1. Leading award winning workplace mental health
and wellbeing program
www.happybodyatwork.com

2. HAPPY BODY AT WORK (HBAW) is an innovative 8 week multimedia wellbeing program that focuses on
the four key lifestyle areas of:
• SITTING less
• MOVING more
• recognising physical responses to STRESS, and
• improving SLEEP
Growing evidence about the health risks associated with sedentary lifestyle and its impact on the mental
health of employees has fuelled demand for evidence based solutions such as HBAW. While many mental
health awareness programs focus only on the psychological strategies, HBAW is possibly unique in its focus
on introducing a holistic platform of PHYSICAL AND MENTAL STRATEGIES. Using behavioural change
models around habit acquisition, the program allows participants to choose strategies that are personally
relevant, time effective and simple to implement, leading to high levels of engagement.
To improve the MENTAL AND PHYSICAL
RESILIENCE and WELLBEING of
employees by giving them simple strategies
to help take the load off body and mind,
both AT WORK and AT HOME.
To provide employers with a
PLATFORM AND TOOLS that can be used
as a foundation for ongoing wellbeing
strategies and initiatives.
To provide a SIMPLE, ACCESSIBLE,
AFFORDABLE, SCALABLE program that
increases the awareness of the impact
of mental stress on physical wellbeing
throughout working Australia.
To create CONVERSATIONS that normalise
and DE-STIGMATISE mental and physical
health challenges and identify some of the
key stressors that are common to
many groups.
WHAT ARE THE AIMS?
WHAT IS HAPPY BODY AT WORK?

3. This 3 min HBAW ANIMATION
explains the organisational benefits.
This 90 sec animation explains
the personal benefits.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPqaMtdWC1U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yO-b8UqEKBY
HBAW was created by leading physiotherapist and mind/body expert, Anna-Louise Bouvier in
partnership with ABC Commercial, the commercial arm of the ABC.
HBAW is perfectly aligned with ABC Commercial’s strategic focus to educate, create,
innovate and engage audiences to enhance the wellbeing of all Australians lives.
Anna-Louise leads an amazing team of professionals who are utterly committed to improving the wellbeing of all
Australians. The HBAW team currently includes seven regional business partners and wellbeing consultants, who
are supported by a dedicated group of internal staff at the ABC.
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS?
HBAW TEAM
Anna-Louise Bouvier
Founder, Director
Happy Body At Work
WHO IS BEHIND IT?
Troy Morgan
Business Partner
Julie Taliana
Operations Coordinator
Requel Trevillion
Wellbeing Consultant
Jane Stevens
Wellbeing Consultant
Yinna Too
Designer
Melinda Luck
Wellbeing Consultant
Laurene McKenzie
Sales & Business
Development Manager
Sasha Kahan
Communications
Strategist
Sharon Ramsay-Luck
Director,
ABC Commercial
Sharon Richens
Business Partner
Deborah O’Leary
Business Manager
Cyrus Irani
Sales Manager,
ABC Commercial

4. HOLISTIC BENEFITS FLOW FROM THE
INDIVIDUAL TO THE COMMUNITY
The holistic benefits of the HBAW program flow from the workplace
to home, from the individual to the household and wider community.
Participants report positive changes to many aspects of their lives
including increased activity levels, reduced sedentary time, improved
sleep patterns, fewer aches and pains and increased awareness of
the physical signs of emotional stress all of which contribute to self-
reported increases in mood, energy, ability to cope with workload and
lower levels of self-reported anxiety and depression.
WORLD LEADER
The program is also an innovative world leader confirmed by a successful
10 country global pilot, across four continents, for Ashurst Law Firm (with
the view to a 28 country roll out in 2016), an Asia Pacific roll out for Minter
Ellison in 2014, and proposals in chain for a number of multinational
construction organisations. Its scalability combined with high levels of
engagement showcase the ABC’s skill for innovation in education.
CULTURE OF CARE
Perhaps one of the strongest impacts of the program is that it starts
conversations within workplaces that de-stigmatises the disclosure of
feelings of fatigue, low mood and anxiety. At the same time the program
reflects a strong culture of care by the company for the employee and an
increasing awareness of the physical and mental stressors employees face
in their day to day lives.
WHY DO WE NEED IT?
The 24 hour accessibility of digital technology, coupled with longer
working hours, high levels of organisational change and reduced job
security, is making it harder for Australian workers to separate their work
and home lives, resulting in reduced personal and sleep time. This has
created a perfect storm that contributes to widespread low levels of
mental and physical wellbeing in the community.
HOME
WORK PLACE
COMMUNITY
INDIVIDUAL
LONGER WORKING HOURS, REDUCED PERSONAL AND SLEEP TIME

5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=as_gp6zWhlQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2zckEgAKdo
MAINTAINING AND SUPPORTING CHANGE
The HBAW team has brought together a group of organisations called CHOOSE ONE Partners. We provide
HBAW client organisations with a list of our Partners and point them to their high quality, cost effective
(often free) resources that can help to reinforce and sustain behavioural change in each of the target areas
and especially in the area of mental health.
Contact with existing internal support initiatives such as the organisations EAP provider is highlighted.
Examples of some of our Choose One partner organisations include:
WHAT DO CLIENTS SAY?
As Dean of a Business School, I was struck by the messaging around
energy+resilience+performance / sustainable energy leads to sustainable people leads to
sustainable business growth / ‘it’s good for people but it’s great for your business’. These are of
course critically important notions in their own right, but I also like the point that a commitment
to the program shows that employers actually care about their staff. The messaging also raises
questions about employee welfare as a driver of performance. Once your organization has
participated in the program you can witness for yourself the tangible performance benefits
the program provides. You also get a more nuanced understanding of employee welfare and
how we as employers can help to improve it. Happy Body at Work creates a win-win situation in
which employees and the organization enjoy mutual benefits.
Gregory Whitwell, Dean, Sydney University, School of Business
workplace health
promotion network

6. WHY IS IT EFFECTIVE?
SUPPORTED BY A PLATFORM OF
DELIVERED AS AN EVENT IN A BOX
MULTIMEDIA WELLBEING
PRODUCT
ENTERTAINING
MESSAGES
EVIDENCE BASED
EDUCATION
CULTURAL ENGAGEMENT
TOOL
EASE OF DELIVERY SCALABILITYSTATISTICS
AND DATA
WHAT WE FOCUS ON
HOW IS IT IMPLEMENTED?

7. The eight week program is delivered as an EVENT IN A BOX and includes a step-by-step roll out schedule,
digital assets including video clips, emails, surveys, survey results and hard copy materials including posters,
newsletters and brochures. A HBAW coordinator is available to provide advice and support throughout the
duration of the program.
1
http://www.cqaimh.org/pdf/tool_phq2.pdf
Kroenke K1, Spitzer RL, Williams JB The Patient Health Questionnaire-2: validity of a two-item depression screener.
Med Care. 2003 Nov;41(11):1284-92.
WEEK 1: SURVEY
Begins with a short electronic survey in which respondents answer a series of questions about
physical and mental lifestyle factors including sleep, activity levels and self-reported stressors.
A simple anxiety rating scale and a PHQ2 depression scale1
also increase the ability for the
employer to explore the link between low levels of mental and physical wellbeing in their teams.
The survey achieves response rates of 50-85%, which most employers see as outstanding.
WEEK 2: A LIVE LAUNCH EVENT
Laughter, interaction and sticky messages have been skilfully woven into the LIVE LAUNCH to
create maximum impact for employees, delivering evidence based messages and survey data in
an engaging and enjoyable way. This event is a powerful tool that introduces the core messages
of the program and reinforces their relevance in everyday life.
WEEKS 3-7: STICKY WEEKLY MESSAGES
Practical positive messaging via bi weekly videos,
newsletters and health posters delivered in engaging grabs
that can be accessed on participants smartphone, tablet or
computer with 24 hour access to material and minimal time
commitment. The combination of high quality messages
with humour and problem/solution formatting give
employees confidence to attempt change.
WEEK 8: POST PROGRAM SURVEY
Participants are surveyed again, and the results released in a simple
Infographic form providing feedback and comprehensive data for ongoing
strategic decision making.

8. HOW DO WE MEASURE SUCCESS?
• University of Sydney and UTS have undertaken across University rollouts for their staff.
• Macquarie University have their Doctoral Physiotherapy Students involved in work experience on the
program.
• University of Sydney have used parts of the program in a sedentary lifestyle research study and UQ
Centre for Cancer Research is one of our Choose One partners
HBAW’s anonymous employee surveys provide comprehensive data for ongoing strategic decision making.
Cumulative results from rollouts to over 15000 employees, including companies such as the ASX, University of
Sydney, Ashurst, Minter Ellison, BOSTES, Crimtrac and Optus reveal 2
:
SHARE FACTOR EASY TO USE
FACTOR
CARE FACTOR
91% OF YOU FOUND IT
RELEVANT TO YOUR WORK
AND HOME LIFE
91% THOUGHT THE
STRATEGIES YOU LEARNT
WERE BENEFICIAL
86% discussed things you learnt
with family, friends and colleagues
The things you like most about the
program is that it was
PRACTICAL
LIGHT AND ENJOYABLE
EASY TO ACCESS
EASY TO APPLY
GOOD FOR WORK AND HOME
85% felt the program showed
that we care about some of the
challenges you face in your work
and home life
2
Of the participants who complete the exit survey
COST EFFECTIVENESS
HBAW represented an INVESTMENT of 0.05% of an EMPLOYEE SALARY OF $120,000.
BRIGHTER and
MORE ENERGISED
64% are feeling
52% MORE AWARE OF PHYSICAL THINGS
that affect their MOOD and ENERGY
67% COPING BETTER with
WORKLOAD and
STRESS
RETURN ON INVESTMENT
They are 19%
LESS TIRED
WHICH IS GREAT
UNIVERSITIES EMBRACE HAPPY BODY AT WORK
2
Of the participants who complete the exit survey