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Whether you manage a few people, sociologists, physicians, and other
lead a large group, or run an entire acclaimed scientists, we explored
organization, you are already in the this topic in greater detail. From
business of managing employee various in-depth analyses, including
wellbeing. random samples from more than 150
countries, we studied the common
The research on this topic is quite
elements that best differentiate lives
clear: Your workforce’s wellbeing
spent thriving from those spent
directly affects your organization’s
struggling or suffering.
bottom line.
As we completed this research,
Even if you have never thought of your
distinct statistical factors emerged.
employees’ wellbeing as your business,
These five core dimensions are
each person’s wellbeing is critical to
universal and interconnected elements
achieving an organization’s goals and
of wellbeing — how we think about
fulfilling its mission. Every day in your
and experience our lives. The five
organization, some employees don’t
elements are:
show up, don’t give their best effort,
erode your productivity, and cost you Career Wellbeing: how you occupy
millions of dollars because they are your time and liking what you do
struggling or suffering in important each day
areas of their lives. Other employees
Social Wellbeing: having strong
engage their colleagues and customers,
relationships and love in your life
generate new ideas, and save your
organization thousands of dollars in Financial Wellbeing: effectively
healthcare costs because they take managing your economic life to
responsibility for their health and reduce stress and increase security
overall wellbeing. Simply put, your
employees’ wellbeing can be measured, Physical Wellbeing: having good
managed, and quantified. health and enough energy to get
things done on a daily basis
Since the mid-20th century, Gallup
scientists have been exploring Community Wellbeing: the sense of
the demands of a life well-lived. engagement and involvement you
Recently, in partnership with have with the area where you live
leading economists, psychologists,
Thriving Employees Realize 35% Lower Turnover Cost Compared With Much like medical researchers
Struggling Employees and 52% Lower Cost Than Suffering Employees study how disease burden influences
physical health, we can see how
Turnover
Cost
to
Employer
in
the
Next
Year
specific elements in our lives shape
Total
Age
44
and
Younger
Age
45
and
Older
our overall wellbeing. If someone
$5,000
has two forms of disease burden
$4,500
$4,000
$3,775
(such as heart disease and obesity),
$3,500
$2,814
it is possible to not only study these
$3,000
$2,500
conditions in isolation, but also
$1,827
$2,000
$1,500
to examine the cumulative effect
$1,000
of both conditions. Gallup finds
$500
$0
that the same underlying principle
Suffering
Struggling
Thriving
applies to wellbeing. If someone has
Baseline
Wellbeing
in
Time
1
struggling Career Wellbeing and
Controlling for demographic differences at baseline (Time 1)
struggling Financial Wellbeing, for
example, there is a cumulative effect
in terms of how this combination
surveyed said they would look for a increases his or her stress levels and
new job if the job market improves decreases productivity.
in the next 12 months. Those who
were struggling or suffering in overall What follows are high-level findings
wellbeing were more than twice as about the costs associated with
likely as those who were thriving to “wellbeing burden” for each of the five
say they would look for another job if elements of wellbeing.
the job market improves. The actions
that employers take today to improve
lives — in addition to improving job
has worked with hundreds of Total Age: 44 and younger Age: 45 and older
$9,370
of their workforce. When leaders $8,000
$7,457
embrace this opportunity to improve $6,000
$6,361
$5,387
their employees’ wellbeing, they create $4,000 $4,570
$3,539
But when they choose to ignore Number of Elements Thriving at Baseline (Time 1)
$1,000
that they care about their wellbeing. $500
They have to take action if they $0
None
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
want to see results. And this requires
Number
of
Elements
Thriving
at
Baseline
(Time
1)
building a culture where people can
thrive, with continual measurement Controlling for demographic differences at baseline (Time 1)
•• Daily Tracker
Advise on changing,
•• Ongoing monitoring of action,
progress, utilization, and
financial impact
improving individual, group, and eliminating, or adding programs
aggregated results following the two Gallup © 2010 Gallup, Inc. All rights reserved.