Mental Wellness Initiative 2024 Trends TREND 1: Climate Mental Health ‘Climate mental health’ is now a term and has been given recognition and prominence by the prestigious science journal group Nature, which dedicated a special issue of “Nature Mental Health” in March 2024 to this topic. They state: “Climate mental health unifies multidisciplinary approaches, including climate science, psychiatry, and psychology, to inform and shape public policy…
Workplace Wellbeing Initiative 2019 Trends Trends Driving a New ‘Thrive’ Revolution at Work Our current era will go down in history as one of profound turmoil. Global conflicts, increasing alarm about climate change and our planet’s diminishing natural resources, rising inequalities, a growing distrust in technology, and political upheavals are but a few of the challenges we grapple with. Countless people feel like the world…
Workplace Wellbeing Initiative 2020 Trends We share our 2020 Wellness at Work trends in the backdrop of the Coronavirus pandemic affecting every country, company, community and citizen on our planet. We believe the corporate landscape will forever be changed in the aftermath of COVID-19. Through the pandemic, and as it eases, we believe these wellness-forward trends will emerge. TREND 1: Top Leadership Brings Greater Care…
Workplace Wellbeing Initiative 2021 Trends TREND 1: Establishing a New Workplace Normal Working alone Ergonomics in home offices Work hours—separation of work and family Building connections and communication Personalizing the hybrid work model TREND 2: Re-designing the Working Week to Prevent Burnout and Greater Social Wellbeing Managing and preventing burnout Caps on out-of-work hours communications Encouraging people to stop work and live their lives Focus on…
Workplace Wellbeing Initiative 2022 Trends TREND 1: Leaders as Coaches The pandemic has raised many issues, not the least being employees who require more support and guidance from their leaders as they navigate change, uncertainty and fear. Leaders have been called upon to develop the skills of a coach to enhance closer connections with their teams, to nurture, support and guide them, as well as…
Workplace Wellbeing Initiative 2023 Trends Workplace wellbeing programs have evolved far beyond the offerings of just a few years ago. Today, forward-thinking employers focus on a new vision of wellness at work—one that includes mental wellbeing as well as physical wellness, equity and diversity programs, financial wellbeing and more. The trends forecast by the GWI’s Workplace Wellbeing Initiative show just how far we’ve come. TREND…
