Dive Brief:
- For business and HR leaders, the responsibility of building trust in the employee relationship is difficult at best. Accomplishing that critical objective throughout an entire workforce can be especially complex as well as challenging, according to an article at Fortune.
- Fortune guest columnist Colm Delves, CEO of Digicel Group, notes that achieving that goal means going beyond merely investing in employees and keeping them engaged. It has to be more focused than that.
- Specifically, what's required is a "high-performance culture" driven through wellbeing, health and happiness by connecting with employees in ways that may not have been tried in the past, the article explains.
Dive Insight:
The article notes that Delves' company has turned its focus on programs that both strengthen employee performance and help them live their best lives. Within the past three years, those strategies and programs have encouraged positive health and wellness through nutrition, rest and exercise. And no one is left out, as more than 6,000 employers across 31 markets have taken part – from the top of the organizational chart down through the company ranks.
Fun, healthy efforts include free yoga and Zumba at work, gym membership discounts, and tips on living a healthy lifestyle. A focus on the importance of work-life balance while encouraging volunteer work have combined to boost both performance and employee satisfaction.
Delves says that by launching programs that are directly aimed at employee value and well-being, employers can build that elusive positive impact and trust within workplace culture that so many workplaces seek.
