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How to effectively combine employee well-being and productivity at work?

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Happy employees can be up to 13% more productive[1]!

Each year, depression and anxiety result in the loss of 12 billion workdays globally[2].

Boost your company’s performance by investing in well-being at work

Mental and physical well-being at work:

  • Increases productivity;
  • Strengthens engagement;
  • Reduces absenteeism and presenteeism;
  • Enhances resilience to stress;
  • Promotes innovation.

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Four key levers influencing well-being and productivity at work

1. Corporate culture

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Companies are reinventing their corporate culture[3]:

  • 68% of employers aim to increase company productivity through a well-being program.

2. Management style

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Management style impacts workers’ well-being and productivity[4]:

[1] Oxford University, Happy workers are 13% more productive, 2019

[2] OMS, Mental health at work, 2022

[3] Business Group on Health, New Research from Fidelity and Business Group on Health Finds Employers Answering the Call for Help: Focusing on Mental and Physical Health & Work/Life Balance as Employees Return to the Office, 2023

[4] Eurofound, Working conditions in the time of COVID-19: Implications for the future, 2022

[5] EU-OSHA, OSH Pulse: Occupational safety & health in post-pandemic workplaces, 2022

[6] Human Spaces, The Global Impact of Biophilic Design in the Workplace, 2015

Lauren Warwick