Let’s Lead the Change in Workplace Mental Health
When
Tuesday 10 June, 16:00 – 16:45 BST via Zoom
In a business era defined by ambiguity, rapid change, and increasing pressure, employee wellbeing is often approached with the best of intentions, yet many workplace initiatives struggle to sustain engagement. Competing priorities, budget constraints, and a crowded marketplace of wellbeing solutions, leave businesses searching for impactful approaches that truly make a difference.
Supported by Sarah Bohn from Open Space, Oxford Mindfulness is bringing business leaders together for its first Social Impact Forum – a dedicated space to explore how research-backed approaches can support employees, leaders, and workplace culture at scale.
Why Now?
Mindfulness is more than a personal practice, it’s a core leadership skill, supporting clarity, resilience, and thoughtful decision-making in an increasingly complex business environment. Oxford Mindfulness brings decades of research and insight to help organisations understand what works – and how to embed effective strategies into workplace wellbeing.
What to Expect
Hosted by Sharon Hadley, CEO of Oxford Mindfulness and Sarah Bohn, Wellbeing in the Workplace Adviser, HR Leader, and Founder of Open Space, this virtual forum will be a space for collaboration, discussion, and action.
Together, we’ll address the challenge:
“How might businesses meaningfully tackle the mental health crisis impacting employees (and consumers) through research-backed interventions?”
Oxford Mindfulness will present key research, insights and their employee App that underpins their approach, helping business leaders explore actionable solutions that drive wellbeing in a sustainable, effective way.
Who Should Join?
This is more than a conversation – it’s an invitation to a working session for Chief People Officers, HR Directors, and Talent, EDI, Wellbeing, Reward, L&D, and Transformation Leaders who are shaping the future of their workplace wellbeing and organisational adaptability.
The Ask
Just 45 minutes of your thought leadership – virtually. Join us for this high-impact discussion to explore how research-backed wellbeing and mindfulness can drive real change in employee wellbeing and business success. An opportunity to communicate directly to Oxford Mindfulness on how they can support you in this mission.
Register by 30th May 2025 to express your interest in joining this conversation
About Sharon Hadley
Chief Executive Officer | Mindfulness Practitioner | Workplace Mindfulness Researcher
Sharon is the Chief Executive Officer at the Oxford Mindfulness Foundation, working with organisations and universities around the world to introduce and implement universal access to mindfulness training. She has a strong focus on workplaces across all sectors, having dedicated the last 10 years to researching the impact of mindfulness in the workplace.
With a business background, her MBA and PhD in Health Economics, Sharon is well-placed to explore and support the role of mindfulness in workplaces and communicate the benefits, whilst also sharing potential challenges and possible approaches to overcome workplace barriers to implementation.
About Sarah Bohn
Senior People Leader | Mindfulness Practitioner | Workplace Wellbeing Strategist
Sarah is a senior People Leader and Mindfulness practitioner, passionate about creating environments where individuals and businesses thrive. With a career spanning both corporate and community settings, most recently, as Global Head of People Experience at Pret, leading people strategies and programmes, including wellbeing mindfulness, and inclusion, for over 10,000 employees globally.
Through Open Space and Mindfulness practice, Sarah brings a blend of mindfulness, leadership, and psychology together to help individuals and businesses move away from reactivity and the mental loops that keep them stuck and instead help create inner space, to make better decisions and realise people potential.
An Advisor to Oxford Mindfulness, Sarah collaborates with businesses to help them access the benefits of research-informed mindfulness for employee mental health, performance, productivity and organizational success.
