KELOWNA – On November 30, entrepreneur and O2E Brands Founder and CEO Brian Scudamore (1-800-GOT-JUNK?, WOW 1 Day Painting, You Move Me, and Shine Shack) is lending his voice to CMHA Kelowna’s Mental Health Voices breakfast along with a local tech company that specializes in helping employers promote healthy and safe workplaces.
Xilo, powered by EARA Technologies, saw employers buried in paper as they were trying to keep track of Worksafe requirements, occupational health and safety meetings and individual employee needs, and decided to develop a software solution – one that brings together the talents of rehabilitation and information technology professionals to make health and safety information available at the click of a mouse, anytime, anywhere.
“In short, we make it easier to keep workers working,” says Monica Kyveris, VP Sales and Client Relations at EARA Technologies. “Our human resources are our greatest assets and when they aren’t well, the business suffers too.”
The average company loses up to 12% of its payroll to employee disability through loss of productivity and sick leave.
“There is no question that an employee’s mental health is a key part of their productivity when they are at work, but there is also a key connection between mental health and an employee’s ability to return to work after an injury. This is why we are so proud to sponsor this event,” says Kyveris.
Scudamore will provide a keynote speech on “WTF Culture: Let Your Employees Dream Big.” In this context, WTF stands for Willing to Fail. In business, failure doesn’t have to mean the end of the road; in fact, maybe it should be encouraged!
This event will engage the business community in conversations about mental health in the workplace and two local businesses will be presented a Mental Health Voices Award for demonstrating leadership and excellence in this area.
“We are very excited about bringing this event to our community,” says Shelagh Turner, Executive Director of CMHA Kelowna. “Every day 500,000 Canadians miss work due to mental illness. We want to share with businesses why they should care about mental health, what mental health looks like in the workplace and provide employers with low and no-cost ideas that they can implement right away.”
Last year’s sold out event, with Dragon’s Den alumnus W. Brett Wilson, was a huge success.
Mental Health Voices will be held November 30th at 7:00 am at the Delta Grand Okanagan. Tickets are available for $52 + GST or, when booking a table of 10, your company will receive logo recognition at the event. For tickets please visit the following link.