Companies change approach to employee’s well-being: expert

For several years now, well-being has been considered one of the key elements of building an employer’s image. According to Dorota Osiecka, Director, Workplace Innovation at Colliers International,  Covid-19 has intensified the trend of focusing on employees’ health and well-being.

“In the past, well-being was often confused with fitness or workplace ergonomics initiatives. However, it should be defined much more broadly. In a workplace environment, employees’ well-being includes all aspects of their professional lives, from the quality and safety of the physical environment created for our employees, through promoting and fostering habits conducive to good health and mental condition, to all aspects of the managerial approach, which determine the organization’s character and atmosphere at work, significantly affecting employees’ engagement and comfort levels,” Dorota Osiecka explained.

In her opinion, there are many factors affecting the broadly understood well-being of employees. 

“When preparing for implementing a well-being strategy, we should identify the factors we have control over as the employer and direct the efforts at the areas with potentially best results. In this context, it is worth looking at the following three key areas: physical aspects of the workplace, promoting the right habits and types of behavior and the management culture,” she summed up.

(WBJ)