HEALTHY WORKPLACE

What is it?Is it a myth?Can it occur?

Can it occur in government?Why is it important?

A Healthy Workplace

• What does the word work mean to you?

• Not yet well defined or understood

• The most important leadership skill

• It is the ultimate management responsibility

• Is what we’re doing now working?

Toxic places & people (lmao)

• Toxic workplace

• Toxic Employee

• Stop it!!

World Economic Forum

• 2009 global report

• Prepared by Alistair Dornan (Right Management)

• Most organizations view wellness as an HR issue (much too narrow)

• Need to take a whole systems approach

World Economic Forum – Wellness Alliance

• Organizations more likely to be a best performer• Organizations more likely to be productive• Employees are more likely to be engaged• Organizations more likely to encourage innovation• Organizations less likely to lose talent within a year

Virgin Pulse

STATE OF THE INDUSTRY: ENGAGEMENT & WELLNESS IN 2015

Top 2015 priorities include increasing engagement, retention and employee well-being.

Executives see employee engagement and wellness as analogous, while managers are more results oriented.

Costs of a toxic organization

Unhealthy workplaceWork-related

StressTurnover

Employee satisfactionEmployee commitment

AbsenteeismHealth claimsDepressionAccidents

PRESENTEEISM

UnhealthyLifestylepractices

Effect on family

Costs of a Healthy Workplace

NONE – only benefits

Beneficiaries of a Healthy Workplace

• Organization

• Customers

• Staff

• Family members

• HR consultants

• Union

• Health care system

Components of a Healthy Workplace

- Hershfield

• Physically healthy employees

• Safe physical environment

• Healthy culture – psychological

• Fiscally sustainable (through CI)

Comptrollership Framework

• Healthy Workplace complements a comptrollership framework

Requirements

• An office must have an articulated purpose• An office must be accountable• An office must practice respectful workplace

values• Willing to take risks – (job descriptions,

continuous improvement)• Staff must have some passion about their work• Performance is required – Bar Rescue (Corrie)

STEPS

• Obtain management support - celebrate• Integrate into business strategy, values, vision & job

descriptions - celebrate• Assess readiness of staff - celebrate• Establish committees - celebrate• Develop project timelines - celebrate• Implement – celebrate• Evaluate, measure & enhance - celebrate• Include in job descriptions - celebrate• Continuously inform & train employees (WELCOA,

KWC) – celebrate

SOCIAL MEDIA

• Get on the bandwagon

• Go mobile!

• Document stories

• Video stories

Time

• Make it your friend

• Busy productive

Future of Healthy Workplaces

• The Fun Theory

• An exceptional workplace