Welcome to Inform-Engage-Empower, WPO’s Commitment to Employee Engagement!
Workplace Options
Wellbeing solutions that drive positive outcomes for organizations while transforming people's lives for the better
Workplace Options has a global vision to create a more resilient future, which is fortified by data and insights from our work with employees and their families around the world. What we are seeing – now more than ever – is the struggle people are still facing at work and in their personal lives.
As a result, WPO is doubling-down on employee wellbeing and psychological safety, two critical elements comprising a workplace focused on stronger employee engagement.
To help business leaders create programs and initiatives building psychological safety, we recently released our “Psychological Safety Study: Global Context for Organizational Success” a website and multimedia content hub that presents information on how psychological safety affects employees in different countries. The site includes multimedia resources, white papers, videos, articles, infographics, and other information on the global significance of psychological safety.
The benefit of the Psychological Safety Study is that its findings are derived from clinician work with employees, not just gauging their opinions or surveying them. In this initial Study, we focused on nine countries: Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Mexico, United Kingdom, and the United States.
Please take a look at the Study and the many free resources we are offering to help organizations create stronger employee engagement. In the future, you will be receiving more of these messages, because WPO is committed to answering a very simple question: “Are we helping people?” As we all deal with the many facets of employee wellbeing, this question remains essential in creating a better world.
With warm regards,
Alan King , President and CEO
Join Us for a Virtual Training Session: “Managing Psychosocial Risks in the Workplace”
Tue, Jun 11, 2024, 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. ET
Mental health and wellbeing expert Barbara Veder is leading a free virtual training session, approved by the International Institute of Risk & Safety Management (IIRSM). She is a globally recognized thought leader for her clinical expertise as an EAP Best Practice Leader and Digital Behavioural Health. Veder is widely published and an expert on counselor education initiatives.
This training will help leaders:
The session is free to attend. Organizations that sign up may also receive a discount on additional training available through Workplace Options.
Latest Resources for Mental Health Awareness Month
The Role of Peer-Support in Human-Centered Care
The digital transformation has revolutionized the way we work and communicate. In this podcast episode, Christy McGuire , VP of Business Solutions at Workplace Options, and Joel Bennett , President & Founder of Organizational Wellness & Learning Systems, emphasize the significance and effectiveness of peer support in the workplace, showcasing the importance of human-centered care.
Understanding Postpartum Depression: A Primer for Employers
There are protective factors that decrease the likelihood of postpartum depression, as they relate to health, work, family, finances, culture, infrastructure, and social support. HR managers, policymakers, and insurance providers must familiarize themselves with these evidence-based measures to transform the workplace into a more supportive and empowering environment for postpartum individuals. There are plenty of solutions that employers can adopt to improve and protect employees’ postpartum health in the workplace and beyond.
Workplace Options Acquires Long-Time Partner Healthy Work
We are pleased to announce the acquisition of our long-time partner, Healthy Work , to expand our presence in Spain and Italy. For the past 18 years, Workplace Options and Healthy Work formed a collective understanding about why in-the-moment, human-centric wellbeing support is key to meeting a person’s mental, physical, and practical needs. This acquisition is expected to improve access to results-driven wellbeing support in Spain and Italy.
Real Connections at Workplace Options
WPO employees share their insight on the growing significance of employee engagement.
Unveiling The Inclusive Leadership Handbook
“The magic of inclusive leadership is its intentional ability to transform workplace dynamics into creativity and innovation. By valuing every voice, regardless of background or position, inclusive leaders unlock a treasure trove of ideas that lead to solutions far more meaningful than any that could be conceived in isolation.”
– Alan King, from the Foreword of The Inclusive Leadership Handbook
The definition of successful leadership has changed. The Inclusive Leadership Handbook: Balancing People and Performance for Sustainable Growth by The Diversity Movement CEO, Donald Thompson, CDE® and VP of Marketing, Kurt Merriweather, CDE® is a comprehensive guide for adapting to this new environment, which places culture, resilience, and a commitment to inclusivity at the top.
Thompson and Merriweather are seasoned leadership experts and entrepreneurs with decades of experience building and leading culture-centric teams and organizations. The Inclusive Leadership Handbook provides actionable guidance, practical exercises, and thought-provoking prompts that empower leaders to cultivate trust, prioritize people, and unleash the full potential of their teams.
A must-read for leaders at every career stage who are committed to fostering inclusive workplaces, The Inclusive Leadership Handbook overthrows conventional management paradigms, providing a roadmap for creating cultures of belonging and well-being.
Company Culture Drives Employee Wellbeing & Productivity: WPO Consulting Group
Advancing employee engagement at work often calls for a significant organizational change in a company’s culture. Leaders across the globe now understand how employee engagement must be prioritized, analyzed, and integrated into an organization starting at the C-suite.
Workplace Options launched the Consulting Group because our experts have the global experience, thought leadership, and data-driven insight necessary for helping employers identify and prevent psychosocial risks that have adverse effects on employee engagement and business outcomes. Many countries require employers to assume the responsibility for their employees’ wellbeing. The European Union, Mexico, Chile, United Kingdom, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Australia, and Colombia are among countries that have passed legislation requiring employers to address workplace stress and burnout by assessing and eliminating psychosocial hazards.
The WPO Consulting Group currently supports more than 100 companies, in over 20 countries, and in 15 languages. The consultants provide organizations – across industries – with bespoke strategies and agile methods for finding the root cause of workforce conflicts. Once the actual problem is revealed, leadership can see where to invest its resources to truly resolve it.
“We use a broad range of tools to get to the source of the issue, whether its overall strategy, assistance, or a situational pain point, we build custom solutions to target and achieve measurable goals,” said WPO Consulting Group Founding Partner Mary Ellen Gornick . “Our team recognizes every company’s challenges are as unique as their workforce. The experiences we have encountered during the past 40 years, spanning across countries and cultures, have made us experts; we know what works and what does not work.”
Wellbeing consulting can help:
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