Transforming Workplace Cultures: Practical Strategies for Promoting Mental Wellbeing
| Thursday, June 5, 2025 |
| 9:15 AM - 10:00 AM |
Overview
Mary Ann Baynton, CEO, Mary Ann Baynton & Associates Corp.
Presenter
Mary Ann Baynton
CEO
Mary Ann Baynton & Associates Corp
Transforming Workplace Cultures: Practical Strategies for Promoting Mental Wellbeing
Abstract
The intention of this keynote will be to make the connection between mental wellbeing, psychological health and safety and culture. It will explore the evolution from waiting for signs that an employee may be struggling with a mental illness to proactively protecting and promoting the wellbeing of all employees. It will show that culture is the result of day to day interactions rather than any philosophy. And it will provide specific actions that any organization can take immediately, even with no budget, to begin to make a positive difference.
Three Key Learnings:
1. Psychological health and safety helps protect the mental wellbeing of all employees as well as those they serve.
2. Psychological health and safety is about how work and those at work impact employees.
3. Embedding psychological health and safety in how work is assigned and done as well as how we interact with each other is more effective than most big campaigns or programs.
Three Key Learnings:
1. Psychological health and safety helps protect the mental wellbeing of all employees as well as those they serve.
2. Psychological health and safety is about how work and those at work impact employees.
3. Embedding psychological health and safety in how work is assigned and done as well as how we interact with each other is more effective than most big campaigns or programs.
Biography
Mary Ann has been called the “godmother of psychological health and safety”. She served as co-chair of the Technical Committee for the Canadian Standard on Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace, was a member of the Mental Health Commission’s Workforce Advisory Committee, a member of the Employment Standards Committee and director for Workplace Strategies for Mental Health.
As a consultant, Mary Ann supports employers, governments, unions, teams and associations to resolve issues involving mental health, psychological safety, conflict or performance concerns.
