Mindfulness in the Workplace

Aim of building resilience at workplace for employees is to improve their mental health through psychological and clinical initiatives involving certain measures such as blood pressure, Body Mass Index (BMI), cholesterol, glucose, and smoking cessation. These measures are not only for mental health and emotional wellbeing of the employees at workplaces but also can help in preventing deadly diseases like cancer, heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, and other illnesses. Signs of Resilience at workplace Mental health is not entirely about the absence of mental illness. It is a combination of how feel about yourself and do adjust to different situations and the environment.   The aims of people building resilience at workplace: Sound mental health of the employees Hardly get distracted   by emotions, such as fear, anger, love, jealousy, guilt, or anxiety Developing lasting and cordial personal relationships Feel comfortable about other people Remaining cheerf...

Now days, workplace mental health strategy has been turned out to be an integral part of the employee welfare agenda in addition to physical health. The study reveals that 70% of employees suffer from mental health problems due to adverse situations at home and worksite. If the employers take initiative to manage the mental well-being of employees in the workplace proactively which they’re legally bound by such obligation, the organizations would be able to increase the productivity of their employees and in turn for their organization as a whole. When it comes to measuring the potential value workplace wellbeing strategy, we need to equate those strategies with the following domains: Financial outcomes Health impact Participation Satisfaction Organizational support Productivity and performance Workplace Mental Health Strategy Impact of workplace mental health strategy Workplace mental health strategy Australia can be measured through from the followin...