ISSUE 42019

Employee well-being in the workplace

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Postcards from the edge introduces two very personal stories relating to employee well-being in the workplace:1. Grief and the workplace2. Re-imagining work culture

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Reimagining work culture Jessica Matthysen

I have been one of the lucky ones. When my husband died suddenly on an overseas business trip, I too was on a business trip – but on another continent. The first shoulder I grieved on belonged to a colleague I barely knew. I was fussed over and comforted in the most touching way imaginable, packed up and bundled into a car by a bevy of caring companions who ferried me to the airport in convoy. How the flight home to Johannesburg was paid for is still a mystery. And when I arrived back, I was embraced by two people whom I’d only known on a purely formal basis – none other than my Chairman and CEO. Both almost two metres tall, they loomed over me like a giant protective shield.

We’re primed to think of culture as a nice-to-have in work organisations – a primer for commemorative occasions and year-end staff parties. But if you want innovation and change, it is culture that makes it happen.

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Postcards from the edge:

On grief and the workplaceAnne

Cabot–Alletzhauser

Part 1 - Grief and the workplace

Part 2 - Re-imagining work culture

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B E N E F I TS A L L B A R O M E T E R

BenefitsALL Barometer is the thought leadership publication of the Alexander Forbes Research Institute. This publication challenges employers, fiduciaries, policymakers and financial services providers to help address the well-being needs of South Africans. We invite all our readers to discuss and debate issues on this crowdsourcing platform in our quest to develop and implement sustainable solutions.

READ MOREMistaken belief 1: Culture is not important, it’s just the warm and fuzzy stuff.

Mistaken belief 2: Employees and customers should be treated differently.

Mistaken belief 3: Culture is just another tick-box exercise with an end date.

Mistaken belief 4: Culture and strategy have no impact on each other.

Mistaken belief 5: Your legacy is your culture.

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