According to CIPD, 32.5 million* working days were lost to work related ill health in 2019/20. 18 million of those being due to stress, anxiety and depression. These statistics suggest that understanding the impact of wellness on work performance is key to organisational success. Furthermore, research by ACCA Global^ in to Generation Z employment considerations showed that 51% cite personal wellbeing and mental health as a worry. In addition, 48% think a great work-life balance is a key attraction factor for employment.
Wellbeing is firmly on the agenda in a lot of our post pandemic workplaces. So, we have created a quiz to compare how organisations are approaching staff wellness. Across our 200 respondents to date, 60% of workplaces survey their staff annually or less and 16% never survey their staff.
Wellness Action Plans
Wellness Action Plans are a way of having a conversation about a staff members health needs in advance of a crisis so that their manager knows what to do which is helpful and supportive. These conversations allow for reasonable adjustments to be made where needed. In our survey 67% of respondents said that their organisation has adopted Wellbeing Action Plans and 60% of respondents have a wellbeing strategy or policy.
Wellbeing Champions
In the last 5 years, the creation of wellbeing champions in organisations has been a popular way of upskilling volunteer employees to deliver positive wellbeing activities. This is a preventative measure and in our survey, it is been adopted by 40% of organisations.
Finally, the summary results of our survey shows that all of the organisations represented scored between 50 and 80 out of 100. Lower scores were typically due to a lack of wellbeing strategy or other structural policy or plan. Many of the organisations are undertaking wellbeing activities but without a clear understanding of the outcomes they would like to achieve.
If you are interested in finding out how your organisation compares take the quiz here: www.discoveryourbounce.scoreapp.com
To date we have worked with organisations globally and in excess of 4000 employees to improve wellbeing, culture and leadership and encourage thriving workplaces. We offer a range of workshops that can be booked in isolation or, as most people choose, a series of workshops bi-monthly or quarterly that boost the energy, happiness and productivity of a workforce. Read more here.
For organisations that take our quiz and want to improve their score, we offer wellbeing consultancy and in depth report with recommendations for just £300 plus VAT. To discuss this book a call with Nicky here.
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Sources
*https://www.cipd.co.uk/knowledge/culture/well-being/factsheet#gref
^https://www.accaglobal.com/sg/en/professional-insights/pro-accountants-the-future/gen-z.html
