Member Reviews
According to Debbie Mitchell, when it comes to people management, <i>"there is a tendency to overcomplicate it when we really don't need to"</i> and that seems to be the ethos she uses in her books. They are step-by-step, no fuss, easy to implement ideas.
The UK stats show that almost 15% of people are facing some form of mental health challenge in the workplace, so it is no wonder that well-being has become and important consideration for so many businesses.
This book is designed for line managers or generalist HR professionals and each one of the 50 tools is structured as:
*Introduction - an overview of the tool
*Promoting well-being - how the tool connects to well-being
*Approach - guidelines for how to implement
*Outcomes - what results you should expect
*Measuring Impact - suggestions on how to evaluate your results
It is a similar structure to what she used in her book "50 Top Tools for Employee Engagement", and there does seem to be a small bit of cross-over. Not that there is duplication of the tools, more that many of those listed for well-being can also be engagement tools.
I would recommend this for anyone that would like to have, basically some "cheat sheets", on how to create and implement some well-being ideas into the workplace. I didn't find any "ah-ha!" moments or new information, it was more that it is all in the one place. The author is based in the UK and so the stats and some resources given are mostly related to the UK, but I think it is still transferable to other countries, you just need to do a quick google search instead of relying on the link provided in the book ;)
Thanks to Kogan Page and NetGalley for providing me with an advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review.