- Wellbeing initiatives often do not align with employee needs, as they are regarded as perks offered to individuals (e.g. healthcare allowance) rather than components of a holistic program that addresses employee needs across multiple wellbeing dimensions.
- If systemic barriers are not adequately addressed before a wellbeing program is implemented, its impact will be negligible.
- The development of a wellbeing program is often relegated to a side-of-desk task that lacks adequate resources and involvement of key stakeholders.
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Critical Insight
- Organizations must embed a focus on employee wellbeing into their day-to-day operations, culture, and leadership to thrive in today’s environment. This requires a shift from viewing a wellbeing program as a couple of stand-alone initiatives to understanding it takes an integrated and holistic approach to meet employee needs and address systemic barriers.
Impact and Result
- Gather data and employee feedback to identify gaps in existing initiatives and uncover employee wellbeing needs.
- Select the organization’s wellbeing priorities and build a program composed of initiatives that meet employee needs and address systemic barriers.
- Create a customized and targeted communications plan to ensure employees are fully aware of the wellbeing initiatives being offered.
Workshop: Create a Holistic Employee Wellbeing Program
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Module 1: Assess Current State
The Purpose
- Review current wellbeing initiatives.
- Analyze existing data to identify insights and collect additional data on employee needs.
- Prepare wellbeing focus groups questions.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Current wellbeing initiatives reviewed
- Existing data to identify insights analyzed and additional data on employee needs collected
- Wellbeing focus groups questions prepared
Activities
Outputs
Evaluate current wellbeing initiatives.
Identify insights from current state of wellbeing.
- Wellbeing insights
Determine wellbeing themes.
Customize focus group questions.
- Plan for focus groups
Module 2: Conduct Focus Groups
The Purpose
- Conduct four one-hour focus groups (9am, 11am, 1pm, 3pm) with the employee group(s) identified in the pre-workshop activities.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Wellbeing focus groups conducted
Activities
Outputs
Conduct focus groups with a cross-section of no more than ten employees and managers.
- Focus group feedback themes
Module 3: Identify Wellbeing Priorities and Program Goals
The Purpose
- Identify systemic barriers and wellbeing priorities.
- Select wellbeing program goals and metrics.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Systemic barriers and wellbeing priorities identified
- Wellbeing program goals and metrics selected
Activities
Outputs
Identify systemic barriers to wellbeing.
- Systemic barriers identified
Determine wellbeing priorities.
- 5-7 wellbeing priorities
Define program goals and select metrics.
- List of goals and metrics
Module 4: Select Wellbeing Initiatives
The Purpose
- Plan to address systemic barriers.
- Identify wellbeing initiatives.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Address systemic barriers planned
- Wellbeing initiatives identify
Activities
Outputs
Plan to address systemic barriers.
Identify whether to keep, modify, or remove wellbeing initiatives.
- List of existing initiatives to keep, modify, or remove
Select additional wellbeing initiatives.
- Shortlist of additional initiatives
Module 5: Next Steps and Wrap-Up
The Purpose
- Create a shortlist based on feasibility.
- Draft a wellbeing initiative roadmap.
- Create a communications strategy.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Shortlist based on feasibility created
- Wellbeing initiative roadmap drafted
- Communications strategy created
Activities
Outputs
Determine feasibility of shortlisted initiatives.
Draft a program roadmap.
- Program roadmap
Create a communications plan.
- Communications plan