Finding your tribe: Connectedness and wellbeing at work

I was listening to a podcast yesterday (the very brilliant - Eat Sleep Work Repeat) about the importance of being parts of groups and the impact on our own mental and physical resilience.  The research shows that the more social groups a person is connected to, the better their health.  More social groups connections also dramatically reduces your likelihood of depression. This alone can bear more influence than other lifestyles such as diet, exercise and smoking.

Quite simply – increase your feelings of belonging and in turn you increase your feelings of resilience.

As we get older, we become removed from the social groups of our younger years which were often formed quite naturally.  Age can definitely make it harder to re-find your tribe.   It is however very much worth the effort – the evidence is strong that when you connect with people who accept you (warts and all) you will lead a much happier, healthier life.

The workplace is one of our natural social groups – but with the increase of remote working we need to find ways to offer a variety of social groupings at work to help people optimise their own health. 

Building a sense of community at work is an essential step in creating a happy, thriving workplace. 

There are numerous ways to easily achieve this in a low-cost, accessible way.   I have successfuly set up choirs, running groups, book clubs, swim groups, peer support groups and a whole host of other groupings that have improved employee engagement, retention and work performance. 

Contact me to let me help you set up a wellbeing programme for your business - I specialise in setting up simple, accessible wellbeing programmes for businesses that can be run with minimal intervention but with maximum impact for employee health.