Need more inspiration? WCWI’s 29th Annual Employee Wellbeing Conference has sessions covering a wide variety of topics that will help you learn more about fostering wellbeing through the workplace environment, policies, and practices. View Conference Agenda
Dee Edington, PhD and Jennifer Pitts, PhD write extensively about their philosophy of positive organizational health in their book, Shared Values Shared Results. They define positive organizational health as a strong and supportive environment, culture, and climate. The elements that they consider within a healthy environment include (but are not limited to):
All of these components of the larger system of the organization are inter-related and can either add or detract from a person’s wellness. For example, a universal component of many organizations is the manager/employee relationship and unfortunately, several studies point to poor or unsupportive relationships between managers and employees that impact engagement, retention, and wellbeing:
As a starting place for creating or enhancing your environment, policies, and practices to support positive organizational health, consider exploring these resources:
How can your organization create change in the environment, structures, and systems at work to foster the wellbeing of your people?
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