How Healthy Is Your Organisation?
Posted by Akada. July 26th, 2007 | | 1 Response So FarHealthy people make healthy organizations and healthy organizations are more likely, more often, and over a longer period of time to make healthy profits and to have healthy returns on their investments. It is important to stress from the onset that we are not taking a myopic view of health as the absence of ill health in the workplace. Far from it! Even the World Health Organization (WHO) recognized that health is not just the absence of diseases in a population but the existence of a state of overall wellbeing. This can be described more specifically as the state of social, psychological, mental, physical, economic and spiritual wellbeing of people in organizations.
A healthy organization therefore is one in which its people are experiencing a generally state of wellbeing as measured by their social , economic, psychological, mental, physical and spiritual conditions. A healthy organization is immediately noticeable. Employees “bounce” into work, they are interested in their jobs, they speak in the first person rather than the third person and they go home feeling good about themselves and their accomplishments for that day.
The work environment in a healthy organization is electric, vibrant, stimulating and respectful. Employees whether they are full of enthusiasm, commitment, eager to work hard, listen and share the vision of the organization, and graciously share ideas. Their attitudes show that they enjoy their work and they like and respect their colleagues. They display a great sense of urgency in the execution of their assignments. These diligent employees are continuously looking for ways to improve their product or service, to deliver faster and better, and to upgrade their skills.
By now you probably have a pretty good picture of what a healthy organization is. A healthy organization embodies people and practices that combine and coordinate to produce efficiency and effectiveness and ultimately an exceptional performance and increase in profitability and sustainability. The consequences of a healthy organization are presented as a guide below.
Job dissatisfaction Deliberate extended lunches
Poor morale Grievances
Decreased commitment Tense work relationships
Diminished work quality Poor judgment
Diminished work quantity Excessive medical costs
Work slowdowns Employee complaints
Accidents Fatigue
Disciplinary actions Mental blocks
Indecisiveness Career stagnation
Unnecessary turnover Poor communication
Tampering and sabotage Unscheduled downtime
Decreased motivation Absenteeism
Burnout Reduced productivity
Lateness Excessive health costs and disability
Take a critical look at your company or business, how many of these symptoms do you acknowledge? Whether you are an employee or business owner, you should be able to access the health of your organization using the consequences of a healthy and unhealthy organization. The more of the consequences of unhealthy organizations you find in your business, the more unhealthy it is.
It is not enough to know that your business or organization is unhealthy. It is more important to work out ways and means of keeping it healthy. Next week, we will deal with strategies for promoting good health in organizations and keeping them healthy. In the meantime, if you feel your organization is critically ill and will require an immediate health check, please feel free to contact me or visit our website http://www.akadakonsults.net for free consulting on the issue. Please remember to use the free e-consulting section of the website to submit your request.
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