Supporting Mental Health and Wellness in Today’s Hybrid Work Environment with ADP's Senior Director of Global HR, Amy Freshman (#10)

Almost three out of every four companies are implementing permanent hybrid work models this year. What kind of impact will that have on company culture, productivity, and employee mental health and well-being? Amy Freshman, Senior Director of Global HR for ADP - who has worked remotely long before the pandemic - shares her ideas on what HR can do to drive positive outcomes in these areas.

Highlights:

[3:23] Strategic approach to going hybrid

[6:21] Addressing the downside risks of a post-pandemic hybrid environment

[10:44] The risks of mandating daily commuting to the office again

[13:11] What about employees who thought pandemic remote work changes were permanent?

[20:15] ADP’s “Month of Wellness”

[25:25] Preparing managers to have conversations about mental health

[27:26] HR’s support for managers

[32:08] Check-in conversations

[36:12] The future of hybrid work

[40:13] Measuring whether hybrid work/flexible work is a good thing

Guest Bio

Amy Freshman, Senior Director of Global HR, ADP

After 17 years in various sales roles, Amy joined the HR organization at ADP to head the company’s flexible work arrangements program in 2012. Her duties have since expanded to include HR lead on all merger and acquisition activities within the company, in partnership with ADP’s strategy organization. She leads critical programs and events, including an HR summit focused on learning and connection among ADP’s global HR team members, and an annual companywide Month of Wellness that provides sessions and engagement activities related to wellbeing. She earned her SHRM-SCP certification in 2021.

Links

https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyfreshman/⁠

https://www.adp.com/

ADP Research Institute https://www.adpri.org/

Global Workplace Analytics https://globalworkplaceanalytics.com/

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