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CONCLUSION
After four years, we've seen that the business case for improving health and safety
just keeps getting stronger, and it's clear employers and employees share a desire
to create healthier workplaces.
Employers want to take care of the well-being of employees, and employees
are looking for employers who are committed to keeping them physically and
psychologically safe.
As the saying goes, you can't boil the ocean. You don't want to take on too much
or tax your team by trying to fix everything at once, but incremental improvements
can profoundly impact your business and the employee experience. Take
advantage of the many tools, resources, and experts that are available to help you
on your journey, and remember the lessons that this year's survey provides:
1. Invest in health and safety if you want to attract and keep
employees and improve business success and sustainability.
2. Promote your commitment to health and safety so that
recruits, existing employees, and customers know how
important it is to you.
3. Have regular conversations with employees about
what is working, what's not, and what matters to them.
4. Drive fear out of the workplace so employees feel supported
and secure coming forward with concerns and suggestions.
5. Co-create solutions to risks and challenges with your
employees and be open to new opportunities
and innovations.
6. Evaluate, evaluate, evaluate. Identify what you want to assess
and determine what success looks like. Don't try to measure
everything all at once and use available tools and resources
to help you.
7. Don't overcomplicate things. Pick an area of focus and work
at a pace that makes sense for your business.
8. Don't place the burden of resilience on employees' shoulders.
Work with them to redesign how you work to mitigate the
risk of stress and burnout.
9. Don't let the important lessons of the past four years go
to waste. Be ready for another crisis.
10. Pay attention to how you communicate and listen.
"A few months ago, I was desperate to leave
because of the bad conditions at my work
but my bosses did a turn around and now I
feel more valued."
Employee, Start of Journey Organization.
Q. What made you want to stay with your
current employer?
