Today’s employers are challenged to provide competitive wellness programs that not only support the wellbeing of their employees, but also improve the bottom line. As resilience building and mindfulness training programs continue to gain momentum in the workplace, meQuilibrium—a digital coaching platform—conducted a study to measure resilience against industry-standard psychological metrics and desired business outcomes.
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The company has released the study findings in a report, “The Science Behind Resilience: A Study of Psychometric Measures and Business Outcomes,” which highlights the impact of resilience on stress, absenteeism, intent to quit, job satisfaction, and physical health.
“Over the last decade, research has shown that high stress in employee populations has increased dramatically. Because high stress leads to other health and emotional issues, employers are more determined than ever to address stress in the workforce,” says LuAnn Heinen of the National Business Group on Health, a nonprofit organization devoted to representing large employers’ perspective on national health policy issues and helping them optimize business performance through health improvement, innovation, and health care management.
Heinen adds, “Our own survey data shows that improving resiliency/reducing stress is among the top 5 behaviors employers say they are focused on in 2016.”