OUR 'WHY'
Why work on well-being and happiness at work?
Investing in a workplace happiness strategy not only provides a solution to many workplace challenges, it works equally – and even more strongly – as a preventive strategy.
Ensuring that employees feel good about themselves so that they can give their best in a supportive corporate culture starts a positive spiral in terms of performance and cooperation that benefits the entire organization.
The challenge: Working makes us sick / demotivated
Newspapers are filled with increasingly alarming statistics. The motivation and energy levels of our Belgian employees are not that great.
The numbers for absenteeism, burn-out and other psychosocial disorders are skyrocketing.
Those who are still at work often struggle with stress, productivity or motivation.
41%
feels stressed at work daily
94%
does not have ‘workable work’
1/3
does not feel appreciated
1/4
feels
pressured
1/5
fears a burn-out in the near future
+11%
more medium and long term absenteeism
4/10
organisations have a structural well-being policy
53%
cannot discuss mental wellbeing with their boss
41%
feels stressed at work daily
94%
does not have ‘workable work’
1/3
does not feel appreciated
1/4
feels pressured
1/5
fears a burn-out in the near future
+11%
more medium and long term absenteeism
4/10
organisations have a structural well-being policy
53%
cannot discuss mental wellbeing with their boss
- First of all, only a meagre 11% of employees truly motivated,
- Next, the large middle group (73%) is being ‘present’ at work but not really productive.
- Moreover, 17% are ‘actively disengaged’, meaning openly resentful and even working against the organisation and team objectives.
The solution: improving happiness at work
It’s clear that there is a lot of work to be done. Working on well-being and happiness at work is the antidote to all these contemporary challenges in the workplace.
- Investing in well-being and happiness at work has a strong ROI!
- Also Scientists agree: Well-being and happiness at work drive performance”.
- Moreover, it’s important to go beyond only a curative approach to tackle these challenges and also work on prevention and work from a positive angle. .
- When we apply the perspective of the shared responsability between employer and employee, there are plenty of opportunities to embark on.
An ROI of 1:3
The financial investment to work on happiness at work is still too often brushed off as a mere cost. Quite incorrectly so, as it is an actual investment that provides a measurable financial return for companies that opt for a sustainable approach.
After all, studies show an average ROI of 1:3 for investments in happiness at work.
More and more case studies show that organisations report sustainable results through targeted investments in well-being and happiness at work. Gallup’s international data, for example, provides impressive figures, such as 21% more sales, 22% more productivity and 37% less absenteeism for organisations that work on well-being and happiness at work.
The impact of happiness at work
Happiness at work goes beyond putting a stop to the negative developments such as decreasing stress and burn-out, lowering costs related to absenteeism or turnover, of deminishing the risk of errors and accidents.
Happier employees also have a positive spillover effect in many other areas, such as better teamwork and communication, improving cooperation and stronger relationships with customers and suppliers, higher productivity, more creativity and efficiency, higher optimism , energy and resilience, better employer branding, …
Are you curious to find out what return would be possible for your organisation?
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Strategic approach
However, there are some conditions required for effectively cashing in on the ROI! Working on well-being and happiness at work may never become an ad hoc approach. In addition, you cannot focus on the cherry on the cake and not think about the best possible foundations. Without paying attention to the basic components of job satisfaction, every one off initiative regarding happiness at work will miss the mark.
That’s why we at Tryangle are advocating a strategic approach. Just like the mission, vision and values of an organisation, the topic of happiness at work should be fully integrated in the DNA of the company. This means thinking about what work happiness means for your organisation, and making appropriate choices.
Companies that strategically work on different dimensions will attract and retain motivated employees. And having happy employees will never be counterproductive, on the contrary. These are the organisations that make the difference, today and in the future! Or as we at Tryangle have been saying and writing for some time: the future belongs to the happy!
The Tryangle approach: The concept of Happiness at Work
Organisations can increase their employees’ happiness at work and its positive impact by focusing on different building blocks. At Tryangle, we developed a pyramid model with underlying components of happiness at work, each contributing in its own way to a positive and happy company culture, from a top-down perspective, coming from the organisation and managers, as well as a bottom-up approach from the employees themselves.
It is crucial to know which building blocks to focus on. Only in this way can you ensure that employees, managers and directors can be the best versions of themselves and can function optimally.
The ultimate goal? By paying attention to the different components of happiness at work in a sustainable, well thought-out, consistent and appropriate manner, you create a strong and authentic employer brand and a positive employee experience that allow you, as a company, to really make a difference.
The Tryangle offer
Tryangle supports companies and their employees with different services around many work happiness and well-being topics. You can view our offer in two ways:
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Our services combine both offline and online solutions such as training, consulting, coaching, teambuilding, webinars, keynotes,… Our try a different angle style focuses on learning-by-doing, movement and fun, so we definitely are creating interesting learning experiences every time.
Discover our topics
The pyramid of hapiness at work supports you and your organisation towards a happier, more productive company culture covering 7 themes and
▼ an offer for organisations, teams and managers
▲ interventions to support individual employees.