The Opportunity – A Win / Win Employee Mental Wellbeing Strategy
Now, here’s the shift.
Instead of waiting for breakdowns, we can choose to be proactive. Just like with service delivery, stock management or equipment maintenance, early intervention saves costs, time, and lives.
By adopting an in-house holistic mental wellbeing strategy, organisations create a win-win scenario:
- For Employees
- A safe space to talk about and address workplace, life and relationship challenges before the result in workplace disengagement, silent quitting or worse, total meltdown or resignation.
- Tools and support to manage stress, anxiety, personal, workplace and relationship challenges.
- A sense of greater engagement and belonging—knowing the company cares.
- Increased resilience to handle both workplace, personal and relationship challenges. Neither of us ever attended ‘life, workplace or relationship school’ where we are taught to effectively deal with and manage, life, workplace and relationship challenges.
- For the Organisation
- A genuine competitive edge;
- people want to stay in an organisation that looks after them.
- While most organisations mirror each other’s operational strategies, those that embrace an employee mental wellbeing strategy will differentiate themselves and gain a long-term competitive advantage.
- Positive Reputation: Organisations known for caring for employee wellbeing, attract and retain top talent.
- Cultural Alignment: Employees who experience care and belonging are more likely to align with the company vision, mission, values and objectives.
- Risk Management & Compliance: Reduces legal risks tied to incapacity, misconduct, and dismissals while aligning with the OHSA, MHSA, LRA and case law expectations.
- Increased Engagement & Productivity: Employees who feel supported and who are in a good frame of mind are more engaged in the workplace and show higher focus, commitment, creativity, productivity and make fewer costly mistakes.
- Reduced Absenteeism & Turnover: Proactive support prevents burnout, anxiety, stress, long-term incapacity and costly resignations.
This is not about being “soft.” It’s about being smart.
Think of how far safety culture has come. Once it was just about rules. Now it’s built into the DNA of every workplace. Mental wellbeing can and should, be approached in a similar way. Business is all about people – and people are the business!
The question which we need to ask ourselves is: “Does it make good business sense to invest in employee mental wellbeing?” From an economical, legal, moral and risk management perspective, the answer is a resounding “YES”.
The greatest gift an organisation can give its employees is not a pay cheque - it’s a culture that values employees and the greater humanity. So, together let’s end the ‘silent crisis’ of employee mental wellbeing by embarking on a holistic mental wellbeing strategy. It begins here. It begins now and it begins with US!
So, here is our challenge to organisations and leaders - Will you continue to be part of the silence, or part of the solution?
We look forward to guiding, supporting and walking this wonderful journey with you and your employees.
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