{"id":8478,"date":"2025-01-16T13:41:30","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T13:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.webwork-tracker.com\/blog\/?p=8478"},"modified":"2026-01-08T15:45:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T15:45:10","slug":"prioritizing-employee-well-being-in-2026-expert-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webwork-tracker.com\/blog\/prioritizing-employee-well-being-in-2026-expert-advice","title":{"rendered":"Prioritizing Employee Well-Being in 2026: Expert Advice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Managers must consider many factors when organizational goals and results aren\u2019t met, including setting unrealistic expectations, lack of communication, disorganized planning, ineffective management, and poor employee performance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Poor employee performance can have devastating effects on reaching team goals, and today, it has become necessary for team managers and business owners to prioritize employee well-being and incorporate programs that will help improve employee performance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

From employee recognition programs, health seminars, and healthy food options to organizing after-work get-togethers, there are many ways to holistically promote and prioritize your employees\u2019 well-being inside and outside your office.<\/span><\/p>\n

In this article, we will discuss employee well-being, how it is affected by stress and burnout, and ways you, as team managers, can help your team members become happier, more satisfied, and more productive at work.\u00a0

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What is employee well-being?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Employee well-being encompasses not only physical health but also how employees act, think, feel, and communicate within an organization. As employees are the heart of an organization, they need to thrive and be holistically healthy\u2014in mind and body\u2014for the organization to succeed.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There are many signs of poor well-being among your employees, including feeling demotivated, taking frequent absences, having poor focus, and missing deadlines. These manifestations are often easily visible, but sometimes, they can be subtle, like refusing to attend team gatherings and lacking communication with colleagues and superiors.<\/span><\/p>\n

As a team manager, you are responsible for rekindling the fire in your team by implementing and encouraging employee well-being programs in the workplace. Even with problems they encounter outside of work that can affect their performance, effective well-being programs can help them improve their personal growth and health and encourage them to be more productive and <\/span>happy at work<\/span><\/a>, positively impacting organizational goals.\u00a0\u00a0

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Impact of burnout and stress on employee well-being<\/span><\/h2>\n

A <\/span>study<\/span> of 20,000 employees led by Brigham Young University showed that 66 percent of respondents with unhealthy diets and 96 percent who had difficulty exercising had decreased productivity. Among the respondents, those between 30 and 40 years old were most likely to experience a drop in productivity, which is more prevalent among women and those separated, divorced, or widowed.<\/span><\/p>\n

A cross-sectional <\/span>study<\/span> published in the National Library of Medicine also reported an inverse relationship between stress and productivity and work satisfaction\u2014where stress increases, productivity and work satisfaction decrease.<\/span><\/p>\n

With hundreds of studies on the correlation and inverse relationship between stress and workplace performance satisfaction, it is needless to say that in the short-term and long-term, organizations that don\u2019t address employee well-being issues are most likely to experience adverse effects on productivity, goals, and KPIs, including but not limited to:<\/span><\/p>\n