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Wellbeing 
by Next Steps 

Wellbeing is a concept far broader than moment-to-moment happiness. It encompasses individuals' overall life satisfaction, their sense of purpose, and feelings of control. Mental health is just one aspect of wellbeing, and that alone is estimated to cost the UK economy £34.9 billion annually (Deloitte 2019). These costs can be reduced by proactively investigating your organisation’s wellbeing.

 

At Next Steps, we've been supporting organisations with their people strategy for decades, recognising the paramount importance of wellbeing. Many organisations are now reaping the benefits of supporting their teams in this area, primarily due to the clear link to improved performance. According to Deloitte, every £1 spent on workplace culture and well-being awareness brings a £6 return. It literally pays to do the right thing!

 

We collaborate with you to fully understand your needs before assisting in planning and delivering a practical well-being strategy. We're not in the business of offering quick fixes; instead, we provide real-world, sustainable solutions that identify and solve the issues your people and organisation are facing.

We take an organisational approach to wellbeing 

Our approach to wellbeing is organisational wide with everyone playing their part in contributing to a culture of wellbeing.

 

We consider all areas within an organisation that impact on employee wellbeing and bring these together in a strategy and future approach, outlining key areas of focus to prioritise.

 

We can work with your organisation to identify those areas that are causing stress so you can start to control and put in place measure to reduce these.

 

We build education and awareness around wellbeing and support in embedding messaging into communications, polices and ‘the way things are done’.

 

We blend an individual and organisational approach which offers preventative solutions to wellbeing as well as reactive support when employees need it.

OUR WELLBEING SERVICES

Discover how we can support your organisation with a variety of services relating to employee wellbeing:

Data and Wellbeing Audit

We partner with you to carry our a deep dive where we will analyse and review all data as well as using frameworks and best practise to highlight the areas of strength and recommendations for further development of your wellbeing offer. You will be provided with a report and action plan with areas of focus based on our findings.

Strategy and Action Plan Development

We will work with your senior teams to develop holistic and sustainable wellbeing strategies that link in with your people strategy and broader organisational objectives to ensure that wellbeing is embedded in your culture and decision making

Training for Managers

Managers are pivotal in embedding a culture of wellbeing, training and developing your managers to be able to support the wellbeing of their teams is a key part of this. Training Programmes include; 'Managing with a Wellbeing Focus', 'Resilience and Managing Change' and 'A Coaching Approach to Management'.

Wellbeing Policies

Having the right policies and procedures in place that specifically address wellbeing issues can allow your people to thrive. We can review and develop policies in areas  such as mental health, menopause, flexible working, family leave, bereavement and carers which offer the support to colleagues when they need it most.

Well-Working Index

The Well-Working Index is a diagnostic survey that identifies the areas of strength, opportinity and potential risk in your workplace wellbeing strategy. Closely aligned with ISO 45003, the International Standard for Psychosocial Health and Safety, it looks as areas such a process, social interaction, autonomy, workload and role designs, areas which can play a significant role in employee wellbeing.

Wellbeing for Leaders

The responsibility of leadership is significant and can take its toll on wellbeing and energy levels leading to overwhelm and burnout. Leaders are often reluctant to take time for themselves and prioritise their wellbeing. Our 'Leaders for Wellbeing Programme' can renew motivation and focus and boost wellbeing and energy levels.

Wellbeing Coaching 

Wellbeing coaching allows individuals the time and a safe space to focus on themselves and set goals to improve levels of wellbeing. The benefits of wellbeing coaching includes; building self awareness and confidence, increasing motivation and empowering individuals to take responsibility for their own wellbeing.

Webinars and One-Off Sessions 

We can delivered bespoke webinars and one off sessions as part of events or awareness days.

Examples of sessions we have delivered include:

  • 'From a human doing to a human being'

  • 'Reflecting and resetting'

  • ​'Going from distress to de-stress'

It has been a pleasure to work with Gemma over the last few months. She has helped me during what has been an incredibly difficult time and her support has been invaluable.
She helped me to build confidence, find some direction, and discover the things that drive me, looking at what I want to achieve in life. She then assisted me in putting plans in place to make them happen.
Gemma has been inspirational and I cannot thank her enough for her encouragement, help, and support.”

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