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:
Gordon Milligan, Chair of the Labour Relations Agency and
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.