Intensified by the impacts of COVID-19, the mental health and wellbeing of Australia’s population is highly vulnerable and in steep decline. Three in five workers in Australia experienced a mental health condition in 2020.
Unsafe psychological health is estimated to cost Australian organisations $6 billion per annum in lost productivity. Poor mental health outcomes are not only expensive for organisations in terms of lost profit; they are a considerable compliance risk. Workplaces have a legal responsibility to manage risks to mental wellbeing, just like they do with any other health and safety risk.
With the current workforce mental health crisis in mind, Akolade has invited Australia’s leading wellness and mental health champions from the public, private and not-for-profit sectors to gather together in 2021 to share their strategic leadership models and stories of innovative wellness design for the workplace.
Develop strategic and empathetic
leadership
Build greater organisational capability to prevent and manage poor mental health
Design work for optimal wellness integrated with desirable business outcomes
Create a culture of transparency around mental health issues to tackle stigma
Drive engagement and connection with meaningful balanced work
Build and implement an inclusive framework to attract and retain diverse talent
James Kelly
Director Health and Safe Design
SafeWork NSW
Lucinda Brogden AM
Chair
National Mental Health Commission
Kim Grady
Head of Group Safety Wellbeing and Governance
Australia Post
Ana Marinkovic
Executive General Manager, Business Direct and Small Business
NAB
Michael Schneider
Managing Director
Bunnings Group
David Brewster
Chief Legal and Safety Officer
Coles Group
Felicity McDowell
Legal Director
Johnson & Johnson
Consumer Health
Australia and New Zealand
Danielle Odd
Group Head of Safety Strategy
Nine
Meg Tecson
National Manager, Workers Compensation and Injury Management
Metcash
Louise Dubois
Director Safety and Recovery Unit
NSW Ambulance
Ambassador
RUOK?
Amanda Reid
National HSE Manager
Mirvac
Deborah Yates
National Managing Partner People and Corporate Affairs
KPMG Australia
Leyla Parbery
Head of Benefits, Wellbeing Specialist
Deutsche Bank
Amanda Watt
Partner, Employment
Law Practice Leader,
Board Member
Minter Ellison
Megan Kingham
Director Staff Health
NSW Ambulance
Alexia Houston
Head of Insurance and Risk
Clayton Utz;
Founder
Corporate Mental Health Alliance Australia
Kathryn Bellion
Head of People Experience
King and Wood Mallesons
Ryan Ghisi
General Manager,
Global People Programs
Xero New Zealand
Kamal Sarma
Managing Director,
Co-Founder
Rezilium
Louise Howard
Head of Health and Safety
Sydney Metro
AFR BOSS Young Executive 2020
Mitch Wallis
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Heart on my Sleeve
Expert Advisor
Corporate Mental Health Alliance Australia
Sean Hall
Productivity and Mental Wellbeing Consultant
Energx
9:00 AM -12:00 PM | Workshop A
Providing high potential talent with mental health in the 4th industrial revolution
The future of work is upon us, requiring us to redefine high potential talent. Join Sean Hall CEO of human performance company Energx for an introduction to ‘The EX Factor’ – a new employee experience capability framework designed by assessing 8,000 professionals globally from organisations like Facebook, Unilever, Deloitte and Amazon.
Join this eye-opening workshop if you’d like to:
• Compare your current talent to high performance benchmarks designed for the 4IR
• Recruit, retain and develop talent to excel in times of change and uncertainty
• Connect strategic priorities of productivity, inclusion, innovation and mental wellbeing
• Be a force for positive change in your organisation
Facilitated by: Sean Hall, Productivity and Mental Wellbeing Consultant, Energx
12:00 PM | Networking lunch
1:00-4:00 PM | Workshop B
Strategies for building mental resilience within your workforce
This three-hour “building resilience” training workshop session takes a closer look at what happens when our body is under stress and reviews how these body reactions influence our thinking and behaviour. Participants will review what it means to be resilient and learn to reframe the things that happen as challenges rather than threats or problems. The strategies learnt in this course provide participants with practical tools they can implement within their organisations.
Learning objectives:
8:00 AM | Registration opens
9:00 AM | Opening remarks from the Chair
Sean Hall, Productivity and Mental Wellbeing Consultant, Energx
9:10 AM | KEYNOTE: Integrating wellbeing into the design of work itself
James Kelly, Director Health and Safe Design, SafeWork NSW
9:50 AM | KEYNOTE: What does the future of work mean for our mental health?
Lucinda Brogden AM, Chair, National Mental Health Commission
10:30 AM | CASE STUDY: Tackling the stigma around mental health issues
Alexia Houston, Head of Insurance and Risk, Clayton Utz; Founding Member, Corporate Mental Health Alliance Australia
11:10 AM | Morning break
11:40 AM | CASE STUDY: How we supported our people’s wellbeing during the pandemic
Kim Grady, Head of Group Safety Wellbeing and Governance, Australia Post
12:20 PM | CASE STUDY: Mirvac’s strategy for building health and well-being
Amanda Reid, National HSE Manager, Mirvac
1:00 PM | Networking Lunch
2:00 PM | CASE STUDY: Mental health and diversity in the workplace: Are corporate mental health programs fit for purpose for minority groups?
Coles is Australia’s largest private sector employer of indigenous Australians, with over 4,000 indigenous team members. A recent team member survey also indicated that almost 9% of Coles’ 120,000 team members identify as members of the LGBTI community.
David Brewster, Chief Legal and Safety Officer, Coles Group
*Virtual
2:40 PM | PANEL DISCUSSION: Who owns wellbeing? Designing for greater agency
Moderator: Mitch Wallis, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Heart on my Sleeve, Expert Advisor, Corporate Mental Health Alliance Australia
Panelists:
Megan Kingham, Director Staff Health, NSW Ambulance
Kim Grady, Head of Group Safety Wellbeing and Governance, Australia Post
Deborah Yates, National Managing Partner People and Corporate Affairs, KPMG Australia
Danielle Odd, Group Head of Safety Strategy, Nine
3:20 PM | Afternoon Refreshment
3:50 PM | CASE STUDY: Embracing opportunities for growth and development of resilience
Ana Marinkovic, Executive General Manager, Business Direct and Small Business, NAB
4:30 PM | Building leadership competence and confidence in mental health
Deborah Yates, National Managing Partner People and Corporate Affairs, KPMG Australia
5:10 PM | Closing remarks from the chair and end of day one
8:30 AM | Registration opens
9:00 AM | Opening remarks from the Chair
Sean Hall, Productivity and Mental Wellbeing Consultant, Energx
Building a culture of wellness
9:10 AM | CASE STUDY: Wellbeing innovation at Bunnings: Redesigning how we work
Michael Schneider, Managing Director, Bunnings Group
* Virtual
9:50 AM | Increasing organisational wellness capability with effective people management
Kathryn Bellion, Head of People Experience, King and Wood Mallesons
10:30 AM | Morning Refreshments
11:00 AM | CASE STUDY: Best practice for early intervention and prevention of poor mental health
Meg Tecson, National Manager, Workers Compensation and Injury Management, Metcash
11:40 AM | PANEL DISCUSSION: How can we leverage the disruption and negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic to enable positive, sustainable change?
This interactive peer-to-peer, moderator led informal discussion will look at how the pandemic has impacted employee mental health and wellbeing, and why it may benefit companies to navigate a more purposeful path in the future to encourage a culture of wellbeing in not only the lives of their employees and organisations, but in wider society too
Moderator: Kamal Sarma, Managing Director, Co-founder, Rezilium
Panelists:
Louis Howard, Head of Health and Safety, Sydney Metro, AFR BOSS Yound Executive 2020
Louise Dubois, Director safety and Recovery Unit, NSW Ambulance, Ambassador, RUOK?
Felicity McDowell, Legal director, Johnson & Johnson Heath Australia and New Zealand
12:20 PM | Networking Lunch
1:20 PM | CASE STUDY: Designing a workforce experience that provides balance and meaning
Leyla Parbery, Head of Benefits, Wellbeing Specialist, Deutsche Bank
2:00 PM | CASE STUDY: Driving a thriving culture of connection through diversity and inclusion
Felicity McDowell, Legal Director, Johnson & Johnson Heath Australia and New Zealand
2:40 PM | Afternoon refreshments
3:10 PM | CASE STUDY: Are we setting the right expectations?
Louis Dubois, Director Safety and Recovery Unit, NSW Ambulance, Ambassador RUOK?
3:40 PM | CASE STUDY: Designing connected remote work without sacrificing work-life balance
Ryan Ghisi, General Manager, Global People Programs, Xero New Zealand
*Virtual
4:20 PM I Designing an inclusive framework to attract, engage and retain new hires
Amanda Watt, Partner: Employment Law Practice Leader: Board Member, Minter Ellison
*Virtual
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