External Resource - A values-based workplace culture needs to be at the core of employee wellbeing

As always, there was a lot to cover, with our roundtables proving a big success as the REBA community got together to share ideas and exchange knowledge on how they’re tackling workplace wellbeing issues.

Trying to capture all of the key takeaways from the day is no easy task, and frankly not possible in a 700 word article! But there is one crucial message that came up time and again during the event, that being the need for deeper value.

The relationship between employees and employers is changing and this is driving more demand for a wellbeing-led approach to the employee experience. Our opening keynote speaker Rory Sutherland, vice chairman at Ogilvy UK and author of Alchemy: the surprising power of ideas that don’t make sense, argued that over the past decade the employee/employer relationship has been a transactional one, but that is changing.

“We need to deepen the value exchange between employees and employers,” he said. And this is the central idea that ran through the Employee Wellbeing Congress.