Wellbeing at Work

What if the next global crisis is a mental health pandemic? It is here now. One-third of Americans have shown signs of clinical anxiety or depression, and the current state of suffering globally has risen significantly. The mental health pandemic manifests everywhere, not least in your workplace. As organizations around the world face health and social crises, as well as economic uncertainty, acknowledging and improving wellbeing in your workplace is more critical than ever. Increasingly, leaders and managers must support mental health and cultivate resilience in employees — not just increase engagement and performance. Based on more than 100 million Gallup global interviews, Wellbeing at Work shows you how to do just that. Coauthored by Gallup’s CEO and its Chief Workplace Scientist, Wellbeing at Work explores the five key elements of wellbeing — career, social, financial, physical and community — and how organizations can help employees and teams thrive in those elements. The book also gives leaders ideas and action items to help employees use their innate talents and strengths to thrive in each of the wellbeing elements. And Wellbeing at Work introduces a metric to report a person’s best possible life: Gallup Net Thriving, which will become the “other stock price” for organizations. In a world where work and life are more blended than ever, maximizing employee wellbeing takes on greater urgency. Wellbeing at Work shows leaders how to create a thriving and resilient culture. If you and your leaders don’t change the world, who will? Wellbeing at Work includes a unique code to take the CliftonStrengths assessment, which reveals your top five strengths.

Jim Clifton is Chairman of Gallup and bestselling author of Born to Build, The Coming Jobs War, Wellbeing at Work and the #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller It’s the Manager. He is the creator of The Gallup Path, a metric-based economic model that shows the role human nature plays in business outcomes. This model is used in performance management systems in more than 500 companies worldwide. His most recent innovation, the Gallup World Poll, is designed to give the world’s 7 billion citizens a voice on virtually all key global issues. Under his leadership, Gallup has expanded from a predominantly U.S.-based company to a worldwide organization with 40 offices in 30 countries and regions.

Introduction: The Mood of the World Part 1: What Is Wellbeing? What Is "The Best Possible Life"? Net Thriving: The Other Stock Price The Five Elements of Wellbeing Part 2: Your Workplace's Wellbeing Opportunities Key Points About the Wellbeing Elements Career Wellbeing: You Like What You Do Every Day Social Wellbeing: You Have Meaningful Friendships in Your Life Financial Wellbeing: You Manage Your Money Well Physical Wellbeing: You Have Energy to Get Things Done Community Wellbeing: You Like Where You Live How to Build a Culture of Net Thriving Part 3: Risks to a Net Thriving Culture The Four Risks Risk #1: Employee Mental Health Risk #2: Lack of Clarity and Purpose Risk #3: Overreliance on Policies, Programs and Perks Risk #4: Poorly Skilled Managers Resilient Cultures in a Crisis Part 4: Net Thriving Starts With Career Engagement The Largest Study of Its Kind Adopting Wellbeing Practices My Expectations My Strengths My Development My Opinions My Mission or Purpose Part 5: The Fastest Road to Net Thriving: Play to Strengths Strengths Make Wellbeing Work Appendixes Appendix 1: Strengths Insights and Action Items for the Five Wellbeing Elements Appendix 2: Manager Resource Guide to the Five Elements of Wellbeing Appendix 3: Technical Report: The Research and Development of Gallup's Five Elements of Wellbeing Appendix 4: The Relationship Between Engagement at Work and Organizational Outcomes: 2020 Q 12® Meta-Analysis: 10th Edition Appendix 5: References and Notes About Gallup About the Authors Acknowledgements