Overview: Integration of Life & Work

Work-life integration and work-life balance are two distinct ways to think about the boundaries (or lack thereof) between personal and professional lives.

The ability to integrate work and non-work demands, for all workers, rests on the human needs of autonomy and flexibility.

The beauty of work-life integration is it gives people the opportunity to get creative and identify new possibilities to make things better across all areas of their lives.

Overview: Setting the Stage for Psychological Safety

Creating a productive work environment, while also fostering safety and camaraderie, is possibly the most challenging part of a leader’s role. It doesn’t help that many Leaders were never taught how to create a safe place for people to be their themselves.

Creating the conditions for physical and psychological safety is a critical foundation for ensuring workplace mental health and well-being. This Essential rests on two human needs: safety and security.

Safety is protecting all workers from physical and non-physical harm, including injury, illness, discrimination, bullying, and harassment. Security is ensuring all workers feel secure financially and in their job future.

Overview: Wellbeing + Benefits = Strategy

6 in 10 Employees say wellbeing programs/benefits will be a top priority for them when applying for their next role. With this in mind meeting Employee Wellbeing expectations is crucial to retaining and attracting talent amidst the Great Reshuffle.

By investing in the importance of employee wellbeing, organizations can create a customizable and cohesive wellbeing strategy that fosters a culture of care, strengthens the Employee Value Proposition (EVP), and compete for top talent.

Overview: Enabling Wellbeing through Data, Analytics & Technology

Employee burnout has never been higher. Employers are being tasked to go beyond the surveys and paint a fuller picture of what employees truly value. Explore ‘happiness factors’ and the impact people analytics can have on overall employee well-being and retention.

Overview: Mattering at Work

People want to know that they matter to those around them and that their work matters. Knowing you matter has been shown to lower stress, while feeling like you do not can raise the risk for depression. This Essential rests on the human needs of dignity and meaning.

Dignity is the sense of being respected and valued. Meaning in the workplace can refer to the sense of broader purpose and significance of one’s work.

Overview: Where should Wellbeing set to maximise impact?

Chief People Officer officers and their HR functions have long taken ownership of the wellbeing agenda at many organisations. But as wellbeing becomes a critical business topic and a driver of business growth, what does the future of employee wellbeing look like, will the function outgrow the HR function, and will we see the rise of the Chief Wellbeing Officer?

If we’re going to create the world we want to work in and make wellbeing the core of how we work, it’s not going to be a top-down process. The workforce has an essential role to play because it’s clear the solution cannot fall on the C-suite alone. It’s going to require all of us, at every level, to come together and create the change we want to see.