 years as a Counselor & Administrator (site & District) in the Roseville Joint Union High School District in Roseville, California. My colleague (Andrea Zimmerman) and I have a deep-seeded passion for providing leadership training to school administrators, Athletic Directors & Coaches, department chairs, mental health providers, AAU & non-profit organization leaders, and leaders in other businesses & organizations. We are honored to be selected as presenters again this September at the 7th Annual Student Mental Wellness Conference in Anaheim, California. Our professional development training is titled: “Maintaining Wellness Through Effective Leadership 2.0”, a fast-paced session geared to helping leaders of any organization navigate the challenges of being in a leadership role. Effective leaders are able to address difficult issues and resolve problems in the initial stages to help individuals and organizations maintain a positive work culture and provide necessary support, encouragement, and treatment to those involved. Join us to learn strategies and practical tools that will improve your leadership style, helping you build trust & collaboration, while creating a sense of safety. Specifically, participants will receive professional development training related to: Work on Me First, Being the Message, Run-to-the-Fire, Controlling Our Emotions, Don't Make It Worse, Improving Communication, Delivering Bad News, and Managing/Resolving Conflict. Andrea and I look forward to meeting you and working with you at this outstanding conference.