Employee wellbeing: How you can increase your employee satisfaction

Satisfied employees who feel good and at the same time are highly motivated to help the company achieve economic success - that is probably every manager's dream.

But how can employee wellbeing and financial success be reconciled? Is both possible, or is a high level of employee satisfaction perhaps even a prerequisite for the economic success of the company?

Employee wellbeing may still sound too much like a wellness vacation and lazing around at work for some people. But what does it really mean?

Employee wellbeing means wellbeing in the workplace and is probably a fundamental prerequisite for long-term successAfter all, we spend a large part of our lives at work.

Companies that take care of their employees' well-being are demonstrably more crisis-proof and economically more successful.

• Communicating the meaning of workOnly those who find meaning in their work will be satisfied and happy in the long term.
• Correspondence of the values: Communicated and actually practiced company values must match.
• Fair paymentis a sign of appreciation and should be a matter of course
• Flexible working hours: Part-time work, Home office, Mobile Working are now standard in many industries and are taken for granted by the younger generation. With a corresponding Time recording solution none of this is a problem.
• Mental and emotional supportThe law requires every company to evaluate mental stress in the workplace. Offers in the form of workshops on mental health, stress management, burnout prevention and resilience training are usually very popular with employees.
• Regular employee appraisals: are important in order to give employees the opportunity to express any wishes and concerns they may have. Further development in the company. It is not enough to draw up a performance plan once a year and evaluate it. A Employee appraisal should be much more.
• Social environment: Good social contacts are essential for people's health. Since we spend so much time at work, it is beneficial to build up a good social network here too.
• Positive feedback culture: Everyone makes mistakes and is not perfect. That's a good thing, because we learn from mistakes and the experience we gain from them. Really good companies are characterized by the way they deal with mistakes.
• Respectful and appreciative leadership behavior
• Attractive benefits such as meal allowances, healthy snacks, sports activities and company events, Company carTickets for public transportation or company bicycles.
• room for maneuver: Most people want to be creative in their work and want to help shape it. Micromanagement is only useful and necessary for very few employees.
• Further training opportunities: Every form of further development is a benefit for both the employees and the company.
• Integration and transparency in decisions, insofar as this is possible
• Personal support and encouragement
• Diverse (diverse) teams are happier than homogeneous teams: working together in multicultural and diverse teams makes people more tolerant and open.
• Design of the workplace: A workplace that you can set up according to your needs contributes greatly to your well-being. A photo, flowers or a lucky charm can bring us relaxation in between.
• Recognition and appreciation: What could be better than receiving the appropriate appreciation for your daily work? It's actually so simple and inexpensive and yet so many managers find it difficult to say it.
• Security and stability: is one of the basic human needs. Especially in the current often uncertain times, it is essential for many people to find stability and support in their working lives. People with a responsibility towards their families prefer companies that offer security, especially in times of crisis.
• Work Life Balance: It's a term that is a constant source of discussion and misunderstanding. Are work and life a contradiction? Do I feel good at work, perhaps I don't need a balance at all? 😊 In any case, the fact is that you need to rest and recuperate after strenuous, demanding phases. From this perspective, work-life balance makes sense again.

Frequent sick days, a bad mood in the team, sarcasm, frequent complaints and whining, project failures, absence from team events, suddenly working from home more often for no apparent reason and general distancing can be indicators of overwork and underwork. If employees have already resigned internally, it is difficult to get them back on board.

Regular personal discussions or anonymous feedback forms can help to assess the situation in good time so that appropriate action can be taken if necessary.

Every day, companies are challenged to meet the needs of their employees and constantly create new opportunities to increase well-being in the workplace.

In our opinion, however, the most important thing of all is to treat each other with respect and appreciation. If this is the case, you have already achieved a great deal.

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