How is your workforce doing? What impact did the post-COVID-19 ‘pivot to online’ and the processes and practices that have followed have on staff wellbeing?

This course with Open Learn will explore what workplace wellbeing means in a hybrid working world – whose responsibility it is, the challenges involved in creating and maintaining it, and the benefits it brings to your organisation. Is your organisation inclusive, diverse and a champion of equal opportunities? EDI (equality, diversity and inclusion) is often derided as ‘political correctness gone mad’ or a legal requirements box ticked, but this course emphasises the critical role it plays in achieving a culture of wellbeing, and invites you to consider it as an investment in the most important asset your organisation has: the people who work there.

After studying this course, you should be able to:

• reflect on digital/hybrid work habits and practices and their impact on your own wellbeing and that of your colleagues
• discuss various aspects of wellbeing, equality, inclusion and diversity in the context of digital and hybrid working
• articulate likely benefits and/or risks to personal wellbeing associated with engaging in online activities
• appreciate the importance of developing and maintaining a diverse and inclusive working environment
• recognise the role of personal responsibility and leadership in valuing equality, inclusion and difference on an individual level, as well as to teams and the wider organisation