Building Well-Being Champions to Address Work-unit Factors of Burnout: Scholars of Wellness

To foster sustained improvements in clinician well-being, health care organizations must prioritize systemic changes. Overcoming barriers to transformation within large health systems requires training distributed leaders—both formally designated and informally recognized—in the principles of organizational well-being, process improvement, and change management. Effective training initiatives should extend beyond assessing knowledge to including ongoing evaluations of impact after program completion. This article reviews the current evidence supporting well-being–centered leadership development and presents Scholars of Wellness as a case study. Scholars of Wellness cultivates champions of well-being across our organization and has demonstrated sustained improvements through individual projects and by developing well-being–centered leaders to improve our organization's health.