Wellbeing at Work™ | Wellbeing Training Activity

• To raise awareness of the concept of wellbeing
• To highlight the benefits of being in a state of wellbeing
• To discuss initiatives that can help improve wellbeing
• To appreciate the wide range of issues that can contribute to wellbeing
• To identify small changes that can make a big difference

Participants represent the Managers of a small organisation. They are about to review some ideas put forward by staff on how to improve wellbeing in the organisation.

Each person receives a set of 20 Cards. 10 are Statement Cards and contain a view, from a member of staff, for improving wellbeing, along with a counter view from another member. Their task is to decide who they agree with most on each card. There are also 10 Statistics Cards, each of which contains information from on a recent, national survey. Participants must decide the which is the correct result from a number of possible options.

Participants work through the cards first as individuals, noting their own personal views. They are then put into teams (in breakout rooms) and work through the cards as a team, noting down the team view. Where they have differing views they try to reach consensus.

Finally teams, as managers, choose five of the Statement Cards that they think are the most realistic, affordable and effective initiatives for their staff and the organisation to embrace.

Together, the cards raise a greater awareness of the concept of wellbeing and some of the actions that can be taken to build wellbeing.

Specifically designed for virtual training, it is straightforward to use and the Trainer's Notes provide helpful tips on how to run a virtual session.

1. Introduce the topic, and explain how the session will run and the overall timing.
2. Explain that participants will shortly all receive a set of 20 Cards and a Record Sheet. All they have to do is work through the cards, one by one, and decide what to do. 10 cards are Statement Cards, with the thoughts of two people on each. Participants decide which person they most agree with and note it down on their Record Sheet. The other 10 cards are Statistics Cards, with information from a recent, national survey. Participants decide which is the correct result from a number of options. Allow 20 minutes.
3. Now put people into teams, in breakout rooms, and ask teams to review the cards to reach consensus. Allow 20 minutes.
4. When time is up, ask each team (as managers of their small organisation), to choose FIVE of the Statement Cards which they think will be the most effective and affordable to use as wellbeing initiatives.
5. Bring everyone back into plenary session for a Debrief.

Full guidance supplied in the Trainer’s Notes.

• Trainer's Notes
• Wellbeing at Work Cards
• Record Sheet
• Handout: Top Tips

This activity is supplied digitally via the Northgate Trainerhub. No delivery charges apply.

Our licence offering is designed to provide exceptional value and flexibility for your organisational training needs.

Upon purchase, each Northgate activity includes a five-year licence for repeat use, with up to a maximum number of delegates per training session. The maximum number of delegates permitted for this activity is 24. This grants you the freedom to use the activity repeatedly, with the specified maximum number of delegates, for five years.

All Learning and Development (L&D) professionals based at the same site (or ‘remote hub’) as you are granted access to these resources, including to the digital files on the Trainerhub via your site-specific Trainer Dashboard, fostering a collaborative spirit within your immediate team.

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