Microsoft Report Finds Employees Place Mental Wellness Over Work
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May 3rd, 2021
There is a belief that people work in exchange for wellness, either for themselves or for those they care about. Often, the promise of wellness is fulfilled monetarily. With money in hand, individuals can purchase products, services, opportunities, or experiences that confer wellness. In other cases, companies individuals work for make the paths to particular kinds of wellness easier, smoother, and more direct. Many of these direct paths to wellness are widely seen as an essential form of compensation. For example, employers are generally expected to provide health insurance so that their employees’ paths to maintaining physical and mental wellness are more accessible and simpler than they otherwise would be. However, other important wellness offerings have slipped past most companies’ radars.
Although the answer, in short, is a multi-faceted approach that helps employees address holistic well-being, one area that companies often overlook is personal development, which is closely linked to intellectual wellness. To improve intellectual wellness, employees must be open to new ideas and experiences as well as desire to increase understanding, improve skills, and continually challenge themselves. By investing in personal development, employers can improve the talent, health, and retention of their workforce.
Personal development opportunities, which allow employees to develop various interests and skills and more generally to become their best selves, are paths to wellness that employers should strongly consider providing. This is in part because many employees expect their employers to meet this particular wellness need. According to Gallup, 87% of millennials cited access to professional development or career growth opportunities as being very important wherever they stay or go to. Additionally, when employees become better versions of themselves, they are happier, more engaged, and more passionate about their jobs. In other words, growing employees are good for a growing business
Not all attempts to offer personal development opportunities are created equal. Below are five tips for offering personal development opportunities that lead to meaningful growth.
In addition to the health benefits from intellectual well-being, personal growth opportunities enable employees to achieve their potential and become the best versions of themselves. This helps them stay motivated, productive, confident, and happy.
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