By healthy workplaces, we don’t mean free fruit, yoga at lunchtime or meditation apps — although those can have their place. A genuinely healthy workplace goes much deeper than surface-level initiatives.

 

Understanding whether an organisation is truly healthy requires looking at the underlying conditions in which people work.

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What we mean by workplace health

A healthy organisation is shaped by factors such as:

• employee stress levels and overall wellbeing

• experiences of bullying and harassment

• retention and turnover patterns

• absence and presenteeism

• organisational risk areas

 

Additional challenges abound as organisations embrace hybrid and remote working models. While home- and hybrid-working offers many benefits, our research suggests it can also create risks, including:

• overworking and difficulty switching off

• professional isolation

• virtual bullying

• blurred boundaries between work and home

• uneven experiences of wellbeing

 

Organisations also retain a duty of care towards employees who work remotely — whether full-time or part-time — and need to understand how this is playing out in practice.

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Our approach

We work in partnership with you to identify the factors shaping health and wellbeing in your organisation, and to determine what changes at individual, team and organisational level will make the greatest difference.

 

Our work typically includes:

• working with your existing organisational data to identify patterns and trends

• undertaking qualitative and/or quantitative research (e.g. interviews, focus groups, short surveys)

• conducting desk research to place your situation in context

• reporting findings with clear, evidence-based recommendations

• supporting implementation and/or evaluation, where required

 

The aim is to support the development of a healthier organisation — and, as a result, more sustainable performance.

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