The Wellbeing Of Your Employees - A Strategic Imperative

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Geoff McDonald

Geoff is a global advocate, campaigner and consultant in addressing the stigma of mental ill-health in the workplace. He inspires and provokes organisations globally to put purpose and wellbeing at the centre of everything they do by motivating people to take action in creating workplaces that enhance the lives of everyone. He brings his own experience of addressing the stigma of mental ill-health within Unilever, helping to archetype the transformation of this company with purpose at its core. Geoff provides a real practitioner’s perspective on how to address the stigma linked to depression and anxiety within workplaces today, and on how to elevate wellbeing to a strategic priority in the boardroom.

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Session Summary

Geoff shares his own powerful story of mental ill health and makes the link between wellbeing and organisational performance. He makes the case for wellbeing to be a strategic priority within the Exec team/Board room.

Geoff will provoke and hopefully inspire a leadership team/C suite to ponder the importance of the energy of employees, making the case for ENERGY being the most critical enabler of individual, team and organisational performance. If that is the case why do so few organisations elevate health and wellbeing to being a strategic imperative.

Geoff will help a C suite and Leadship group realise the strategic importance of wellbeing and offer some simple practical ways to execute the enabler. In addition he will offer his insights as to why wellbeing initiative never really “stick” in organisations and how can we remedy that.

Interaction

During the expert session, Geoff McDonald engages participants through a series of interactive activities and Q&A using Mentimeter, an interactive engagement tool.

Key Learnings

A practical framework of wellbeing as a strategic priority
How best to encourage employees to take accountability for their wellbeing and therefore their performance.
The role of the organisation in enhancing the wellbeing of the employees

Detailed session description

Geoff shares his own powerful story of mental ill health and emphasizes the critical link between wellbeing and organizational performance. By drawing from his personal experiences, he illustrates how mental health directly impacts productivity, creativity, and overall workplace harmony.

Geoff argues convincingly that wellbeing should be a strategic priority within the executive team and boardroom, not just a peripheral concern. His message is clear: prioritizing the health and energy of employees is fundamental to achieving sustainable success.

Geoff aims to provoke and inspire leadership teams and C-suite executives to reconsider the importance of employee energy. He presents a compelling case for why energy is the most crucial enabler of individual, team, and organizational performance.

Despite the evident benefits, Geoff questions why so few organizations elevate health and wellbeing to a strategic imperative. He believes that recognizing and nurturing employee energy can transform workplace dynamics and drive better outcomes across the board.

To help leadership teams realize the strategic importance of wellbeing, Geoff offers practical ways to implement this enabler effectively. He shares simple, actionable strategies that can be integrated into daily operations to foster a healthier work environment.

Additionally, Geoff provides insights into why wellbeing initiatives often fail to stick in organizations and how to address these challenges. By understanding the barriers and implementing lasting solutions, leaders can ensure that wellbeing becomes an integral part of their organizational culture, leading to enhanced performance and success.

Before you book

Questions about The Wellbeing Of Your Employees - A Strategic Imperative

Is this for beginners or for people who already know the subject?

No prior knowledge is assumed. It is built for a general working audience, and people who already know the subject get the research and the practical side rather than an introduction. What the hour itself covers: Geoff shares his own powerful story of mental ill health and makes the link between wellbeing and organisational performance. He makes the case for wellbeing to be a strategic priority within the Exec team/Board room.

Is Geoff the right expert for this?

Geoff McDonald is one of the experts we auditioned ourselves, and we produce every session so we see how each one lands. Participants rate this session 4.3 out of 5, across 301 responses, and rate Geoff personally 4.5 out of 5.

Is this session interactive, or do people just watch?

It is interactive, and the block higher up on this page says exactly how for this session. Nobody has to speak up who does not want to: the chat and the polls carry most of it, and the questions can come in anonymously.

How long does it take, and what do we have to prepare?

It runs 45 min / 15 min: the talk, then live questions. All you do is pick a date. We brief Geoff, produce the session, host and moderate it, run the Q&A, and send you the report within an hour of the end.

Who can join, and where does it run?

A team, a department, an employee network or every single employee at once, with no cap and no per-seat price. It runs inside your own Microsoft Teams, Zoom or Google Meet, or on a branded page we build. No integration, no login, no company device or e-mail.

Can our global colleagues follow it?

The session is delivered in English. You can add high accuracy live subtitles in 8, 16 or 24 languages, so everyone follows in their own. That is a paid option, priced by the number of languages you need.

Will our IT department have a problem with this?

No, and that is by design. There is nothing to install, nothing to integrate and no connection to your systems, so there is nothing for IT to validate: we join your own Teams, Zoom or Meet as a guest speaker, or we host a page and your people open a link. No software, no accounts, and no data of yours that we can reach. It is why hundreds of companies, among them some of the largest technology and financial firms in the world, were able to start within a day.

How does this work under GDPR?

We never receive or hold personal data about your employees. Because the session runs in your own environment, attendance and identity stay with you, and what we report back is aggregated: numbers, ratings and survey answers, not people. That is also why IT approval usually takes minutes rather than weeks.

What do we get afterwards?

You keep the recording and can share it internally. You also get attendance over time, participant ratings for the content and the speaker, the survey answers, and the topics your people asked for next.