Organizations should try to do all they can to protect jobs and should be as transparent as possible in terms of what exactly the organization is trying to do and why. Leaders should make an extra effort make themselves visible and accessible to the employees. These would help in providing...
Employee Mental Wellness
Organization that has got quick adaptability, flexibility, creativity and positive mindset to develop new way of running business with the power of togetherness will sustain in the new normal situation.
It is important to address fear from the minds, take care of their emotional and psychological wellbeing. Employees enjoyed work from home for few weeks, but after that insecurity, disconnect and disengagement may come in if they are not connected and made to feel involved regularly.
Covid has accelerated all actions which organizations wanted to take. With this changed scenario, workplaces will be defined by personalised solutions, focus on wellbeing, culture, autonomy and inclusivity.
At Times Group, even before the crisis struck home, we adopted a three-pronged approach of Toolset, Skill set and Mindset to ensure business continuity, boost employee morale and ensure employee well-being. We stepped back and put ourselves in the shoes of our employees to understand their needs...
Driving positive mental health should be the responsibility of every manager in a company, not just the HR department. This includes initiatives like offering additional consultation and managerial support to those who need it and regularly reaching out to employees to boost their morale.
Organizations can drive positive mental wellbeing by treating symptoms and by going after the root cause. Both prove to be equally important. Organizations should use MENTAL strategy to drive positive mental wellbeing.
Our usual response to crisis is binary. We usually respond with either fear or acceptance. However this either or lens makes us at worst fragile and at best resilient – both adequate in most situations. The human race seeks more – to feel better, enhance our wellbeing and augment or productivity...
As HR our actions are oriented towards helping employees and are not merely a lip-service exercise. We cannot reassure one side and do something contradictory on the other side which brings trust deficit between employees & management.
We make it worse by our insensitive, ignorant, autobiographical responses.But there is a way to address this, a guide map and that is called – SENSITIVITY that spells Acknowledge, accompany and alleviate.
