How to effectively combine employee well-being and productivity at work?
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
[Graphic]: Team icon held between two hands (to be created)
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