Dear friends,
If I had a dollar for each time a leader told me or a member of my team something like, “We know something’s not right, but we’re not sure what it is or how to fix it…” we would call this fiscal year a WRAP and it’s only January. Well, maybe a $5 bill, but you get where I’m going…
Leaders can tell when something is amiss on a team—missed deadlines, squabbles, poor attendance, declining success metrics. But identifying the cause or causes of team dysfunction or “dis-ease” can be more challenging. Finding the right solutions—even more difficult. And when you consider team dis-ease on an organizational scale—diagnosing and treating the underlying causes can seem overwhelming, to say the least. But it doesn’t have to be.
Today, and continuing over the next few months, we’ll share how our proprietary methodology, The Way to Workplace Wellness, is helping clients move from issues to insights, to action and on to positive impact.
The Way
From Issues to Insights
To achieve workplace wellness, you must better understand your “dis-ease.”
Based on the four critical talent needs all people have at work—to be seen, respected, valued, and protected—our Employee Experience Diagnostic Tool is like an MRI for employee experience. It provides a clear, nuanced, and instructive understanding of employees’ experiences inside your workplace. Which group has the most positive experiences? The least? Who’s thriving and who’s not? Not only does the tool identify where those populations are in your organization, but it also identifies the WHYs behind their experiences and how their experiences are impacting business outcomes. The Way takes you from issues to insights.
From Insights to Action
Once “dis-ease” has been diagnosed, we help treat the underlying causes.
We identify the specific leadership choices and behaviors that are causing “dis-ease” in your organization and illuminate what you can do to positively impact both your culture and your business outcomes. We then help equip leaders with the skills and confidence to lead all people well and increase employee contribution—moving you from insights to action.
From Action to Impact
“Dis-ease” treatment is good but sustained organizational wellness—that’s the end goal.
The practice models we built into The Way are aligned with critical phases of the employee life cycle to achieve greater visibility, respect, value, and protection for all people in your organization. We seamlessly integrate The Way within our clients’ established talent systems to ensure sustainable culture change and positive impacts on business outcomes. And our simple, customized leader assessments and employee feedback tools help us refine skills, reinforce the connection between human relationships and business outcomes, and encourage leader accountability. The end results—increased employee contribution, improved employee experiences, increased leader accountability, and improved business outcomes. In other words, sustained organizational wellness.
Friends, The Way to Workplace Wellness isn’t easy, but it is simple. And our clients, their employees, and their bottom lines are proof of that. We’re looking forward to sharing with you their successes with The Way. And know that when you’re ready, we can show you The Way to Workplace Wellness, too.
Together in Waymaking,
Tara Jaye
& The Waymakers Change Group