We interviewed a group of senior L&D and HR professionals from leading European organisations to uncover some of the top challenges they’ve faced supporting their teams the past 18 months, and how they’ve addressed them. They share their top pieces of advice with us.
You may have read the recent New York times articles that resurrected a term that has been around for 20 years or more – ‘languishing’. It’s a mental state that lies somewhere between the sense that we’re flourishing, and a sense of despair and depression – someone characterised it as the ‘blah’ feeling that so many people describe they’re experiencing since COVID started. “I’m not depressed – but I’m far from feeling happy or fulfilled”.
LANGUISHING….MANY ARE SAYING THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES BUSINESSES WILL FACE AS WE EMERGE FROM THE PANDEMIC
To uncover what’s really going on in the workplace, we invited a group of experienced HR & LD specialists from leading global organisations for a Think Tank discussion on ‘How can we best support our teams from Languishing to Flourishing…’
As the people primarily responsible for leading their organisations through the pandemic and most importantly supporting wellbeing, we asked industry experts…
“What is your TOP best piece of advice for supporting team members as we hopefully move out of the pandemic?” Here’s what they said…