UNLOCKING SUSTAINABLE HIGH PERFORMANCE ACROSS THE WORKFORCE - ADOPTING THE ‘HEALTHY PLACE TO WORK’ APPROACH 9:15-11AM
Attracting, supporting and developing the workforce needed to deliver excellent public services has become increasingly complex.
CEF is delighted to host this briefing session on the Healthy Place to Work® Initiative, a forward-thinking approach designed to support organisational leaders address the critical challenges they face.
NI’s public service leaders are contending with combinations of challenges, including:
• Addressing challenges in performance management, productivity, and fostering innovation
• Managing high and/or increasing levels of sickness absence
• Balancing the competing demands for remote vs office-based working
• Striving to improve staff engagement while creating a more agile and resilient organisation
• Leading and managing the multigenerational workforce
• Navigating all of this while grappling with significant budgetary constraints and limited opportunities for workforce investment.
At this event, John Ryan, CEO Healthy Place To Work®, will provide an overview of the science and philosophy behind this unique approach, an insight into the Healthy Place To Work® in action with many global examples, and the outcomes it has been producing.
We will also hear local perspectives from a number of leaders including:
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Gordon Milligan, Chair of the Labour Relations Agency and
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Paul Murnaghan, Regional Director, BT Business NI.
The Healthy Place to Work® initiative offers a holistic, cost-effective, and agile solution to support public service organisations. It moves beyond traditional approaches linked to engagement surveys to provide tailored, actionable insights that foster healthier, more productive and higher-performing workplaces. Sponsored at a senior leadership level but driven by staff, this initiative is already being piloted in several organisations in Northern Ireland and has demonstrated measurable improvements in workforce metrics across a range of sectors, both locally and internationally.