Invest In Employee Engagement, Health, and Well-Being, To Help The Organization Flourish

Employees who are engaged in their work feel energetic, dedicated, and are absorbed in their jobs. Employees who are engaged are also happier and healthier, which makes having engaged employees a sensible goal for managers. However, today’s best managers believe that having happier and healthier employees is a goal in and of itself, regardless of the impact on the organization. Improving employee health and well-being is no longer seen as a cost. Instead, it is seen as an investment in employees that will directly help improve the bottom line of the organization.

Source: Bakker, A. B., & Schaufeli, W. B. 2008. Positive organizational behavior: Engaged employees in flourishing organizations. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 29, 147-154.

Help Employees Recognize and Avoid Burnout Before It Sets In

Burnout means feeling exhausted, overextended, and depleted. Employees who feel burnt out tend to have low job satisfaction, low organizational commitment, high absenteeism, high intentions to leave, and are more likely to quit their job. Today’s best managers know the warning signs of burnout. When employees start feeling hostile and angry about unfair organizational practices, and begin to lack faith that the organization will solve their problems, then employee burnout can set in. Today’s best managers help stop burnout from happening before it takes hold of employees.

Source: Maslach, C., & Leiter, M. P. 2008. Early predictors of job burnout and engagement. Journal of Applied Psychology, 93, 498-512.