Supporting Employees Through Tough Times

We have often spoken about the need to admit that the vast majority of workers have never quite recovered after the trauma of the pandemic. This is constantly and bizarrely overlooked in all industries and despite living and breathing people topics and speaking to tens of companies, we can’t cite one example of an enterprise that has done the right thing and offered tangible help to their employees on this topic in particular.

At most, there would be access to a counselling service that has been set up but often times even that is unheard of luxury and people are simply expected to have “gotten on” with it.

Is it a factor in the way the mental health state of the workplace is in deplorable shape and we are dealing with a generalised crisis? Of course, it is and the bulk of it hasn’t even been reflected in the crisis yet as data makes its way towards us, and we’ll likely see more and more of it reflected in productivity and health issues as we move along. Sure, some workers may “self-repair” and do so despite the complete lack of support but most will not.

What’s the answer? What should be the golden standard?

• What’s the answer? What should be the golden standard?
• Easy access to external advice and guidance - whether a counsellor, a therapist or at least a life coach, creating a robust “talk about it” program is essential;
• An internal network of mentors or a buddy system. As an extension of “talk about it”, employees will have someone internally to lean on and that can be very restoring and empowering;

Easy access to external advice and guidance - whether a counsellor, a therapist or at least a life coach, creating a robust “talk about it” program is essential;