Enabling leaders | Managers must support staff wellbeing - here's how HR can help them do that

Wellbeing has gone from a business buzzword to an engrained element within decision-making for many firms.

A word that encompasses mental health, physical health, and everything in-between, it can sometimes be difficult for those senior employees to know how to navigate ensuring wellbeing within their team.

If managers haven’t been trained properly, they’re unlikely to know how to approach asking their team members about their wellbeing and might avoid asking altogether in fear they won’t know how to respond. This clearly has negative repercussions for the organisation and for a wellbeing strategy, as values aren’t being properly executed in-line with wellbeing goals.

However, a lack of knowledge and know-how isn’t the fault of managers and leaders. This group must be adequately supported by HR practitioners in the organisation – but how do you do this?