The way you plan this year’s festive celebrations tells every colleague whether they belong. Team lunches, client drinks, the office party and the end-of-year dinner are, for many people, the highlight of the working year.
For a significant number of colleagues, the season is also one of the hardest. People in recovery, people who don’t drink, and people whose drinking has become a way of coping with pressure can find a calendar built around the bar something to get through rather than enjoy. A lime and soda is not a plan.
The guide isn’t about removing alcohol from the festive season, or telling anyone how to celebrate. Being alcohol-smart doesn’t mean banning drinks. It means designing events where everyone feels they belong, whether they’re drinking or not, so that the culture your organisation shows in December is the one it wants to be known for in January.
Who this guide is for?
Partners, senior leaders, HR, people and inclusion teams, wellbeing leads and Charter champions, and anyone organising a festive event this year.
More about MCG consulting
The culture your organisation shows in December is the one it wants to be known for in January. Alongside the guide, MCG runs Belonging, Boundaries and Behaviour, a short lived-experience session that helps firms put it into practice, from planning events where everyone can take part to responding well in the moment. Available this festive season or in the new year.
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