A leader-led approach to workplace wellbeing

HeyPenny’s leader-led approach puts human-to-human conversations at the forefront. In doing so, we’re uncovering how work is truly impacting employee wellbeing and enabling organisations to proactively care for and support their people.

HeyPenny wellbeing check-ins provide a dedicated time for deeper conversations about the employee's overall wellbeing. Our platform, guided by Dr. Hillary Bennett's expertly developed framework, supports leaders in asking the right questions to foster open, trusting conversations that uncover root issues. This proactive approach enhances communication skills, builds high-trust relationships, and drives long-term growth and positive change.

Enhance the power of regular check-ins

Leaders that make you feel valued

HeyPenny turns leaders into high-performing champions by enhancing their ability to understand and respond to psychosocial stress. With this knowledge, leaders are empowered to have courageous conversations that make employees feel truly valued. Our approach not only builds high-trust environments but also transforms workplace wellbeing, creating a culture where everyone thrives.

Following a virtual or an in-person check-in, conversation insights are captured into our platform and connected to a framework of factors developed by Dr. Hillary Bennett. These real-time insights fuel our platform, enabling proactive care and impactful initiatives. With reliable data at your fingertips, decision-making is enhanced, fostering a healthier and more responsive workplace environment.

Psychosocial data you can act on

“Surveys are great for rating your uber ride home but rather inhuman when it comes to understanding wellbeing”

The HeyPenny process

The HeyPenny platform uses a framework of workplace factors to guide conversations on how work is impacts employees.

By shifting the focus away from wellbeing itself, leaders gain confidence in having regular discussions, while organisations access reliable, actionable psychosocial data.

Upskilling Leaders

During onboarding leaders attend a 2-3hr workshop, led by an organisational psychologist, on wellbeing, psychosocial risk and how to navigate conversations.

1:1 Check-ins

Wellbeing check-ins provide a dedicated time for deeper conversations. Check-ins can be virtual, in-person or on the move, whatever works best for your team.

Capturing Insights

Leaders enter conversation insights into HeyPenny’s platform against a framework of factors co-designed by Dr. Hillary Bennett.

Usable Data

Conversation insights provide reliable wellbeing data organisations can use to enhance decision making and better support their people.

Champion your leaders and ignite their potential

Utilise wellbeing resources

HeyPenny empowers leaders to maximise wellbeing resources by enabling them to easily direct what’s available within the organisation. This enhanced resource utilisation drives better wellbeing outcomes, ensuring employees feel fully supported and valued.

Capture insights fluidly

The HeyPenny platform guides leaders through meaningful conversations with a series of prompting questions available. High level insights are captured enabling relevant resources to be directed if needed. If the employee consents, the conversation can be recorded and AI can extract insights for confirmation by both parties. All data is anonymised and aggregated into a dashboard, offering an enterprise-wide view for informed decision-making.

Be safety compliant

HeyPenny’s enhanced visibility over the root causes of psychosocial stress, enables organisations to effectively manage risk in their workplace in order to comply with safety legislation, sec. 44 of HSWA. This allows businesses to not only demonstrate they meet legal requirements, but also foster a supportive environment, leading to better wellbeing outcomes and a thriving workplace culture.

  • High trust companies report 74% less stress & 50% higher productivity

    HBR 2017

  • 94% of employees feel their manager should have some responsibility for their wellbeing.

    Deloitte 2023

  • Two thirds of workers do not utilise wellbeing offerings.

    Deloitte 2023

  • 70% Leadership learning happens through on the job experience

    Center for Creative Leadership, The 70-20-10 Rule for Leadership Development

 FAQs

  • Our approach sits within regular 1:1 conversations and encourages a 'refocus' of the traditional check-ins that leaders do with their people.

    Capturing insights into the HeyPenny platform takes roughly 5 extra minutes.

  • Yes, the HeyPenny platform has been designed to support leaders and people from anywhere - be it work from home or on the beach, enabling them to have richer and more meaningful conversations.

  • Both a leader and the staff member play a role in a good wellbeing conversation.

    The leader-led role is responsible for capturing insights and creating a safe mental space for their staff member.

    The employee-led role is responsible for setting the direction of the conversation. Simply put, the staff member only talks about what they are comfortable with - creating a sense of trust.

    The HeyPenny platform and approach sets both the leader and employee up for success when adjusting to a new way of managing workplace wellbeing.

    The platform includes conversational prompts to encourage easy going conversation and is mapped to a framework designed by leader workplace safety psychologist - Dr Hilary Bennet.

  • Yes. A key pillar in a psycho-social safe workplace is trust and HeyPenny has built itself on that pillar.

    Transparency is also key - a leader's role is to capture insights but the employee confirms & approves its accuracy.

    Leaders can see conversations they have entered for their team and associated insights. All insights are anonymised using a mix of human and software controls to remove identifiable features e.g. he & she to they/them.

    Finally, HeyPenny has high standard security controls to protect the privacy and confidentiality of data and commercial sensitivity.

  • Simply put - an organisational psychologist is an expert in people in the workplace and are often the key to a business reaching their true potential.

    From the Institute of Organisational Psychology:

    "Organisational psychologists are experts in human behaviour in the workplace, having extensively studied the brain, performance, learning, group behaviour, and the processes determining how people think, feel, behave and react, and the impact of these on organisational outcomes."

  • HeyPenny has partnered with fantastic workplace experts and organisational psychologists who are happy to continue with you on your journey.

    They can be available for individual sessions with leaders, assistance in identifying the right initiatives to introduce to your work place or provide resources you need.