Using the wisdom of leadership to

promote workplace health and

wellbeing

Su Fowler-Johnson

Claire Harris

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How will you create a social movement

around health and wellbeing?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-38731822

A bit about us… @HWBInspiration

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What compelled us to get involved?

Over half (57%) of UK employees have

suffered from mental health problems while

in employment, and a third (33%) say their

employer approaches mental health issues in

a negative way (Canada Life Group Insurance

2016)

The cost to employers due to presenteeism

because of mental health problems was 1.8 times

that of absenteeism (The Sainsbury Centre for

Mental Health 2007)

The evidence… Work is generally

beneficial to people’s

physical and mental

health and well-

being, although this

is dependent on the

nature and quality of

the work being

undertaken (Waddell & Burton, 2006)

https://www.whatworkswellbeing.org/product/good-work-wellbeing-and-changes-in-performance-outcomes/

The evidence

https://www.rand.org/randeurope/research/projects/identifying-promising-practices-in-health-wellbeing-work.html

Leading the social movement?

• At an individual level – what can you do to model good health and wellbeing?

• At a team level – what can you do to promote good health and wellbeing in your team?

• At an organisational level – what can you do to promote good health and wellbeing in your organisation?

• At a system level – what can you do to promote health and wellbeing in your system?

• At a community level – what can you do to promote good health and wellbeing in your community?

HSE Management Standards:

• Demands: workload, work patterns, and the work environment

• Control: How much say the person has in the way they do their work

• Support: encouragement, sponsorship and resources provided by the organisation, line management and colleagues

• Relationships: promoting positive working to avoid conflict and dealing with unacceptable behaviour

• Role: Whether people understand their role within the organisation and whether the organisation ensures that they do not have conflicting roles

• Change: How organisational change (large or small) is managed and communicated in the organisation.

Leading the social movement…

• Pair work on the competency indicator tool – rate self on scale 1-10 on the four areas?

• What’s in place in your organisation to enable you to feel confident around these four areas?

• You have a team meeting what are the five questions you could ask to keep HWB high on the agenda?

Top tips • Lead by example • Build confidence on mental health • Normalise mental health • Take stock • Be available for staff • Treat people as individuals • Embed employee engagement • Create opportunities for coaching learning and development • Promote positive work relationships • Raise awareness

https://www.mind.org.uk/

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HWB Assessment Framework

What happened as a result of the work • Health & Wellbeing City Wide Task & Finish Group – System Actions

for the next 12 months • Map out occupational Health services, standards and provision for

Manchester and explore alignment

• Managers trained in recruiting and supporting disabled staff

• Encourage all HWBB organisations to use HWB baseline assessment and agree common data sets for measuring outcomes

The system

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The community

https://whatworkswellbeing.org/measure/

For resources, case studies and the framework: • http://www.aspirepod.com • http://www.pace-coach.com

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