One of the biggest drive this year and beyond is wellbeing awareness, training and wellness programs in the workplace. We, with subject experts deliver workshops and seminars to employees, managers, senior managers and HR professionals. The intent is to develop, motivate and retain the right workforce to balance employee wellbeing and organizational productivity. We also provide extensive consultancy services on a range of HR disciplines such as recruitment, training, investigations, privates case management, D&I, and have worked with organizations to guide mental health policies, develop wellness hubs, and support new projects.
Business Importance
Often a workforce is hugely diverse, and many successful organizations harness talent, skills and creativity from a range of people. Particularly in service-based industries, people are often regarded as “a company’s most important asset” and with an increase of mental health research over the past two years, particularly in the workplace, the importance to an organization is undeniable.
In a recent government commissioned report, which was the first review of its kind to look at the overall effect of mental health in the workplace; Stevenson and Farmer (2017) found that mental ill health cost the economy 74 billion per year. Lanre Olusola (2019) also added that in a country like Nigeria where we do not have enough statistics, the accurate measure of the negative impact of mental illness on the economy may not be available. However, employers are familiar with the costs they bear when employ a worker using addictive substances.
Futhermore, according to L. Casey Chosewood “it really is a win-win for the organization and the worker when you invest in the well-being of workers more comprehensively,” this is because turnover, reputation, customer service, absenteeism and the cost of sick days.
Being unhappy and unfilled at work can surely take a negative toll on an employee’s health and in contrast to this, good mental health works as an asset to a business, helping employee to thrive.
