Do You Care About Your People? Here's How To Show It.

If you’re reading this article, I bet your answer to the question is “yes, we do care about our people.”

Often, there is a disconnect between how employers think they show their employees they care about them vs. how employees perceive their employer cares about them.

HOW EMPLOYEES FEEL THEY’RE CARED FOR

According to a Gallup study, prior to COVID-19, about 25% of employees strongly agreed that their employer cares about their overall well-being.

With the onset of the pandemic in 2020, employers responded quickly with a plan, communication, and what many employees believed was genuine concern for them, their work, and their lives. The percentage who felt cared about nearly doubled, reaching a high of 49% in May of that year. However, it was short lived. Since 2021, the perception has plummeted to the previous low levels (24%).

This finding is critical for organizations to realize and act on it. Employees who strongly agree their employer cares about their overall wellbeing are:

• 5x more likely to to strongly advocate for their company as a place to work
• 5x more likely to strongly agree they trust leadership
• 3x more likely to be engaged at work

A SOLUTION TO WELL-BEING?

Gallup found patterns in organizations that consistently improved their cultures - patterns that worked from the tumultuous last two years to today.

Some of these proven patterns include:?

• Focusing on employee well-being and acknowledging the whole person. Since work and life are blended for many, consider the demands of your people's lives inside and outside of the workplace. Consider how career, social, financial, physical, and community well-being impacts them - and consider resources to support them.
• Tailor communication to reach teams where they are. Transparent and creative omni-channel communication to employees and customers is more likely to reach and resonate with a wide variety of people in many different work-life situations.
• Teaching managers to lead through tapping into people’s strengths. Consistently upskill managers to coach their employees through their strengths and through change. Every person has a different work-life situation and only managers can understand these nuances and make adjustments based on how each person is wired, how they best perform, collaborate, and bring value to customers.

There is only so much People leaders can control. One thing is for sure! By investing in solutions that support their employees’ whole selves, companies are not only investing in their employees, but are also investing in its own future.

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Or, reach out to us - we'd love to chat on how we can show you care and how we can support your people to be their best!

By Stephan Vincent , Sr. Director of Workplace Experience, LifeGuides

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