How To Make Time For Employee Well-Being

Mike Veny

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How To Make Time For Employee Well-Being

This is a contributed post. However, all opinions expressed in this post are based on my personal view.

Employee well-being is essential for a productive business. Yet running a business can be incredibly stressful and time-consuming. In order for some things to run smoothly, other aspects sometimes fall through the cracks. 

Employee well-being is often at the bottom of business owner’s lists, and so suffers. This needs to be corrected. Employee well-being leads to higher productivity and greater loyalty

So how can you make sure time is set aside to improve employee well-being?

Scheduling and Routines

Work in a business is often fast-paced and frequently changing. Due to this, few people have a week that looks the same as the week beforehand. This is one of the easiest ways for employee well-being to slip through the cracks. 

By scheduling even as little as an hour a week to dedicate to employee well-being, a big difference can be made. This time can be spent planning, decision-making, or even simply talking to your employees to hear their opinions on their well-being, and how you can improve it. 

Get To Grips With The Facts

It is important to make sure you know the status of employee well-being within your company. When you are up to date with the status, you know how much needs to be done either to improve or maintain employee well-being. This is key to knowing how much time is needed to be saved. 

Another smart idea is to learn all the facts about the benefits to your company when you prioritize employee well-being. When you know how much your company can suffer when employee well-being is low, it is difficult to ignore it any longer. When you know the consequences, you will be sure to make time. 

Delegation

Some jobs don’t need to be done by you. Delegation of tasks to members of your team or outsourcing to other companies can free up time. Think of those necessary but time-consuming tasks, and consider ways to hand them to suitable others.

For example, if you migrate to AWS, less time needs to be spent on maintaining your database. Or by outsourcing graphic design, you can spend less time on marketing!

Learn To Say No

One of the hardest things – especially as a small business owner – is to say no to opportunities. Opportunities provide access to growth, and in turn, higher revenue from your business. But sometimes the smartest, most necessary decision, is to turn these opportunities down. 

More opportunities mean more time consumption. In saying no to opportunities, you know your priorities are with your workforce and promoting their well-being. 

Don’t forget – growth comes from two places. Externally (as these new opportunities bring), but also internally. In turning down opportunities to focus on your workforce, you aren’t losing the chance for growth. In fact, you are focusing on growth. By plumping up your internal workforce by focusing on their well-being, you are improving efficiency and productivity and ensuring long-term growth for your company.

Mike Veny

Mike Veny won Corporate LiveWire’s 2022 & 2023 Innovation & Excellence Awards for his work as a Certified Corporate Wellness Specialist®. He also won NAMI New York State’s 2023 Leader Of Mental Health Awareness award. As a PM360 ELITE Award Winner, he was recognized as one of the 100 most influential people in the healthcare industry for his work with patient advocacy. Determined to overcome a lifetime of serious mental health challenges, Mike’s career began as a professional drummer and evolved into becoming a change maker in the workplace wellness industry. Mike is the author of several books, including the best-selling book, Transforming Stigma: How to Become a Mental Wellness Superhero. He is currently furthering his knowledge at Maharishi International University, pursuing a Consciousness and Human Potential degree.