Have you ever received a resignation on grounds of ‘personal reasons’? Did you feel anxious, especially if the resignation was from someone who had been an asset to the organisation?
We often wonder if the reasons are truly personal and not related to their experience with the organisation. Perhaps a tiff with boss or colleague, dissatisfaction with a company policy or recent appraisal? And in most cases, we never know. We hope they would stay, but more often than not, they don’t.
A study by BBC says that up to 300,000 jobs in the UK are lost as a result of stress, depression and mental illnesses.
Whether the reasons were personal or professional, they never got resolved. Unresolved feelings bother us constantly and sometimes push us to take extreme steps. It’s time that we give importance and attention to mental and emotional health, just as much as we give to physical health. There are numerous studies suggesting a direct correlation between mental and physical health. That’s what BetterLYF set out to do. An instant, anonymous and 24-hour platform that helps people deal with stress and anxiety in their personal and professional lives.
Convey to your team that you truly care by offering assistance when they need it the most. If they are happy as individuals, they would be productive as professionals. Here’s how:
1. Create awareness: Sadly, there’s a stigma attached to mental health and reaching out for help is something most people choose as the last option. Most of the times, people struggling with anxiety, depression or loneliness associate it with their incompetence to connect with people and continue to struggle in silence. You can help alleviate that within your organisation by proactively spreading awareness through statistics and discussions centring on how talking about mental health could help.
2. How to cope workshops: Stress is inevitable and manageable stress is good (Eustress) for us. It benefits us in many ways. We all figure out our own ways of managing stress, but there are practices that can be easily inculcated in our daily routine and help us stay on top of things. Workshops can also introduce employees to interventions that help stop negative thought patterns such as peer comparison, a circle of concern, unhappy past and so on.
3. Interactive exercises and happiness coach: Therapy-based computer driven exercises and a counsellor can intervene, set goals and help people get back to a happy and healthy sense of self.