The global pandemic has irrevocably changed how we work. It has also intensified organisations’ growing focus on well-being, pushing them to find innovative ways to ensure they are addressing their employees’ physical, mental, financial and socialhealth.
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Burnt out and putting family first: The new international workersThe world of work as we know it has upended. The pandemic brought its share of challenges, while people are rethinking the way they want to lead their professional and personallives.
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The Great Adjustment: How to attract and retain the best talent
Recent global events have impacted life and career choices for workers around the world, and these new priorities are affecting global mobility. So what can businesses do to attract and retain the besttalent?
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The Great Exhaustion: What it means to employers and employees
The pandemic has had lingering effects on workers, with people feeling more stressed than ever before. But with challenging times comes opportunities to reassess and reprioritise how we want to work and live ourlives.
For any business, its employees are its biggest asset and hence protecting, nurturing and supporting them is critical to long-term business success. Never has that focus been more important as we head into more uncertain economictimes.
Jason Sadler
President, International Health, Cigna Healthcare
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Rewriting the rules: Building a healthy hybrid workplaceBusiness leaders and managers are worried about their workers. The shift to hybrid work has been welcomed by many who feel liberated from the office routine and thrive with better work-life balance. It has also brought new challenges, especially among managers as they attempt to support employee well-being, maintain company culture, and keep employees engaged. With rising economic uncertainty, there is a sharp focus on how organisations can deliver commercial results, while protecting the well-being of their teams. Economist Impact explores the evolving trends of worker well-being and the hybrid workplace in this newreport.
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Nice to have, or business essential? Worker well-being in a downturn
If history is anything to go by, a recessionary environment makes worker engagement more, not less, critical forsuccess.
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A data-driven approach to workforce well-being
Post-pandemic, and in a hybrid working world, companies have stepped up their efforts to gather data on workforce well-being. Trust, transparency and clear action plans are key to securing employeeengagement.
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Bots vs burnout: Can automation tackle the workplace stress epidemic?
A radical shift in how we work, cost of living pressures, and widespread layoffs even in once-thriving sectors like Big Tech, are a toxic mix for employee stress. Could automation technology be part of a workforce well-being strategy?
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Business Innovation Summit
March 28 2023, London
Companies face many external challenges that are shifting the social, economic and political landscapes. Innovation and bold mindsets are needed to increase employee satisfaction and brand positivity while delivering profits in a tough economicclimate.
The Business Innovation Summit is a forward-thinking hybrid event convening senior executives from a range of industries and specialisms—including strategy, technology, operations and human resources. Get fresh perspectives and actionable insights from more than 60 influential speakers with debates and panel discussions on the most pertinent business issues for C-suiteexecutives.
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speakers
Jason Sadler
President, International Health, Cigna Healthcare
Ulrika Biesèrt
Chief human resources officer, Ingka Group (IKEA Retail)
Andrew Palmer
Executive editor, The Economist
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Rewriting the rules: Building a healthy hybrid workplace
1st November, 9am EDT | 1pm GMT | 2pm CET | 5pm UAEST | 9pm SGT
Workforce well-being is essential to business success. But the way people interact with their offices and employers has changed considerably over the past 24 months. How can organisations build well-being cultures, especially in a hybrid environment, and how can they measure the success of well-beinginitiatives?
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Featured speakers
Arjan Toor
Chief executive, Cigna Europe
Sir Cary Cooper
Professor of organisational psychology and health alliance, Manchester Business School
Andy Davis
Head of future workplace strategy and growth, Fujitsu
Gertrud Ingestad
Director-general for human resources and security, European Commission
Moderator
Gillian Parker
Senior manager, policy & insights, Economist Impact
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