What leadership behaviours and cultural signals sustain wellbeing and performance in hybrid, AI-enabled workplaces? How can wellbeing be embedded as a seamless, data-informed experience across the entire employee lifecycle? How do organisations shift from wellbeing provision to building workforce capability, adaptability, and growth? How can wellbeing be leveraged as a strategic driver of resilience, retention, and innovation in times of rapid change?

As organisations navigate ongoing change, rising expectations and new ways of working, creating workplaces where people can truly thrive has never been more important. While AI becomes more embedded in the workplace, leaders also face a new challenge of managing humans and robots’ side by side, while ensuring the human needs that drive wellbeing, trust and performance are not lost.Drawing on Gallup’s latest State of the Global Workplace research, this keynote will explore the state of employee wellbeing and what the data tells us about how people are experiencing work today. It will examine the connection between thriving, engagement, leadership and performance, and why the role of managers is increasingly critical to creating healthier, more resilient workplaces. The session will challenge organisations to think beyond traditional wellbeing initiatives and consider the everyday workplace experiences that shape how people feel, perform and thrive. Attendees will leave with practical insights into what leaders can do to create the conditions for better wellbeing, stronger engagement and sustainable performance.