Alex has over 20 years experience as a practitioner, change agent, psychologist, coach, trusted advisor, organisational effectiveness specialist and in Senior/C-Suite HR leadership roles creating people strategies and executing them to evolve cultures positively.
She is experienced in performance, leadership, management and team development, wellbeing, inclusion and ultimately all aspects of the human experience at work.
We are delighted that Alex will be speaking in New York this March as part of our Wellbeing at Work Summit US.
We caught up with her to find out how she’s feeling in the run up to the summit.
Hi Alex, we are thrilled you will be speaking at our Wellbeing at Work US Summit in March. Our first and most important question is, how are you doing today?
Good thanks, I love spring time!
As a leader based in the region, what are the main challenges you are facing when it comes to employee wellbeing?
Most companies here are unsure how to go about wellbeing beyond a benefits approach as leadership/L&D/performance are all critical but often have long term strategies in place already, so it’s about ensuring people teams are all working on the same strategy together and focusing human first. The role of the CPO has to lead on it.
What strategies have you seen developing over the past 6 months, both internally and externally, that is moving the dial on wellbeing in the workplace?
Really listening to what people care most about – hearing recently that an organisation knew their people were most concerned about their children falling behind in their education as a result of the pandemic and so they offered some budget to cover additional tutoring.
Why is employee wellbeing so important to you personally?
My whole career has focused on helping people thrive and flourish at work and beyond, putting wellbeing at the centre of conversations within organisations when discussing performance is only just starting to happen globally despite it being talked about for over a decade.
What are you most looking forward to about the Summit in March?
Meeting so many people who have the opportunity to positively influence hundreds of thousands of people’s lives.
Tell us, what is your vision for the future workplace, in terms of engagement, health and wellbeing?
That everyone is seen, heard and valued for their wonderful unique human contribution to the work and the world.
What areas do you think employers should be focused on over the next 12 months?
Human first has to be understood properly and demonstrated, not just mentioned as a principle in a strategy but ignored.
How has your organization been leading the way?
We are recognising that times are hard for economies globally and we have to be creative with what is possible and ensure collaboration across people strategies building solutions which have multi faceted benefits across culture, wellbeing, inclusion, performance, engagement etc
Alex will be speaking in New York at the Wellbeing at Work Summit US which takes place both live and in-person in New York and Silicon Valley, and virtually for the wider region. Further details on the Summit can be found here.
