The responsibility for creating a positive organizational environment often falls to leaders, as they represent a window into the tone, values, and practices that permeate the entire company and its professionals. In this sense, and in order to be able to perform this role in a positive way, it is important that they strive to adopt policies and practices that promote employee well-being, and are as consistent as possible with company policies.
Written by Claudia Cerqueira, Customer Success Manager and Trainer at GoodHabitz
A starting point for ensuring a stress-free environment might be to promote open and transparent communication, demonstrating empathy and a willingness to listen and so that employees feel comfortable sharing their thoughts and emotions. According to recent results Study Goodhabitz, which seeks to understand the evolving mental health landscape and draw conclusions about the different aspects that contribute to employee well-being, 73% of workers suffer from stress and burnout in silence, on a global scale. In the specific Portuguese case, 21% of professionals said they had experienced strong symptoms of stress or burnout during the past year.
The results also show that 85% of professionals believe that offering personal development opportunities from their employers will have a positive impact on improving their happiness at work, with 40% believing that their current organizations are not investing internally in future career opportunities. In this sense, another practice that leaders should adopt is to offer these opportunities for personal and professional development, with a logic of continuous and personal learning tailored to the needs of each employee. These training and personal development offers can be related to the professional role being performed, but also to soft skills that can help employees’ performance in personal matters, such as time management, vitality and others. This is a practical way to meet the needs of each employee, on an individual basis, which can focus on developing technical skills, but also behavioral skills.
In the logic of stress management, it is important to offer tools to professionals that allow them to manage this, with the aim of balancing all the emotional scenarios that present themselves daily in all the more or less demanding dimensions of daily life. Psychological support counseling or organizing workshops are some examples of interventions/activities that allow professionals to identify symptoms and warning signs and take an active (preventive) role in addressing them.
In addition to these tips, it is important to lead by example, as leaders not only promote the well-being of professionals, but also set a model of behavior adopted in the company as a whole. Therefore, it is important to demonstrate healthy practices, manage time effectively and respect employees’ personal boundaries.
Precisely because of the fundamental role of leaders in this management, it becomes increasingly important to invest in the training of leaders, in order to provide them with tools and develop leadership skills, in line with what has been described and adapted to the requirements of professionalism. Interactions. current. To ensure smooth functioning of organizations, it is essential to have leaders who are well prepared to meet the challenges that arise and are on corporate agendas and inspire their teams. An investment in leadership training is an investment in the generation that will be responsible for making decisions based on adaptability, empathy and innovation, which inherently impacts the happiness and well-being of professionals.
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