{"id":3598,"date":"2020-08-12T13:10:57","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T13:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inpulse.com\/?p=3598"},"modified":"2020-08-12T13:10:57","modified_gmt":"2020-08-12T13:10:57","slug":"if-these-5-points-sound-familiar-youre-doing-wellbeing-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thirteencreative.co.uk\/inpulse21\/if-these-5-points-sound-familiar-youre-doing-wellbeing-wrong","title":{"rendered":"If these 5 Points Sound Familiar, You’re Doing Wellbeing Wrong"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Employee wellbeing is no trend – even though it\u2019s fairly \u2018new\u2019, with companies like Google, Facebook, Huffington Post etc, implementing wellbeing strategies in the last decade or less, it is absolutely here to stay.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Heightened importance has been placed on employee wellbeing since:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. the understanding and transparency of mental health struggles have become more apparent (1 in 4 people struggle with poor mental health)<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. employers have wisened up to the fact that poor employee wellbeing greatly affects productivity, performance, presenteeism, customer satisfaction, employee turnover and much more.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Employers have seen how by improving employee wellbeing, a multitude of otherwise costly problems can be avoided.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Other factors that negatively impact employee wellbeing:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    – Being overworked \/ fatigued<\/span><\/p>\n

    – Unfairness, inequality or discrimination in the workplace<\/span><\/p>\n

    – Poor job design (physical and technical)<\/span><\/p>\n

    – Office politics<\/span><\/p>\n

    – Poor workplace culture\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    – Feeling unappreciated, underpaid etc<\/span><\/p>\n

    – Negative change (layoffs, change in structure etc)<\/span><\/p>\n

    – Poor health (e.g severely over or underweight)<\/span><\/p>\n

    – Poor work\/life balance<\/span><\/p>\n

    – Bad lifestyle habits<\/span><\/p>\n

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    If employers seek to improve the above factors (at least those within their control), they\u2019ll automatically improve employee wellbeing; given they\u2019re taking the right approach, which involves listening to what their people need and want, and having them drive decision-making.<\/span><\/p>\n

    But many companies approach employee wellbeing amateurly. We say this because it\u2019s not wrong, it\u2019s just not smart – it\u2019s costly, time-consuming and non-sustainable.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Instead of employers listening to their people and understanding their pain points so as to properly solve them (which is the CORRECT way to improve employee wellbeing), they instead ADD a bunch of (usually trendy) things like a discounted gym membership and then hope for the best.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    We at Inpulse have 20 years worth of experience in employee engagement and wellbeing, and what we can tell you for sure, is that this approach does not work – because it\u2019s not based on data, or research, or strategy, or anything valuable. It\u2019s based on trends that don\u2019t last.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    If your wellbeing strategy sounds something like this, you may want to reconsider it completely:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n