Change Management: The Bridge Between Strategy Implementation and Employee Wellbeing

The Business Times’ weekend edition has published a piece our CEO Meredith Carson wrote, entitled “Where The Rubber Meets The Road In Strategy Implementation and Employee Wellbeing.” It’s paywalled, so here are some of the key out-takes, for non-subscribers. 

This may interest you if:

• You’re a leader who is wondering why your strategy is met with internal resistance. 

• You’re in a team that receives top-down strategies that are challenging to implement.

• You want to take a holistic approach to employee wellbeing that makes business sense. 

Essentially, Meredith’s article examines change management as being foundational in bridging strategy implementation and employee wellbeing, including:

🚒 Recognising the challenges many leaders face, current business dynamics, and the need for actionable strategy.

🏎  Emphasising the practical aspects of strategy implementation, guiding leaders on team alignment, engagement, and successful execution.

🔍 Sharing credible data that links strategy success to employee wellbeing—did you know that highly engaged teams are 21% more profitable and 17% more productive? Those numbers are not to be sniffed at!

🌏 Exploring the evolving role of leadership, transitioning from decision-makers to coaches who guide transformative journeys.

This Tuesday is World Mental Health Day and, while there may be lots of “ra-ra” and virtue signalling, it really is an opportunity for leaders to reflect on how they can improve wellbeing at work in a sustained and meaningful way. When leaders prioritise engagement through change management programs in their strategies, it positively impacts various business health metrics, including employee health. This includes higher retention rates, lower absenteeism, improved quality and safety scores, greater customer satisfaction, and the list goes on.

Feel free to contact us to learn more.