Building Thriving Teams

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‘What the whole world wants is a good job.’ Wow!!!!

‘People want a job that uses their God-given strengths every day with manager who encourages their development.’

The five key elements of wellbeing are career, social, financial, physical and community- in that order.’

‘Organizations that acknowledge and apply this interdependence can transform their employees’ suffering and struggling into a culture of net thriving. … Focusing on just one area of your wellbeing usually leads to failure. It is nearly impossible to continually improve on any wellbeing goal if you don’t consider the other elements.’

‘Many employers have limited their focus on ‘wellness’ to encouraging employees to eat healthy and exercise rather than focusing on the element that matters most- career wellbeing.’

‘Social wellbeing is woven into all other aspects of your life. … Social wellbeing changes how you interpret everything around you.’

‘Your employees may be suffering from financial stress that is ultimately affecting their health and performance at work.’

‘Make communicating the importance of physical wellbeing an expectation for managers.’

‘Train managers to have effective pay conversations with employees to improve perception of fairness.’

‘People want to know that their life matters beyond work.’

‘Give employees opportunities to share what they are doing in their community with coworkers- and reward their involvement.’

Source:

Jim Clifton and Jim Harter (2021). Wellbeing at Work: How to Build Resilient and Thriving Teams

Building Healthy Relationships At Work

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Individual well-being begins with a personal plan; small steps lead to big changes.’

‘Psychological well-being at work goes beyond safety to include autonomy, a sense of purpose, compassion, and kindness.’

‘Building Trusted Teams begins with recognizing and dealing with structural and cultural barriers to change.’

Safety, empathy, and trust are elementary, and must be deliberately grown and nurtured as part of teamwork.

‘Strengthening your human skills at work begins with understanding your own mindset and how your intelligence and emotions work together to direct what you do.’

‘Strong relationships enable people to work well together, not despite their differences, but because they leverage their different strengths.

‘Well-being goes beyond wellness, and honoring differences is one way to design well-being directly into work.’

A work style is the sum of temperament, beliefs, skills, habits, and all the choices you make through a day that guide your behavior.’

Blending human cognition with human emotion creates the skills of the future.’

‘Strong relationships are built on understanding what persona you project, and what others perceive.’

Taking deliberate small steps, like a weeklong digital detox, can return us to greater control over our technology use.’

Source:

Jen Fisher and Anh Phillips (2021). Work Better Together: How to Cultivate Strong Relationships to Maximize Well-Being and Boost Bottom Lines