Example Established staff social group MConnect

A strategy to increase employee well-being has been the development of a social program called MConnect. Its planning team comprises employees from various sections of the museum. Events held in this reporting period included:

• Annual staff regatta, in association with Sydney by Sail, on 25 May. Both sailors and ‘land lubbers’ participated in the post-race barbecue
• Harmony Day morning tea, illustrating the great diversity of cultural backgrounds of museum employees
• FitBit fitness challenge and Good Mood Food breakfast for participants and other staff members, at which the winners of the challenge were announced

Achievements

• Established staff social group MConnect
• Published People and Culture Strategic Plan, which focuses on improving the museum’s employee experience and positioning the museum as an employer of choice, and has three core objectives: purposeful leadership; a great people experience; and investment in growing our people
• Significantly increased the number of Indigenous employees at the museum (from two to five) and implemented new arrangement with Chandler McLeod for Indigenous workers at front of house
• Undertook a 360 assessment of the museum’s executive.