Wellbeing at Work event Singapore 2020

The Wellbeing at Work Event arrives in Singapore on 29 April 2020. The event provides HR, Benefit, Wellness & Business leaders with the opportunity to learn from experts and their peers about the latest wellbeing developments and successes that are enhancing individual and organisational performance in companies across the APAC region.

Organizations that prioritise workplace wellbeing out-perform their competitors and thriving workplaces are more profitable and creative so this is an essential must-attend event for those companies who want to succeed!

Want to know what happens at a Wellbeing @ Work event? Check out our video below:

08:00 – 08:50: Registration and Networking

08:50 – 08:55: Chairperson’s Welcome

Cindy Lenferna de la Motte, Co-Founder, Co:Lab4 & Future of Work Strategist

08:55 – 09:00: Opening Remarks

Lawrence Mitchell, VP APAC, Sonas Events

09:00 – 09:20: Bringing Positive Change to the Workplace 

Sivantos Group is a leading manufacturer of hearing aids whose roots go back almost 140 years. With such a history, how can working practices be made flexible and agile, and for people to be better able to collaborate and work seamlessly as teams? In this session the role of collaboration in the workplace to ensure more innovation and adaptability will explore the issue of how leaders create places where employees want to work and feel supported and understanding that employees today want more than just a job.

Gary Lee, Global Head of Leadership & Organisational Development, Sivantos Group

09:20 – 09:45: The Future of Work and Wellbeing – Changi Airport Case Study

By 2020, we no longer need to argue the case for Wellbeing. More leaders understand the importance of the organisation’s role in individual wellbeing and it’s impact on performance. The business outcomes of increasing employee’s wellbeing are nothing short of substantial, and studies are getting closer to showing the causation, not just the correlation, between individual wellbeing and business performance. But what does the big data miss? And what is our role, as leaders and managers, in truly putting wellbeing at the centre?

In this session, participants will look at the macro global wellbeing insights and how these apply to the workplace. Through a case study of Changi Airport this session will drill into insights into the role of the manager and what you can do differently to give yourself a well-being boost and create new habits.

Claire DeCarteret, Head of APAC, Gallup

09:45 – 10:05: Becoming a Purpose-Led Organisation

• What are some of the levers HR and senior leaders can use to influence culture?
• Programmes that go beyond health scans and serve total employee wellbeing
• How do leaders create places where employees want to work and feel supported?
• Understanding that employees today want more than a job and want to feel their employer cares for them?

Speaker to be announced shortly

10:05 – 10:30: Emotional Intelligence – Selecting and Training Transformational Leaders

Effective leadership is crucial to the wellbeing of organisations. Models of effective leadership discuss the leader’s role in motivating staff, maintaining morale and presenting a consistent image to the public. Exceptional leaders are inspiring, captivating and charismatic. The goal of talent acquisition is to be able to identify exceptional leaders. The role of leadership development is to develop a leader’s skill to be able to lead effectively, thus enhancing both the wellbeing of all staff and the organisation as a whole.

The following talk will discuss the role of emotional intelligence (EI) in equipping leaders with the skills to be influential while building and maintaining individual and organisational wellbeing. Identifying candidates who have emotional intelligence is not easy and self-report tools have inherent limitations for identifying EI that are addressed by recent developments in the field. Moreover, recent research in the field has demonstrated how EI can be developed in leaders resulting in greater wellbeing for both those the leaders and those who they lead. The following talk will present the case for EI as a foundation skill for leaders, and therefore, an essential consideration for organisations concerned with wellbeing, and discuss practical tools that assist in the selection and development of leaders of the future.

Dr Paul Englehard, Registered Psychologist and Managing Director, OPRA Group

10:30 – 11:00: Networking Coffee Break & Energiser Sessions

11:00 – 11:45: Panel Discussion: Leadership Driving a Culture of Wellness

The rising prosperity of Asia’s growing economies has drawn adverse consequences on employee wellness and the work-life balance of many people. Intensified global competition and the expanding wealth gaps in Asia have been known to induce stress and create tension. How do leaders capitalise on these trends and ensure their own behaviours permeate throughout the organization?

• What is the connection between business success and employee happiness?
• Does happiness in the workplace lead to greater productivity?
• How can organisations transform from stressful environments to creative workplaces?
• What strategies can be employed by organisations to change their culture?

Saurabh Jain, Head of Human Resources – Singapore, ABN AMRO Bank N.V.

Urvi Jobalia, Head of HR and Senior Business Partner, Ericsson  

Christina Ang, L&D, Diversity & Inclusion, Wellbeing – APC Lead, NatWest Markets

Jade Camps-Douglas, Head of Wellbeing, Rolls-Royce

Chaired by Jacinta Quah, Founder, Jacinta Quah & Co

11:45 – 12:10: Wellbeing as a Critical Step in Building a Resilient and Highly Engaged Workforce

• Developing a safe to speak up culture, of trust and care
• Delivering wellbeing tools and resources enhancing engagement and productivity
• What can organizations do now to ensure workforces are truly resilient in times of growth

Emma Pride, Singapore HR Lead, BHP

12:10 – 12:30: Hyper-Personalisation of Employee Experience Using AI & Analytics

• What is the difference between People & HR analytics?
• How do chatbots work when they are fed data by humans?
• Digital transformation brief and data impact
• Understanding the data labelling aspect of Spotify and Netflix data models
• Analytics – descriptive – predictive – prescriptive – how does it all translate into Personalisation which can help HR and employee wellbeing?

Sandeep Chanana, APAC HRBP, Change Management and HR Transformation, Ratuken

12:30 – 12:55: Toward a better workplace: designing the workplace experience to optimise employee’s health and wellbeing

• The mega trends in workplace and wellbeing and what it means for businesses
• Exploring how Facilities Management has evolved and refocused to consider health, wellbeing and quality of life
• Sodexo’s approach to designing a better workplace that can have a positive impact on employee experience and wellbeing

Vineeta Tikekar, APAC Marketing Director, Corporate Services, Sodexo

12:55 – 14:00: Networking lunch & Energiser Sessions

14:00 – 14:05: Afternoon Energiser session

14:05 – 14:30: Creating a Full Representation Workforce

• What are the critical means of communicating and embracing inclusivity across and beyond the organization?
• How to gain key wins, overcoming pitfalls and best practice tactics for not only fine-tuning D&I goals to keep the momentum rolling
• The importance of using data to drive outcomes
• How to leverage major initiatives to drive the work forward?

Tricia Duran, Head of HR, Unilever Asia

14:30 – 14:55: Workplace Wellbeing as a Profitable Investment
There is a social demand for developing wellbeing at work. Employers have realized that developing workplace wellbeing is a win-win situation, where both the employer and their employees’ benefits. In this session Markus will discuss how wellbeing initiatives can be both sustainable and profitable.

Markus Näsman, CEO, KivaQ

14:55 – 15:20: Driving a Culture of Wellbeing by Building Team Resilience and Managing Energy

Time is a finite source; energy is renewable. To recharge themselves, individuals need to recognize the costs of energy-depleting behaviors and then take responsibility for changing them, regardless of the circumstances they’re facing.

• What are the sources of personal energy?
• How to build team resilience?
• What options do organisations have to ensure a healthy and engaged workforce culture?

Marieke Bos Van Den Berg, Asia HR Director, AkzoNobel 

15:20 – 16:00: Industry Round Tables

The opportunity for attendees to join round table discussions for more in-depth discussions on specific areas of workplace wellbeing

16.00 – 16.15: Afternoon Networking Break & Energiser Sessions

16:15 – 16:45: Fireside Chat: Why Leaders Must Embrace Employee Wellbeing at Start-Ups

As head of HR for HSBC in Singapore Brandon will discuss the importance of combining happiness, playfulness and fun as part of the culture to promote wellbeing; what established organizations do to help build the skills necessary to manage stress and the ability to recognize the need for employees to unplug in order to become fully engaged. As a retail industry veteran across Asia Pacific and China, Mark has helped both start-ups and established brands like Acer, L’Oréal, and Anytime Fitness, to further their penetration and improve profitability. As a CEO he must be deeply committed to achieving commercial success, but what about the importance of maintaining a culture of happiness, playfulness, and fun as the business grows? This session will discuss what can leaders do to help employees at start-ups build the skills necessary to stay resilient and happy – and ultimately fully engaged.

Brandon Coate, Head of Human Resources – Singapore, HSBC

Mark Homeier, Global CEO, Maxonrow

Facilitated by Jacinta Quah, Founder, Jacinta Quah & Co

16.45 – 17.00: A Strategic Approach to Workplace Wellbeing & Wrap-up

In this session, Natalie will share the very best ideas to ensure that everyone leaves the event with clear objectives and a toolbox of ideas and solutions that can be implemented within their own organisation over the next 12 months.

Natalie Yan-Chatonsky, CEO and Co-Founder, Full Time Lives

17.00: Closing Remarks

Lawrence Mitchell, VP APAC, Sonas Events

17.00 – 18.00: Networking Reception        

Please join us for some drinks and canapés to close the conference.