Promoting a Healthy Workplace

“Great work is born from a combination of hard work and a healthy mindset”

Wouldn’t it be great if a majority of employees across all organizations would continue working for the long term? Wouldn’t it be just ideal if there was a chance for each employee to have a steady career progression chart, and show signs of delight and satisfaction at the workplace? And it would be just unreal if all employees felt safe, secure, accepted and involved at their respective workplaces.

Now the above-mentioned statements are a reality for those organizations that have successfully generated and promoted a Healthy Workplace.

World Health Organization (WHO) suggests ‘ A healthy workplace is one in which workers and managers collaborate to use a continual improvement process to protect and promote the health, safety and wellbeing of all workers and maintaining the sustainability of the workplace.’

In essence, the key to creating and sustaining a high-performing organization is promoting a healthy workplace. ‘Healthy’ here is not just limited to the physical health of its employees. It encompasses different factors that create a holistic environment for the organization to achieve its long and short-term objectives.

One of the foremost signs of a healthy workplace is the Physical Work environment offered. This means, there is maximum protection for all workers and employees against hazards of health and safety. A systematic communication channel reiterates the safety rules to be followed by all. Once all employees and workers feel physically safe, they tend to put their attention to the tasks to be completed.

Similarly, organizations do need to focus on the Psychosocial work environment created. This indicates the work stressors, the social conditions and the accepted, implemented values and attitudes of the members. A healthy workplace will have real-time space for its employees to use their voice in matters they believe in. A healthy workplace will create mindfully safe zones for all employees, thus inching towards lesser absenteeism and a positive retention rate. Being a Psychosocially aware organization will include honest feedback systems, with a free-flowing appreciation for a job well done.

Being supportive on a psychological note will be in complete synergy when the organization has an open play for offering Personal Health Resources. It can be as simple as offering mandatory medical checkups yearly or offering flexibility to employees in times of need. Many researches have shown the active rate of institutions offering yoga and breathing coaching to employees who have registered a satisfied, energetic and happy workforce. The quote ‘Tough times do not last, but Tough people do’ indicates mentally and physically resilient people who can take on challenges. Promoting a healthy workplace will be a blend of emotionally safe, physically optimum workplaces. Since time immemorial, India has been a champion of service to others. The idea of helping, developing and nurturing the society at large is the foundation of Indian thought. The ultimate pillar of promoting a healthy workplace encompasses community involvement, the said community being beyond the day-to-day work scope. A healthy workplace will idealize the service for the larger good.

Conclusion 

A healthy workplace is where people perform their jobs without getting sick or injured accidentally because of their work. A healthy workplace is also where employees have enhanced opportunities to grow and develop physically, emotionally and socially. To promote a healthy workplace is to preserve harmony with nature and be in tune with the requirements of its human capital.

About Kelp

Kelp was incorporated in 2013 to provide the best HR solutions to organizations, and to improve workplace culture across the board. Over the last 11 years, we have serviced more than 800 clients in India and a few overseas, across various industries in the areas of PoSH (prevention of sexual harassment at workplace), D, E & I (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion) and EAP. But the common objective of all of these services is to build safer, happier, inclusive and productive workplaces.

For our services related to Prevention of Sexual Harassment (PoSH), Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (D,E &I) or Employee Assistance programs (EAP) do get in touch with us at info@kelphr.com, call +91-95001-29652 and our advisors will help you with customized offerings suited to your organization.