Chronic Illness Awareness Workshops
Empower your People Leaders and Employees with Chronic Confidence today.
Enabling deep insights, tools and strategies for people leaders and employees managing chronic conditions at work.
Delivered in formats suited for your organisation, these workshops can be booked for company-wide sessions, leadership teams, employee groups, or as breakout sessions at conferences.
Additionally, sessions are available for Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) and can complement organisational wellbeing initiatives, including days focused on women’s health, disease awareness, and the International Day of People with Disabilities.
Chronic Illness is already at work, lets make it work for everyone.
WORKSHOP: Org Wide
Understanding Chronic Conditions at Work
This workshop focuses on raising awareness across the entire organisation. It introduces chronic illness as a normal yet often invisible part of the workforce, affecting over 30% of employees.
By opening up the conversation, we create a safer space for employees with chronic conditions to feel validated and seen, while giving people leaders a greater understanding of how chronic illness affects work.
This session is not just about inclusion and wellbeing—it's about recognising chronic illness as a core part of the everyday workforce experience. By shifting the narrative around illness at work, we move towards an empowering, collaborative, and professional environment where everyone can flourish.
WORKSHOP: For People Leaders
Chronic Confidence For People Leaders
People leaders are often the first point of contact when an employee discloses a chronic condition. They manage the workload, approve reasonable adjustments, and ensure organisational objectives are met. However, research shows that many leaders feel unprepared to handle these situations effectively.
80% of people leaders believed their direct reports' illness disclosure are genuine.
22% of people leaders felt they had adequate skills to manage people with chronic illness.
52% of employees with chronic conditions report being treated unfairly in the workplace.
Without the right skills, people leaders can experience Chronic Confusion—uncertainty about how to support employees, stress about getting workload delivered, and sometimes misinterpreting chronic illness as a performance issue.
Our workshops provide leaders with the tools they need to build Chronic Confidence.
WORKSHOP: For Employees
Building Chronic Confidence for Employees
Managing a chronic illness in the workplace often requires people to navigating their health and adapt at work without compromising their career. It's a delicate balance, especially when you don't want to tell everyone what is going on.
Our workshops provide practical tools and strategies to help employees move from Chronic Confusion to Chronic Confidence. We empower them to honour their talents, ambitions and capacity with integrity and sustainable action.
Conference Workshops & Breakout Sessions
Our specialised workshops and breakout sessions at conferences are designed to extend the reach of career and chronic conditions to a broader audience.
These sessions are ideal for fostering dynamic discussions and deeper insights into managing chronic these experience in diverse professional settings
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Additionally, have our founder, Michelle Irving, speak as a keynote or panelist to bring expert insights and personal experiences to the forefront. These sessions not only increase awareness but also equip attendees with actionable solutions to implement within their own organisations.
