Author: Graham Lowe

Keynote address at Forum North Health and Safety Conference 2007. Thunder Bay, ON. November 7, 2007.
Successful organizations have healthy cultures that all employees help to build. Graham Lowe’s keynote will outline the key ingredients of healthy cultures and evidence of their many benefits. A healthy culture is a the next big step beyond workplace health promotion and wellness programs, but an essential step for employees and managers committed to improving both the quality of work life and performance. Graham’s presentation will offer practical suggestions for how you can create a healthy culture that will energize your workplace – and he will challenge you to put these ideas into practice.
For further information contact Mary Ellen Graham: mgraham@iapa.ca

Executive Breakfast presentation. Forum North Health and Safety Conference 2007. Thunder Bay, ON.
In the 21st century, creating healthy workplaces must be a strategic business goal. Healthy workplaces obviously benefit employees, improving their health and wellness, but they also have big pay-offs for employers. Investing in healthy workplaces can significantly reduce health benefit and absenteeism costs. And at a time when many employers are searching for better ways to recruit, develop, retain and use talent, a healthy work environment also directly contributes to these people goals. Creating a truly healthy workplace requires more than a ‘program.’ Above all, it depends on transforming organizational cultures, systems and practices so that health is embedded in how the business operates.
For further information contact Mary Ellen Graham: mgraham@iapa.ca

Beyond ‘employer of choice’ rhetoric: practical strategies for creating tomorrow’s workforce.
Keynote presentation and facilitated workshop. People Focus 2007: Conference for Human Resource Professionals. Hosted by Credit Union Central BC. Vancouver, October 16, 2007.
For more information:
www.peoplefocus.ca
Conference program

Workshop for the Canadian Pension & Benefits Institue Pacific Region. Vancouver, September 26, 2007. Four Seasons Hotel.
This interactive presentation will explore shifts in workplace demographics and how employers and benefit providers can positively shape this trend. It will also examine how leading employers are proactively responding to the needs of older workers, what influences older workers’ decisions to exit or stay in the workforce, organizational best practices for workforce planning, and the workplace health and wellness implications of retaining older workers.
For further information contact John McGrath: JMcgrath@pac.bluecross.ca

Presentation and Interactive Workshop at the 2007 Western Cities Conference. Calgary. September 25, 2007.
The session will focus on how learning is rooted in an organization’s culture – the values, beliefs and behaviours that define everyday working relationships. Participants will gain insights from leading organizations, as well as from each others’ experiences, about how a learning–based business strategy can contribute to recruitment and retention goals, knowledge transfer across generations of workers, employee engagement and improved service quality.
For further information: www.westerncitiesconference.ca

Op-ed article by Graham Lowe on 21st century job quality, published in the on-line edition of the Globe and Mail newspaper (www.globeandmail.com).
Article text

This new study, published by Canadian Policy Research Networks, is urging employers and governments to focus on job quality as a means to recruit and retain the workers needed for Canada’s future prosperity. In 21st Century Job Quality: Achieving What Canadians Want, author Graham Lowe finds that the economic prosperity of the new century hasn’t resulted in an overall improvement in job quality – even though many Canadian employers are struggling to attract and keep skilled workers.

This report was prepared for the Federal Labour Standards Review Committee. It examines the research and relevant Canadian empirical evidence on work schedules, work time and work–life balance. It assesses trends and current practices in Canadian workplaces, particularly in sectors under federal jurisdiction. The paper also reviews empirical evidence on problems regarding work–life balance, increasing work-life pressures, and the need to accommodate evolving family structures.

Keynote address and interactive half-day workshop at the 4th Annual Workplace Wellness Conference, Kingston, Ontario.
For registration information: (613) 549-1232 / workplacewellness@healthunit.on.ca

Executive Breakfast Presentation at the
4th Annual Workplace Wellness Conference, Kingston, Ontario.
For registration information: (613) 549-1232 / workplacewellness@healthunit.on.ca