Workshop at “Health & Safety Canada 2005”, IAPA (Industrial Accident Prevention Association) Conference and Trade Show, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, April 4-6, 2005. Workshop outline: Comprehensive initiatives to create healthier workplaces often falter at the planning or early implementation stages. This workshop will provide practical advice on how to avoid this trap. Using a […]
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Workplace Health and Productivity: Reaching the Next Level
Keynote presentation at “Health & Safety Canada 2005”, IAPA (Industrial Accident Prevention Association) Conference and Trade Show, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, April 4-6, 2005. Talk outline: Creating healthy workplaces is an urgent and strategic business goal for employers. Healthy workplaces obviously benefit employees, but they also have big pay-offs for employers, notably reduced health […]
Healthy workplace strategies
Keynote presentation at "Organizational Health and It’s Connection to Workplace Health and Productivity Management". Conference sponsored by Connex Health Consulting and the Institute for Health and Productivity Management. Pillar and Post Hotel, Niagara on the Lake, March 3-4, 2005. Visit wwww.connexhc.com for further information.
Raising the Bar for People Practices: Helping All Health Organizations Become “Preferred Employers”
This article outlines how professional, employer, industry and government organizations across Canada can collaborate to raise the bar for human resource practices and the quality of work life in Canada’s health care organizations. Published in Healthcare Quarterly, Volume 8 Number 1, 2005.
The language of productivity is the language of workplace health
The same workplace practices that lead to increased employee health also lead to greater productivity and performance. A healthy work environment is the precondition for generating skills and knowledge, collaborative relationships, change readiness, and innovation.
Thriving on Healthy: Reaping the Benefits in Our Workplaces
Keynote presentation at “Healthy Workplaces in Action 2004: Thriving in Challenge!” 4th Annual International Conference. Date: November 17-18, 2004. Location: Hilton Suites Toronto/Markham Conference Centre & Spa, Markham, Ontario. Sponsored by the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario.
Building Healthier Work Environments
Post-conference workshop. Health, Work and Wellness Conference, October 30, 2004, Vancouver. Workshop leader: Graham S. Lowe, Ph.D. This workshop will provide participants with a firm grasp of effective strategies for building and sustaining healthy work environments. Our starting point is the recognition that achieving the goal of a truly healthy work environment requires transformational change […]
Custom-Fit Healthy Workplace Strategies
90-minute session at the Health, Work and Wellness Conference, October 29, 2004, Vancouver. For more information visit the conference website: www.healthworkandwellness.com
Healthy work environments: Canada’s Next Big Idea
Nachemson Lecture, Institute for Work & Health, 21 June 2004, Toronto What would it take to make healthy work environments a top national priority? For this to happen, employers, employees, unions and professional associations, and governments must find common ground. The goal of a healthy work environment must be energized by a shared vision. The […]
Employee assistance professionals’ role in creating healthy, productive organizations
Underlying workplace conditions have a much greater impact on employees’ productivity and health than individual behaviour. Employee assistance professionals can help redefine workplace health as a strategic issue that affects corporate costs and organizational results. This article examines how EA professionals can expand their role in this way.