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Standing Still Is Not An Option: Why Organizations Need To Focus on Workplace Health and Well-being In this talk, Duxbury explores key aspects of workplace health and well-being, identifying the effects that overwork and stress have on workplace morale, productivity and efficiency, why this matters to organizations, and what can be done to improve our approach to and management of this widespread problem. She looks in detail at the current situation, showing how employers are not walking the talk when it comes to recognizing and supporting work-life balance, and that people are feeling more, not less balance in their lives—despite a decade or more of talk on this issue. She goes on to explore the impact this has on an organization's ability to meet its goals and serve its stakeholders. Finally, she keys in on solutions—what has been tried, what should be tried, and what is most likely to make a difference in the lives of working people. A dynamic, thoughtful and entertaining presenter, Duxbury helps managers and executives understand why workplace health and well-being matters, and what they should be doing to help their employees and themselves live more happier, more balanced, and more productive lives.

Linda Duxbury's research areas include those listed below, and she can customize a presentation to your organization based on this research and your event parameters.

• Alternative work arrangements
• Determinants and consequences of work-family stress
• Impact of alternative work arrangements and computer technology on work-family stress
• Implementation of technology
• Management of change
• End-user computing
• Management of health care
• Tele-work
• "Electronic briefcase"
• Supportive management
• Organizational impacts of computer networks
• Managing a changing workforce
• Generational differences in work values

More on Linda Duxbury

Dr. Duxbury held the Imperial Life Chair in Women and Management from 1992 to 1996 and was director of Carleton Centre for Research on Education on Women and Work from 1996 to 1999. In 1999 she was appointed to the Fryer Commission on Labour-Management Relations in the Federal Government. Among her many awards are the Public Service citation from the Association of Public Service Executives, the Canadian Workplace Wellness Pioneer Award for her "pioneering efforts, creativity, innovation and leadership" in the field of organizational health, a Community Policing Award by the Ottawa Police Services for her leadership on the Ottawa Police Outreach Recruitment Advisory Board, and the Toastmasters International Communication and Leadership Award by District 61 for her "outstanding personal contribution to our community as a powerful communicator and a dedicated leader."

Linda Duxbury has done work with most departments in the federal public sector including the Treasury Board, Statistics Canada, Health Canada, DND, Natural Resources Canada, Environment Canada and Transport Canada to name a few. She has also worked with most provincial governments in Canada and municipalities such as Calgary, Kitchener, Waterloo, Ottawa and Peel Region.

She has also worked with Crown Corporations and private sector companies in all sectors (telecom, natural resources, high technology, finance, retail). Linda has conducted interviews with many well known Canadian and International media including CBC TV and radio (National, Journal and Venture), CTV, Citizen, Globe and Mail, National Post, MacLeans, Canadian Business and many others.

Linda has also delivered invited talks and lectures in countries such as Australia, Japan, Indonesia, South Africa, Fiji and Ecuador to name a few. Linda has extensive teaching experience in the area of managing a changing workforce and has delivered lectures on this topic for numerous Universities and public and private sector companies. She has also published widely in both the academic and practitioner literature.

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