Empowering Employees Through Workplace Safety

Host: Christy McGuire (VP of Business Solutions, Americas)
Guest: Irene van der Zande (Founder & Executive Director of Kidpower International)

This episode on workplace safety features Irene van der Zande. Irene is the Founder and Executive Director of Kidpower International, a global nonprofit leader in ‘People Safety’ education, providing effective and empowering solutions to bullying, abuse, sexual assault, and other harmful behavior through online and live workshops as well as through print publications and digital resources. 

Irene is an internationally-recognized social-emotional safety skills expert in designing and implementing in-person and online programs that protect kids, teens, and adults, including those with special needs, from bullying, abuse, harassment, domestic and relationship violence, assault, and abduction. 

Workplace Options (WPO) recently partnered with Kidpower International to be part of WPO's 2024 impact project called “Empowering the Future” which will focus on putting the spotlight on the emotional and physical wellbeing of people of all ages. Through this partnership, WPO employees and member clients will have access to Kidpower’s resources, including workshops, online training courses and tip sheets that cover various wellbeing and safety topics.  

To learn more about Workplace Options, visit: https://www.workplaceoptions.com/ 

To learn more about Kidpower International, visit: https://www.kidpower.org/

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