Well-being in process - a simple tool to drive action

Well-being News

Deloitte released their latest research on Workplace Well-being this week. Key takeaways:

• Employees and executives are all struggling with burnout.

• Employees want to challenge the status quo such as 4-day workweeks, meeting free days.

• Employees want to focus on whole-person well-being like flexible work schedules and child care support.

• 43% of employees reported feeling exhausted and 42% reported feeling stressed.

No one is immune to being exhausted, cynical, and feeling like their work quality is suffering. And while many solutions require the workplace to change and the employer to adapt to new processes, I firmly believe that as individuals we can advocate for ourselves and set boundaries that improve our work quality and well-being.

Well-being In Process

The past newsletters have outlined critical first step to identifying well-being improvements.

Step 1: Establish your well-being baseline. Are you Thriving, Struggling, or Suffering? Do you need to focus first on Mind, Body, Belonging, Work, or Money? Identifying where you stand right now and which direction you need drive in is essential for the next step.

What is Step 2? Identify the actions that will produce the biggest impact.

20% of your actions will produce 80% of your result so you want to find that 20% that provides the biggest bang for your buck.

Write down your focus well-being area on a piece of paper.

Underneath that piece of paper, list 3 columns: Immediate, Short Term, Long Term.

Immediate Actions: these are actions that can be taken TODAY. Actions that will immediately give you a sense of achievement and progress. These actions are wholly within your control. You don't rely on anyone else to make these happen.

Short Term Actions: these are actions that can be taken over the next few months. It may not be within reach to accomplish today but with planning and strategy, you can make these happen no later than 6 months from today. These actions might require help, guidance, or input from others.

Long Term Actions: these are actions that must be planned out over the course of 6 months to 1 year or even longer. They require significant thought, planning, and strategy to accomplish. Long term actions typically have elements outside of our control such as needing to change jobs. While you could quit your job at any point, if you want to make a job change, you are most likely going to apply, interview, and await a job offer, all of which is reliant on others taking action too.

Think about each one of these - immediate, short term, long term - and write down at least one action that you could take to improve your focus well-being area under each column.

Bucketing your action items into these three categories helps to prevent frustration that you aren't making enough progress or your progress is too slow.

I will be doing this exact same exercise over the next week and will share mine as an example.

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Well wishes,

Kayla

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