ABSTRACT
Healthy work life remains more of a dream than a reality for most people for two main reasons: First, not every individual, business, or government has actively embraced improving employee wellbeing as a core business responsibility. Second, much remains to be discovered, designed, and shared about workplace wellbeing initiatives. A strategic, holistic approach to workplace wellbeing goes beyond measuring engagement versus burnout or reducing sickness absence. Wellbeing audits provide an essential quality of infrastructure for a psychologically and physically healthy workplace. Training for wellbeing includes skills as well as attitudes and perspectives that organizations hope to encourage to support workplace wellbeing. Although meaningful progress has occurred in designing, implementing, and evaluating organizational interventions to enhance wellbeing, much work remains to be done. This chapter provides an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book.
