A company is carried by its employees. Strong and happy employees therefore ensure the continuity and growth of the company. Investing in happy employees is therefore a win-win for both parties.
Prof. Dr. Elke Van Hoof, affiliated with VUB and in addition to being a researcher, expert, author and public speaker, also the inspirer of the House for Resilience, also indicates that the continuity of a company and the mental wellbeing of employees go hand in hand. Wellbeing at work, therefore, is not an obligation for the government, but an investment in a future-proof workplace.
A future-proof company also requires a new mindset from employer. How?
Give your employees Predictability and Job Certainty:
This is not just about the job content or existence of a position within a company. Being able to be self-assured and think along with your employer provides an additional sense of predictability and security. Therefore, these tips:
- TIP1: Give people insight into their talents and competencies
Being able to think about what you are good at and what you enjoy doing has several benefits. It makes you employees:
- Being self-assured by your own understanding
- Thinking along about where they are employable in the firm
- Thinking ahead about their own evolution and future and how it coincides with the company's growth
- Having their career in their own hands which gives more confidence and motivation
- TIP2: Invest in the skill of flexibility
As indicated, the feeling of having your career in your own hands provides confidence and motivation. Still, we live in a reality that changes tremendously fast. Being able to be flexible increases your grip on reality and teaches you to handle change with more calmness and confidence.
Make sure your employees can work with Attention and Focus:
Give people space to work with attention and focus. They need that to deal with the sometimes complex issues of their job, the company and rapidly changing realities.
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TIP3: Create technology-poor time or spaces
This way you can banish the overload of technologies, ways of working together, interruptions and impulses and ensure focus.
Install Togetherness and Meaningfulness:
The following 5 qualities ensure that people perceive their work as ZINFUL (source: MIT Sloan School of Management):
- Self-transcendent: The work you do is meaningful not only to yourself but also to others.
TIP4: Clearly state the company's "Why" in the mission statement.
Make sure everyone knows and acts on this mission. This increases commitment, a sense of contribution and motivation.
- Touching: We often experience the work as meaningful in the rather difficult moments.
TIP5: Give appreciation to your employees
Appreciation is always important but definitely acknowledge your employees for their commitment and persistence during the sometimes uncomfortable and difficult moments.
- Epic: People do not constantly feel that their work is meaningful. It's an experience that comes and goes.
- Reflection: To experience your work as meaningful, you need some time to look back, to pause and reflect on it.
TIP6: Build in reflection moments
For example, during progress meetings or evaluations. This can also be done at the corporate level during company events or parties to celebrate your successes.
- Personal: Work should not just be meaningful to people themselves. Yet there is often a very personal reason why a specific job makes sense to you.
TIP7: Create participation
Thus, personal motivation can become one with the company's mission. Proud employees are the best ambassadors.
In short, invest in happy employees and thus also ensure the future of your company.
What about you?
Do you want to take control of your own career? Do you want to see how you can get started with this flexibility, need for focus and meaning?
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