When employees are struggling with their mental and emotional health, it can affect their on-the-job performance and even adversely impact the overall success of a team. So ultimately, measuring your team’s wellbeing is fundamental for a happy and productive workplace.
But, how can you measure team wellbeing, let alone any initiatives you put in place? The answer is simpler and more straightforward than you think.
How to Track Team Wellbeing to Inform Strategies
It all comes down to this… The best way to measure how your team members are feeling is by asking them! You should because there any many benefits of measuring not only your team’s wellbeing, but also the impact of any initiatives you introduce:
- Ignited productivity – It’s a plain fact that happy and healthy employees are more productive. This makes it all the more important to be able to identify areas where they need additional support, such as stress management or better work-life balance. Plus, you can proactively boost their productivity and job satisfaction by implementing the right workplace wellbeing initiatives at the right times.
- Uplevelled retention – Measuring and responding team wellbeing can result in higher retention rates. This is because employees who feel supported and valued are more likely to repay you with their loyalty.
- Less absenteeism – Employees struggling with poor mental and emotional health might understandably need to take time off work. But you can bring absence rates right down by tracking your team’s wellbeing and implementing relevant initiatives to address their issues.
- Supercharged employer branding – Looking after your people and deploying wellbeing initiatives to support them contributes to a positive company culture. As a result, a feel good factor ripples way beyond your four walls when you nurture an enjoyable and fulfilling working environment people aspire to be part of.
Overall, investment in your employees’ wellbeing is an investment in the future fitness of your business.
At Stress Matters, our dynamic diagnostic tools enable us to take a deep dive into how your team members are doing. The results signpost the right strategic approach, so we can implement and monitor highly targeted proof-of-value workplace wellbeing initiatives. Intrigued to know more? Get in touch. We can’t wait to speak with you.
