Tag: Healthy Organizations

The Wellness Dividend: How Healthy Organizations Maximize Employee Health, Safety and Performance

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Keynote talk by Graham Lowe at the Occupational Health & Safety Group(OHSIG)national conference, Auckland, New Zealand. September 11, 2014. For information: www.ohsig.org.nz/programme/ohsig-conference-2014
Talk description: Employers in New Zealand and many other countries face mounting pressures to find better ways to reduce employee health and safety risks. These challenges are best addressed by viewing employee wellbeing as a strategic human capital advantage. This positive approach to risk reduction is guided by a healthy organization vision. A healthy organization forges strong links between health, safety and wellness initiatives and core human resource goals. Wellbeing is viewed as a leading indicator of employees’ capabilities – and future business performance. Evidence-based insights from current research support this approach and provide principles that can help employers reap a significant ‘wellness dividend’.

The Wellness Dividend: How Employers Can Improve Employee Health and Productivity

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The Wellness Dividend, a new report by workplace expert Graham Lowe, provides employers and benefits consultants with a state-of-the-art, evidence-based overview of why investing in employee wellness makes sense. Also provided are practical insights about how to do this. The Wellness Dividend examines the following topics:
– The strategic value of wellness
– Understanding absenteeism and presenteeism
– Ingredients of effective wellness programs
– Addressing mental health in the workplace
– Measuring impact and progress
– Building healthier organizations
The latest evidence shows that by focusing on three goals – an integrated approach to employee health promotion, a work environment that enhances health and safety, and a culture that values wellness – employers not only reduce employee costs but also improve business performance. We know enough about successful workplace wellness initiatives to identify the steps employer can take to achieve these goals.
For those employers who already have workplace wellness initiatives, the next step involves expanding their reach to get at the full range of workplace determinants of health and engagement. And for employers considering the introduction of a wellness program, addressing both the individual and organizational dimensions of wellness will bring quicker results. Overall, the big wellness dividend is a healthier and higher-performing organization.
WellnessDividend-PDF

Making Your Workplace Psychologically Healthy and Safe

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BC Human Resources Management Association Breakfast Roundtable, Kelowna
February 19th, 2014. To register: https://eweb.bchrma.org/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?webcode=EventInfo&RegPath=EventRegFees&REg_evt_key=69b029d2-8ede-4ff1-bbef-7f759fa0302e&Evt_guest_limit=0
Workplace expert Graham Lowe will review the National Standard of Canada for Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace, introduced this year by the Canadian Standards Association and the Mental Health Commission of Canada. Graham will outline how the Standard can be a useful tool for BC employers, especially given the new WorkSafeBC policies aimed at preventing bullying and harassment in the workplace. The presentation will cover the following issues:
– The benefits of psychologically healthy and safe workplaces.
– The research and legal background for developing the Standard.
– The practical implications of adopting or not adopting the Standard.
– Key elements of the Standard.
– Assessing your policies, programs and practices for alignment with the Standard.
– The role of managers, employees and unions in implementing and monitoring the Standard.
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Making Your Workplace Psychologically Healthy and Safe

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Graham Lowe’s presentation at the BCHRMA Breakfast Roundtable, Kelowna
February 19th, 2014
Workplace expert Graham Lowe will review the National Standard of Canada for Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace, introduced in 2013 by the Canadian Standards Association and the Mental Health Commission of Canada. Graham will outline how the Standard can be a useful tool for BC employers, especially given the new WorkSafeBC policies aimed at preventing bullying and harassment in the workplace. The presentation will cover the following issues:
1. The benefits of psychologically healthy and safe workplaces.
2. The research and legal background for developing the Standard.
3. The practical implications of adopting or not adopting the Standard.
4. Key elements of the Standard.
5. Assessing your policies, programs and practices for alignment with the Standard.
6. The role of managers, employees and unions in implementing and monitoring the Standard.
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Healthy Minds/Healthy Campuses Summit 2012

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Healthy Minds/Healthy Campuses Summit 2012, Victoria, September 26-29, 2012. Graham Lowe will participate in a panel discussion on “Diagnosing a Healthy Campus Community.”

Summit 2012 is a unique opportunity to design a shared vision for campus communities that support well-being and to identify methods to get there. Building upon four years of growth and learning, we plan to create a space to come together to learn about, share and advance strategic efforts to promote mental health and reduce risky substance use at post-secondary institutions.

Using a mix of creative techniques this event will facilitate knowledge exchange, collaborative thinking and innovation. Leading thinkers will help animate critical discussions related to policy, teaching, student services and campus life. Delegates will examine issues, sustainable solutions and actions to support health-promoting, vibrant campus communities that enable people to reach their full potential.
For more information: www.healthycampuses.ca/summit-2012-program

How healthy organizations achieve sustainable success

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Graham Lowe will deliver a keynote address at the IPMA-Canada 2012 National Conference, Regina, 29 May 2012
Workplace expert Graham Lowe will challenge you to think about how organizations can become more sustainable in human terms. The key is designing a healthy organization. Just as healthy people are vigorous, thriving, resilient, and fit, Graham shows how you can foster the same qualities in your organizations. The session will describe the four building blocks of a healthy organization: a positive culture, an inclusive approach to leadership, a vibrant work environment, and inspired employees. By putting these building blocks in place, you will be able to forge stronger people-performance links that enable sustainable success.
For more information: http://www.ipma-aigp.ca/conferences/2012Trifold.pdf