Creating Psy Healthy Workplace
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This document discusses creating psychologically healthy workplaces. It outlines several key factors for healthy workplaces including employee involvement, work-life balance, employee growth and development, health and safety, and employee recognition. It provides metrics showing healthier workplaces have lower turnover and better employee support. It also discusses countering unhealthy workplace practices like bullying, poor leadership, and lack of accountability. The document advocates for open communication, diversity and inclusion, and addressing job strains to promote psychological well-being in the workplace.
Creating Psy Healthy Workplace
- 1. Creating A Psychologically Healthy Workplace Countering Unhealthy Workplace Practices Presented by: Cie ArmsteadManagers’ Focus Session
- 2. APA CREATING A PSYCHOLOGICALLY HEALTHY WORKPLACE Employee Involvement Work-life balance Employee Growth & Development Health & Safety Employee Recognition APA PHWP Metrics PHWP Winners U.S. Companies Employee Turnover 7% 38% Org Supports Employees’ Healthy Lifestyles 66% 40% Mental Health Resources 71% 45% Stress Management Resources 69% 36% Org Practices Support Workplace Diversity 68% 46% Employees Recommend Org to Job-seekers 74% 57%
- 3. Employee Involvement When employees are involved in building the business, the company benefits: Higher employee job satisfaction and morale Improved productivity Lower turnover and reduced absenteeism Better quality products and services Psychologically Healthy Workplaces Promote Activates: Demand/Control Theory
- 4. Work & Life: Seeking Balance & Integration Balance or Integration?
- 5. Psychologically healthy workplaces invest in EMPLOYEE GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT Reimbursement for tuition or professional courses Continuing education courses Services that provide career development or counseling Skills training offered internally or through external trainers Promotion opportunities and internal career advancement Coaching, mentoring, and leadership development programs
- 6. **Measures to improve workplace safety and security issues ** Stress management, weight loss and smoking cessation programs ** Employer-supported health insurance, including mental health coverage ** Employer-supported access to health/ fitness/recreation facilities Health & Safety Initiatives
- 7. Employee Recognition Equitable salaries and fair compensation Competitive benefits packages Employee contributions and milestones publicly acknowledged Bonuses and salary increases based on performance Recognition ceremonies, e.g., work anniversary celebrations
- 8. Diverse, Inclusive Environments Support Psychologically Healthy Workplaces Create an atmosphere of trust and respect Strive to establish a critical mass of different demographic groups Provide a credible narrative that allows all employees to see themselves as successful in the company Educate supervisors about their own biases Train all employees on how to embrace differences. Foster intergroup interactions
- 9. Work-related & employee-relations topics considered off-limits Developing skills for participating in difficult conversations Safe place to report mistreatment or unethical behavior Fair & honest handling of reports of mistreatment People in power being held accountable for misconduct Countering an Unhealthy Workplace Culture with courage to address: and employees & management are the ones who feed it
- 10. Psychological Reactions • Anger • Anxiety • Job Dissatisfaction Physical Reactions • Headaches • Stomach Distress • Physical Sickness, e.g., cancer, heart disease Behavioral Reactions • Workplace Accidents • Smoking; Substance Abuse • Employee Turnover 3 Types of JOB STRAINS & Sample OUTCOMES
- 11. Humiliation, ridicule or excessively teasing or other person-related actions Withholding important information, excessive monitoring of one’s work, or other work-related actions Shouting, threats of violence, or other physical intimidation Workplace Bullying
- 12. Leadership Style Leaders’ stress & poor well-being = employees stress & poor well-being Leaders’ positive behavior towards employees = employees improved well-being Transformational leadership style = positive employee outcomes Burnout Being emotionally exhausted with low emotional energy cynicism or mental withdrawal from work Impact on Psychologically Healthy Workplaces
- 13. What Will You Do to Create your Psychologically Healthy Department?
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