There was a time when “great benefits” meant free snacks, gym memberships, and a meditation app no one really used. On paper, it worked. In reality? Employees were still burned out, unclear on expectations, and too overwhelmed to access the very resources meant to help them.
Because wellbeing isn’t something you bolt onto a broken system.
In this session, we’ll explore the shift from perks to true, holistic well-being, embedded into the everyday employee experience. We’ll challenge the gap between what organizations offer and how work actually feels.
• Recognize the limitations of traditional perks and why they fail to address the root causes of burnout and disengagement
• Identify gaps between benefits and daily employee experience
• Explore strategies to embed wellbeing into the flow of work, not just as a standalone offering
• Reframe the role of leaders and organizations from providing perks to creating genuinely supportive, human-centered workplaces
Speaker:
Catherine Mattice
Founder/CEO
Catherine Mattice, MA, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, is the founder/CEO of Civility Partners, which is an organizational development firm focused on helping organizations create respectful workplace cultures and specializing in turning around toxic cultures. Civility Partners’ clients range from Fortune 500’s to small businesses across many industries. Catherine is a TEDx speaker and an HR thought-leader who has appeared in such venues as USA Today, Bloomberg, CNN, NPR, and many other national news outlets as an expert. She’s an award-winning speaker, author and blogger, and has 60+ courses reaching global audiences on LinkedIn Learning. Her fourth book, Navigating Toxic Work Environments For Dummies (Wiley) is available in all major bookstores and where audio books are sold.