Workplace Wellbeing
The simple definition of Wellbeing can be described as judging life positively and feeling good, which includes maintaining good physical health too.
Your work life has a substantial effect on your wellbeing. Research has shown that a good working environment has a beneficial impact on employee’s wellbeing and thus reduces absenteeism and presenteeism.
The Top three stress related absences in the workplace are triggered by:
Workloads 62%
Management Style 43%
Relationships at work 30%
Many of these issues have been highlighted by coachees during my coaching sessions.
Individual Wellbeing
For individuals I believe that if you do not achieve your full potential at work the feeling of disappointment or resentment can have great personal consequences which can lead to poor self-esteem, loss of confidence, and possible thoughts of failure. Left unresolved can affect a person’s long term wellbeing
For employers, small acts of caring and recognition can have an enormous impact on company’s morale. I encourage businesses to:
Show that you value your people
Show your employees that you care about their wellbeing
Give your teams permission to look after their own wellbeing
For a simple, cost effective wellbeing tool review my ‘Pyramid Prompts for the Workplace’©™
Pyramid Prompts
Pyramid Prompts are designed to be a desktop tool to prompt small daily behavioural changes for a healthier mind and wellbeing in the workplace.
Pyramid Prompts are offered as a gift from the company to each employee, including the senior managers and executives.
Pyramid Prompts say; the company is taking everyone’s mental health seriously and they are giving permission for everyone to carry out positive morning, midday and evening behaviours.
These Pyramids can be used both in the office environment and as importantly in the home working environment.
Why Give Pyramid Prompts
First steps to wellbeing in the workplace is not rocket science. Pressures of work, quantity of tasks and deadlines, has unintended consequences leading us into bad habits. These habits are not conducive to good mental health nor do they induce high individual performance
With the support of the company, the Pyramid Prompts encourages everyone to begin to take small steps towards their own wellbeing,
This begins with everyone adopting good, easy, personal daily habits to:
increase performance with morning motivation
refresh the mind through lunchtime nourishment
wind-down for evening contentment