How to Prioritize Employee Well-being
Businesses Must Focus on the Employee
Kristina: How can businesses better support their workers post-pandemic?
Richard Jeffery, Active Operations Management International LLP: The rise in hybrid working has, for many enterprises, meant a renewed focus on helping employees be productive and effective wherever and whenever they work. The key to the hybrid success has been gathering essential data to make the right decisions. Employee wellbeing has become one of the biggest concerns for enterprises, as hybrid working models have blurred people’s professional and private lives in ways that might be hard for managers to spot unhealthy behaviors, putting employees at rise of burnout.
Tools Available to Help Businesses Adjust
Kristina: What is ”ethical employee management” and how can a brand ensure they have this strategy in place?
Richard: Ethical workforce intelligence can use valuable information to look for patterns that provide a better understanding to ensure employee wellbeing. At its base level, it can show employees, managers, and the organisation hwo individuals spend their screen time and how productive they’ve been. This kind of data is vital in the battle to avoid negative impacts such as employee burnout.
Kristina: What is the driving force behind the employee wellbeing trend?
Richard: According to the World Health Organization (WHO), poor health reduces national GDP by 15%, almost twice the 8% hit to GDP that the pandemic itself has had. Nations with poor health and low GDP typically cannot compete on the world stage. Investing in health and wellbeing, WHO says, reduces sickness rates and increases productivity. Far from being the sole responsibility of the state, every employer should be interested in the health and wellbeing of a nation’s professionals.
Businesses Getting on Track with Wellbeing
Kristina: What benefits will business’ see from incorporating wellbeing?
Richard: Intelligent workforce management software coupled with good management practices is a tried and tested approach to keeping your workforce healthy, happy, and productive. Insight into working habits and the results they achieve can help managers and the C-suite make better decisions – and I don’t just mean their profits. Good decisions at the top can, and should, mean better conditions for all stakeholders involved, especially employees. Better conditions mean higher productivity, improved staff wellbeing, and mental health. With proper workforce optimisation, ultimately, you will have a better-performing company.
