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Objective: To explore
initiatives using peer mentors to activate change and promote well being in the
workplace. Methods: Peer mentors are the new army of change at the shop floor.
Only they comprise Managers, Supervisors, Workers and Volunteers, all the same
in the eyes of a peer. When building this army for the likes of transferring
skills and messages of importance in anything from injury prevention to
affecting a cultural change, there are many battles to be fought. Change
managers or reekers of havoc will solely depend on the one’s we choose. In real
estate we say Position, Position, Position, In building your peer mentor army
its People, Personality and Perception, still the three P’s. Results: This
discussion is an interactive one on the peaks and troughs of a self directed
journey and the many lessons learned along the way in building a peer mentor
army and through peer mentoring, actualising real change and wellbeing in the
organisational culture. Conclusion: The above abstract is heavily loaded
towards reducing injuries of MSD (Muscular skeletal disorders), incidents of
assault from clients and promoting healthy work life balance through wellness
initiatives in the workplace. This process has also been tested in several
walks of general industry and many examples of “how to” will be discussed with
statistical results backing the movement. The programs incorporate practical
and theory learning styles mixed with tonnes of laughter and shedding of ones
inhabitations, then we march!