Redefine your Employee Wellbeing Landscape in Line with the Future Trends!

The ‘Aon India Primary Care Benefits Report 2023’ (surveyed 250 employees) further highlights the fact that 8 in 10 companies in India Inc have enhanced their spending on wellbeing in 2023 compared to 2019, while 2 in 3 firms believe unhealthy employees hold a direct impact on business financials. It is quite evident that employee wellbeing and engagement stand at the forefront of an organization’s success, thus propelling HR leaders to stay updated with the future trends in this domain. Read further to learn about the most important future trends to focus on in the employee wellbeing landscape for the years ahead!

Embracing Personalization

Let’s delve into the appalling highlights of ITC’s Feel Good with Fiama Mental Wellbeing Survey 2023! Fifty percent of millennials attribute work-life imbalance as a reason for mental health outcomes, while 62 percent of Indians feel stressed about going back to the workplace after having worked from home. In such cases of mental health issues and other employee concerns, organizations must ponder beyond embracing a one-size-fits-all approach and come up with employee wellbeing programs that spotlight a personal touch!

A comprehensive personalization of employee wellbeing programs and policies, with their concerns and needs as the foremost priority, is undoubtedly the way forward! This will indeed make them feel special, heard, and valued, especially while being a part of a multicultural and multigenerational workforce spread across diverse geographies. Furthermore, personalization of employee wellbeing programs, when considered across all levels of management, right from the administrative to the operative levels, will bring in many desirable outcomes.

Harnessing the Power of Artificial Intelligence

For years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been deployed as a powerful tool for the seamless onboarding of employees, their diversity and inclusion, work engagement, emotional intelligence, mental health, and for various other aspects. Beyond these aspects, the power of AI can be harnessed for Human Resource Management (HRM) at the workplace, which entails enhancing organizational performance, reducing costs, and increasing retention rates. Besides, AI-based mental health chatbots, health monitoring devices, intelligent robots, and many other devices offering customized exercise and diet suggestions have been playing a significant role in addressing the mental health concerns of employees.

With AI being greatly utilized in creating effective wellbeing initiatives and personalized wellness recommendations for employees, 2024 will behold a sharp rise in the same, thereby reimagining the employee wellbeing landscape at the workplace.

Holistic Wellbeing

Rather than adhering to the narrow, conventional approaches to employee wellbeing, which mostly leave employees unsatisfied and unvalued, organizations must focus on their physical, social, mental, and spiritual wellbeing with a broader outlook. This will encourage them to work more productively and stay longer in the organization, with a greater sense of purpose. In a nutshell, a contemporary approach addressing the end-to-end needs, preferences, and concerns of employees on all health dimensions is the master key! More precisely, this would be a solid business strategy!

The Way Forward

With the burgeoning changes and advancements at the workplace, organizations ought to consider all kinds of challenges employees might face and address them from time to time. Where will the employees be working – remotely at home, in-office, or a mix of both? Is the work environment keeping them engaged, happy, and satisfied? Will they feel burnt out or stressed with the works assigned to them? Are they feeling heard, valued, and appreciated with regard to their performance? Ask these questions or any others if required and seamlessly address your employees’ needs. Thanks to companies like Cloud Destinations for implementing many pivotal decisions towards boosting employee wellbeing and engagement at the workplace.

Cloud Destinations – Assimilating Employee Wellbeing at its Best!

A pioneer in offering comprehensive IT services & solutions, Cloud Destinations has mastered the science of employee wellbeing and engagement. Right from providing work from home option at times of emergencies; workplace flexibility that fosters better work-life balance to rewarding employees with multiple benefits and perks including health insurance for the entire family, performance bonus, profit sharing, rewards & awards (quarterly & annual), personal & professional growth opportunities, and much more; we have it all for our employees’ wellbeing! Holding the most valuable ‘Great Place To Work Certification’ further adds to our credibility in creating outstanding employee experiences.

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