A Healthy Return: Why Investing in People is Critical for Your Business
Employee health and wellbeing is set to become a business value of strategic importance, and a significant source of competitive advantage. In this whitepaper we explore the global trends placing humans at the centre of the fourth industrial revolution. We also propose a framework to explain the relationship between human wellbeing and organisational performance, and provide practical tools to manage and improve this relationship.
We have known for decades that greater employee wellbeing is associated with better job performance, lower absenteeism, and reduced turnover, but there is an imperative to improve these factors now, more than ever before.
There is no such thing as a work-life balance; only life. In this hyper-connected and fast-paced world, people need to design better ways of living and working if they are to thrive.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos revealed that one of the top pieces of advice he offers new Amazon employees is that they shouldn’t view life and work as a strict trade-off: “this work-life harmony thing is what I try to teach young employees and actually senior executives at Amazon too.”
There is still much left to learn with regard to the complex interplay between individual and organisational factors that underpin sustainable high performance. However, leaders need to act now. If they wait too long, it’s likely that the outcomes will be relatively easy to quantify – but they may not like the results.
To download your copy of the white paper, click here.
For further case studies and a copy of the report, please contact Kai Kirkkopelto on +358 40 9657 235 or kai.kirkkopelto@hintsa.com
