With one in three full time Australian workers saying they are extremely tired or completely exhausted all of the time, now is the perfect time to explore better ways of organising our working days and lives.

Director of regional development for Regional Development Australia Mid-North Coast, Kerry Grace says she is interesting in exploring a better approach to wellbeing in the workplace.

“Managers are important gatekeepers of team wellbeing,” Ms Grace said.

“They account for 70 per cent of the variance in engagement between teams.  Taking a team-based approach to organisational wellbeing is therefore a great starting point for creating workplace norms that support self-care on the job.

“Economic Development isn’t only about attracting new businesses to the region, it’s also about nurturing and growing the businesses that are already here.

“Wellbeing is core to productivity and the numbers stack up to support this. I meet so many people who are exhausted in their roles, there’s a direct knock on impact for their productivity and thereby the bottom line for the organisation. Addressing wellbeing as an organisation isn’t ‘airy fairy’, it’s a growth strategy.”

RDAMNC has engaged Thea O’Connor to conduct an organisational wellbeing workshop in Port Macquarie on February 5.

At the workshop Thea will cover;

Participants will re-group a month later with other participants online to share successes and challenges. Tickets can be purchased via Eventbrite or by contacting RDAMNC at admin@rdamnc.org.au

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