Emotional well being matters

Here is an article that talks about emotional well-being more important than employee welfare and work yoga or mindfulness programs.

The research shows that employees want to feel happy at work. Not a ground breaking finding for sure. How do you as a manager make an employee happy? Good luck with that. My experience suggests an alternative way. Rather than trying and wasting time making people happy, engage in a conversation with them to understand what brings the most meaning to their life and career. It comes from a genuine interest in helping and supporting a fellow human being. The more they feel they have control over the most scarce resource they have - time, more you'll find them connected and engaged at work. Then give them challenges that stretch them beyond their comfort zones and support them. People enjoy some variety and challenges to their work as too much of certainty kills people's creativity. When people find they are creating meaning to what they do, they also find happiness and a sense of contentment. Some of the visible benefits are: the quality of work output and productivity increase significantly, work gets simplified, silos are broken as employees take a holistic view of their work than in a silo, better collaboration, and most importantly people get to enjoy what brings the greatest meaning to them in and out of work. You are a successful leader if you help people to have the greatest control over their time. After all that's what matters in the end.

Have a read. An interesting article,

https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/how-emotions-shape-our-work-life