EVOLVE Benefits and Workforce Strategies Summit

“Pat’s always so negative!” Are internal conflicts sapping your team’s energy and productivity? In this practical workshop, you’ll learn the skills and strategies you need to dissolve interpersonal and team conflicts, as well as how leaders can create norms (and values) to support team members in resolving their own conflicts.

This session delves into understanding obesity as a chronic disease, examining its multifaceted causes and the necessity for comprehensive treatment approaches. We’ll discuss the significant economic implications of inaction, highlighting how untreated obesity escalates health care costs and diminishes workplace productivity. We’ll also explore effective workplace strategies to support employees living with obesity, fostering an inclusive environment that promotes health and well-being.

Your drug plan is a key part of your benefits package and can help improve the health and well-being of your workforce, but it also comes with a significant cost. This session will provide an environmental scan and update on hot topics impacting Canadian private drug plans. You’ll learn about emerging developments and trends, such as national pharmacare, the federal strategy for drugs for rare diseases, preferred pharmacy networks, obesity drugs, biosimilars, drug pooling and drug pricing.

Discover how emerging trends—including burnout; digital transformation; generational shifts; economic uncertainty; and evolving diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) expectations—are shaping the workforce and how strategic responses can foster engagement, trust and performance. Through an interactive breakout discussion, you’ll gain actionable insights to help future-proof workplace culture and lead meaningful changes in your organization. Join us in reimagining the future of work!