The Wellbeing Of Your Employees - A Strategic Imperative

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

• 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

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.

Mental Health - A Competitive Advantage in Addressing Stigma?

Geoff shares his own very powerful story of mental ill health and provides practical learnings and insights on how to address the stigma of mental ill health in the workplace. This includes the role of leadership; campaigning and storytelling in addressing stigma. The principles and lessons that Geoff will share are universal and can be used within different cultures globally, it is in the execution thereof that one needs to take into account some of the cultural nuances when it comes to stigma surrounding mental ill health. He will also describe the training interventions that are required to help alleviate stigma within organisations.

 

Self Care In Very Demanding Times

Geoff shares his own powerful story of mental ill health and provides a very practical and simple approach to caring for ones self in the demanding times and workplaces. Leaders within organisations are unable to care for the wellbeing and health of employees if they do not care for their own health and wellbeing. This session will challenge and provoke our own misconceptions of self care and remind mis all about the importance of poor health. There cannot be anything more important than ones health, yet so few of us prioritise caring for our wellbeing in a holistic manner. Geoff takes a very practical approach and challenges us all to shift our own mindset with respect to our own health, and therefore the health and wellbeing of others.