Concurrent Sessions: Series ST
Wednesday May 5th
9:20am–10:20am
ST 1: Start Smart: Fit is the Most Important First Step in Building Engagement
Join vpi, a leading Canadian provider of services that support successful employment relationships, for this interactive session that explores links between using best hiring practices and long-term employee engagement. Understand how building comprehensive job profiles, then using them to screen candidates, ensures that new recruits fit your expectations and positively contribute to your engaged workplace culture. Learn how easy it is to define your requirements then match candidates to them.
Presented by: Sean Slater, Vice President & General Manager, vpi Inc.
ST 2: Wellness Programs Produce Results: A Case Study Analysis
This session will look at actual examples of how workplace wellness programs, when effectively implemented, can help drive employee engagement and measurable change in employee health and risk management. How do best practice organizations build health into the fabric of the company? How do they forge the critical links between workforce health and positive business outcomes in managing costs, talent and productivity? Join your colleagues to learn how leading companies are meeting these challenges head-on.
Presented by: Nancy Shaw, Assistant Vice President, Group National Disability Services
ST 3: Making Choices: Work-Life Balance
If you want to find a balance between having a life and being successful in your career, you will need to figure out your priorities and then establish the habits that will allow you to balance them. As you are a unique individual, your ideal “balance” may be different from that of your friends and colleagues.
During this workshop you will:
- Gain insights into setting priorities
- Review how to implement and continually improve sustainable work-life strategies
- Establish the consequences of an imbalanced life
The session is for everyone willing to consider their current work-life balance and how to increase their personal effectiveness in establishing a balanced life.
ST 4: Managing Organizational Culture
One of the most important aspects of organizational culture is the way people interact with each other. Managing organizational culture when one or more employee is experiencing a mental illness can be challenging. Common conditions such as depression and anxiety can make individuals particularly vulnerable to a range of attitudes, processes and environments that may otherwise be within the range of acceptable.
Participants in this session will:
- Gain insight into how depression or anxiety may change perceptions and interactions
- Learn what type of interactions can be problematic and which can be supportive for those dealing with mental health concerns
- Increase awareness of free resources and tools available on the Great-West Life Centre for Mental Health website to develop strategies to manage organizational culture in a way that is ‘psychologically safe’
Presented by: Ann Morgan, Disability Practice Consultant, Great-West Life Assurance Company
