In recent years, the term "employee wellbeing" has become increasingly central within organizations. This is good news for employees, of course. But what about for organizations? Does investing in it lead to higher productivity and are there other tangible benefits for the organization? In other words: is employee wellbeing profitable?

Employee wellbeing: higher productivity and performance

This is in 2019 investigated by Belgian professor Jan-Emmanuel de Neve. This large-scale study looked at 339 surveys covering a total of 1,882,131 employees and the performance of 82,248 business units. This data came from 230 independent organizations across 49 industries in 73 countries. In other words, a broad survey.

And what turned out: there is indeed a connection between employee wellbeing and higher company productivity and performance. Here, the most relevant four key performance indicators:

• Customer loyalty
• Productivity of employees
• Profitability of the company
• Staff turnover

The study revealed a substantial relationship between employee wellbeing and customer loyalty. It also found a substantial negative relationship between employee wellbeing and employee turnover. The relationship between employee wellbeing and productivity was strong and positive.

What this means? Satisfied employees stay longer, are more productive and make for more loyal customers. This in turn is reflected in company profitability, where there was also a positive correlation.

More sales

Another study focused on the relationship between employee wellbeing and sales and has shown that employees who are positive and satisfied achieve 13% higher sales results versus employees who are not. De Neve talks more about this in the video below:

So: how do you encourage employee wellbeing?

There are several ways to boost employee wellbeing within your organization. We have listed our 10 favorite tips in no particular order:

1. Make mental and physical health negotiable.
2. Encourage employees to ownership take charge of their own vitality.
3. Develop a culture where well-being is paramount.
4. Offer concepts like corporate yoga and mindfulness training, and above all, make sure employees know about it and can find it (through the internal network).
5. Introduce challenges to encourage exercise or healthy eating, for example.
6. Encourage employees to think about long-term goals (even if they are outside the organization).
7. As much as possible, enable employees to work flexibly when the need arises.
8. Encourage employees to actually take vacation days.
9. Focus on personal development.
10. Invest in training and programs that support employees' mental and physical resilience.

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