About this Webinar

Disconnection from colleagues, limited visibility of others’ work and of your own impact, feeling underappreciated or unrecognised, and reluctance to ask coworkers for help. These factors all point to a major emerging risk with a growing impact in modern workplaces: loneliness.

Declared a public health concern by the World Health Organisation, loneliness intensified during the pandemic and continues to grow in today’s world, where technology can reduce meaningful human interaction. Japan and the UK have even appointed ministers responsible for loneliness, while other countries are creating dedicated initiatives to address a health issue that, according to the WHO, can have an impact comparable to smoking 15 cigarettes a day.

In this Safety Voices webinar, you’ll learn how loneliness affects workplaces and how organisations can start monitoring this risk on an ongoing basis. ecoPortal’s Craig Bleakley will be joined by Michele Grow, CEO Mental Health & Wellness at APM, to explore the different types of loneliness, their health implications, and practical actions organisations can take to address this issue.

What You'll Learn

• What loneliness is and why it’s becoming a critical issue for workplaces
• The different types of loneliness and why they deserve serious attention
• The health impacts of loneliness on individuals and organisations
• What the data reveals about loneliness in today’s workplaces
• What workplaces can do: practical actions that help – and approaches that don’t
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Who Should Attend:

•  Health & Safety and Risk Professionals 
  
•  Team Leaders and Managers 
  
•  Senior Leaders and Executives 
•  HR and People and Culture Leaders 
  
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