Adrienne Mead, MSOD, ACC

Make Your Meetings More Active

  • Include items on your meeting agenda that require participants to get out of their seats (breakout groups, stand and write ideas on an easel).
  • Choose movement friendly meeting locations (walkable neighborhoods, on-site gym, nearby park).
  • Hire a professional instructor (pilates, yoga, tai chi, stretching, Zumba) to lead a class before or during the meeting.
  • Point out the stairs and encourage attendees to use them. Consider including the location of stairs in meeting directions or putting arrows to the stairs in front of elevators.
  • Organize a group walk early in the morning, during a break or before/after dinner.
  • Consider incorporating standing ovations after each speaker to encourage participants to stand and stretch.

Standing Breaks

  • At least once an hour, participants should be encouraged to stand up to improve blood circulation, boost metabolism, and relieve physical discomfort from sitting for prolonged periods of time.
  • Announce that it is fine to stand up and move around, as needed. If possible, provide raised tables for those electing to stand during the meeting.

Stretch Breaks

  • Stretch breaks help participants wake up their bodies and minds.
  • Encourage people to stand up and stretch in place.
  • Try playing a Healthy UC Davis WakeBreak video! These instructor-led stretch videos range from 4 to 15 minutes. 

Breathing Exercise

  • Focused breathing is an energizing activity that can help relax and clear your mind. Simply inhale for four seconds, hold it for seven seconds, and exhale for eight seconds.

Suggested Activity Agendas

LENGTH OF MEETINGSTANDING BREAKSTRETCH BREAKSBREATHING BREAKSMOVEMENT BREAKSWALKING BREAKS
50 - 60 minx x  
2 - 4 hoursxxxx 
All Dayxxxxx
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Senior Organizational Development Consultant, UC Davis Health

  • Learning & Organizational Development

Adrienne Mead is a Senior Organizational Development Consultant. Her career has been at the intersection of Organization Development, Learning, Change, and Human Resources. Adrienne uses this combined perspective to help teams and organizations achieve their desired results and realities. Adrienne has special interest and expertise in building high performing teams, consulting on strategic change, leadership effectiveness, and developing organizational culture.

Adrienne has served in leadership and internal consulting roles with various organizations and industries over 17 years, including Stanford Healthcare, Stanford Children’s Health, El Camino Hospital, and Underwriter’s Laboratories. Her career journey enables her to bring a wide variety of perspectives to support the complex challenges that leaders and organizations face. 

Adrienne holds a M.S. in Organization Development from the University of San Francisco. She is an Associate Credentialed Coach with the International Coaching Federation (ICF), as well as a certified Strengths Coach with Gallup CliftonStrengths. Adrienne completed her coach training at Fielding Graduate University, where she earned a graduate-level certificate in Evidence-Based Coaching. 

Adrienne brings a number of professional certifications to UC Davis, including Grove Strategic Visioning and Team Performance, Prosci Change Practitioner, Crucial Learning, MBTI and DiSC instruments, Peter Block’s Flawless Consulting, Appreciative Inquiry, and Lego Serious Play facilitation.

Adrienne was born in Sacramento and raised in Citrus Heights, and is excited to be working for UC Davis, contributing to the communities of Sacramento. Friends describe Adrienne as active, energetic, easygoing, thoughtful, and caring. She is happiest when she is learning, creating, and helping. She is best at brainstorming, innovating, and problem-solving. 

Clifton Strengths Top 5: Futuristic, Ideation, Input, Intellection and Learner

MBTI: Introverted, Intuition, Feeling and Perceiving

DiSC: Steadiness - Conscientiousness

Education and Degree(s)
  • MS Organizational Development, ACC