Kate Middleton urges business leaders to prioritise workplace wellbeing to support families
21.03.2023 - 20:57
/ ok.co.uk
Kate Middleton has urged business leaders to prioritise wellbeing in the workplace to support family life as she launched a business taskforce on early childhood. The Princess of Wales is hoping global firms who have joined her taskforce will be the catalyst for change, encouraging businesses across the country to train and help staff to maintain their social and emotional welfare, aiding their work and home life.
The 41 year old royal hosted the inaugural meeting of the taskforce at NatWest’s headquarters in the City of London on Tuesday.The global firms and major brands on board include Unilever, Ikea, Deloitte, Lego, Aviva, Co-op and Iceland. The taskforce follows on from the launch of Princess Kate’s Shaping Us campaign, described as her “life’s work” and aimed at raising the profile of youngsters’ early years development.
Speaking to a group of chief executive officers in the boardroom at NatWest bank’s headquarters in the City of London, the princess told them she believed there were two things needed “to really transform society for generations to come”. She said: “The first is to prioritise creating working environments that provide the support and training your workforce needs to cultivate and maintain its own social and emotional wellbeing.
“This will benefit them personally and professionally as well as creating a better working culture within your organisations. “Given most of your workforce have a role to play in raising the next generation at home, it will also transform the experience of the very youngest in society too.
“The second is a more concentrated effort in supporting the social and emotional development of our youngest children. Because as with most human development, the key time to build these
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