What Is The Best Employee Well-Being Program?

💡Many employee well-being programs are demonstrative and ineffective despite the good intentions to establish them.

Why? Because they are not treating the root causes of the issue at an organizational level. Before embarking on any well-being program, I recommend ironing out the following points:

⚫ Red tape and business management

✔ Is there too much bureaucracy?

✔ Are the systems and processes effective, efficient, and clear?

✔ Are there too many unnecessary steps?

⚫ Resources

✔ Is the organization adequately resourced?

✔ Are staff members well trained?

⚫ Communication

✔ Is internal communication transparent and constructive?

✔ Is conflict managed appropriately?

✔ Is communication between individuals on different hierarchical levels encouraged and effective?

✔ Is there too much corporate jargon?

⚫ Organizational purpose

✔ Is the organizational purpose clearly articulated, communicated, and implemented?

✔ Is the company ensuring that the employee’s purpose is compatible with the organization’s purpose at the hiring stage?

➡ Resolving the above points is beneficial for both business and employees. Business interest is convergent with employee well-being in a sound organization, unlike conventional wisdom.