Workplace Well-being: Understanding and Improving Employee Mental Health
Workplace well-being is essential for employee happiness and productivity. It encompasses mental, physical, social, and financial aspects. Stress, anxiety, and depression significantly affect workplaces, costing UK employers billions annually. Measuring workplace well-being using the ASSET scale helps identify high-risk areas like work practices and personal relationships. Personal interventions, such as focusing on strengths and embracing energy, can enhance overall well-being.
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Workplace Well-being Project Professionals Project Professionals
Workplace well-being how people feel, how they function in a workplace, and how they evaluate their work lives as a whole.
Workplace well-being Mental Having a positive attitude on what you do and being motivated to achieve your goals Physical Having good health and enough energy to get things done daily Physical Mental Social Financial Social Financial Effectively managing your economic life to reduce stress and increase security Having supportive relationships and love in your workplace
True or false quiz Stress, anxiety and depression are the third biggest cause of sickness absence in the UK False 1 They are the biggest. Work-related stress, depression or anxiety accounts for 44% of work-related ill health and 57% of working days lost, in 2017/18. Health and Safety Executive, 2018: Work related Stress, Anxiety and Depression Statistics in Great Britain
True or false quiz Mental ill health costs UK employers an estimated 33-42 billion per year True 2 For the UK economy as a whole, these costs are up to 94 billion per year. Deloitte, 2017: Mental Health and Wellbeing in Employment Investors in People, 2018: Managing Mental Health in the Workplace
What do we measure in the study? 3 2 4 1 The ASSET scale
Results highlight High-risk items Work Practices Organisation Personal/ Interpersonal Performance feedback Training to do the job Excessive travel time Difficult clients Unsocial hours Unrealistic deadlines Enjoyment of job Dull and repetitive work Work relationships with colleagues and boss
Personal Interventions Strengths Energy Embrace
1 Practice your Strengths Peterson, C., & Seligman, M. E. (2004) Figure source: https://www.makelifegr8.com/meaning-purpose/
Recommendations 1. Identify your strengths 2. Tab into your strengths to handle work challenges 3. Use your strengths in different ways
2 Manage your Energy NOT your time
Recommendations Create daily habits to renew energy Spiritual energy renewal Use your strengths, work on what matters, live your values Mental energy renewal Micro breaks, stop multitasking, focused work Emotional energy renewal Close relationships, optimism, appreciation Physical energy renewal Sleep, nutrition, exercise Loehr & Schwartz, 2009
3 Embrace Stress Your biggest enemy is NOT stress, but your belief that stress is BAD for you!
Recommendation Sources: https://www.clonlara.org/2016/09/27/mindset-stress-management/
Research Team Research Team Prof Paul Bowen Prof Paul Bowen Dr Clara Cheung Dr Clara Cheung Ms Jocelyn Davis Ms Jocelyn Davis Prof Keith Cattell Prof Keith Cattell
Find me on Twitter: @ClaraMCheung2 Get in touch: clara.cheung@manchester.ac.uk Thank you! Thank you!
References References Measurement of signature strengths https://www.viacharacter.org/account/register Measurement of energy levels https://www.humanperformanceinstitute.com/ How to make stress your friend https://www.ted.com/talks/kelly_mcgonigal_how_to_make_stress_your_friend?language=en Manage your energy not your time https://hbr.org/2007/10/manage-your-energy-not-your-time
