When thinking of how much we love our job and how happy our occupations make us I must say I do not have very many friends who can directly state that they have attained their dream jobs. Then again we are at the beginning of our careers and still searching for that moment when you instantaneously click with a profession so, maybe the expectations are set too high. However, overall wellness metrics are a huge component of measuring the state of a business and its culture.
Jim Clifton, the CEO of Gallup (research-based, global performance-management consulting company) and a Virgin Disruptors Panelist advised in a current interview that “wellbeing metrics for nations and cities and organizations will become as or more important than traditional economic measures such as GDP or company stock prices within two decades – simply because they predict better”. He goes on to state that “worldwide, employee engagement is a devastating 13 per cent.”
As much as we try to have a work/life balance I believe it must also be initiated by our employers. Mr. Clifton set out to discover what factors relate to employee wellbeing and had discovered the following as “Gallup and Healthways have together spent more than $100 million to discover the secret ingredients of wellbeing. There are five key elements: Financial, purpose (i.e.: your career), social, physical and community. When individuals have high scores on all five elements of wellbeing, they’re truly leading lives that money can’t buy.” So, based on the research how would you rate your five elements in your current occupation or job place?
For the full interview please see the link: http://www.virgin.com/disruptors/what-employee-wellbeing-means-to-me-jim-clifton
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