Why are the well-being professions in business emerging?
Directly inspired by managerial practices developed in the 2000s in startups in Silicon Valley, the well-being in business are developing today in French companies, large and small.
Their objective : bring well-being – even happiness – in order to improve the level of involvement, loyalty and productivity of employees.
To achieve this objective, those in charge of corporate well-being work on different axes: the climate of well-being and trust, the corporate culture, the working environment, the hygiene of employees and prevention. risks.
Beyond employee efficiency, a policy of well-being at work allows retain employees, d’improve the image of the company and of facilitate recruitments by focusing on the employer brand.
What are the well-being professions in a company?
There are many well-being professions in companies whose mission is to develop the quality of life at work, reduce stress and promote the professional development of employees.
Le Chief Happiness Officer (CHO)
When we talk about well-being in business, a job is essential: that of Chief Happiness Officer. Otherwise appointed General Manager of Happiness or Happiness Manager of the company, the Chief Happiness Officer is responsible for the implementation of working conditions promoting the well-being of employees.
Halfway between human resources and communication, the job of Chief Happiness Officer includes an event dimension with the implementation of activities allowing unite employees.
The Chief Happiness Officer also deploys tools (questionnaires, surveys) and internal communication actions to question employees, know their expectations and propose appropriate solutions.
If the notion of happiness may seem difficult to assess, the Chief Happiness Officer does however intervene on concrete issues. His mission :
- Set up a positive work culture
- Optimize the internal social link
- Promote working conditions which contribute to the happiness of employees
- Create some events making it possible to unite employees among themselves.
Concretely, the CHO can work on Team Building events or role plays, on the reorganization of offices or on the implementation of an internal chat to improve daily work life through a participatory approach.
The qualities required for a Chief Happiness Officer: dynamic, positive, communicative, he carries the culture of the company and plays a unifying role. He must also have analytical and synthesis skills.
L’happyculteur ou Chief Wellness Officer
L’happy cultur and the Chief Wellness Officer are the other names of the Chief Happinesss Officer, with a possible nuance in terms of hierarchical positioning. Like the CHO, the corporate well-being professions of CWO and the happy cultivator are focused on people and the well-being of employees within the company, by acting on a collective dimension.
Thus, the happy farmer (or the Chief Wellness Officer) can take on tasks such as:
- the layout of relaxation areas,
- delivery of organic vegetable baskets for employees,
- the organization of sports sessions on lunchtime,
- the establishment of massage sessions to reduce stress,
- the organization of means of transport for coming to work,
- the establishment of a weekly break Fika Nordic fashion
The QVT manager
Directly attached to the human resources department, the business well-being professions also include that of responsible for QVT. He is in charge of quality of life at work (QVT) and occupational health. He intervenes at the individual, organizational and structural level and more particularly on
- the relations at work,
- the job content,
- the career paths,
- the prevention of occupational risks,
- l’organization of work life
- l’accompaniment employees and managers.
The well-being coach
With the same objectives as the Chief Happiness Officer, the wellness coach intervenes in the company as an independent expert. These business well-being professions require a first step inaudit on employee needs in terms of well-being which gives rise to a number of specific and personalized recommendations on the best practices to adopt.
The well-being coach can also support the implementation of these practices in the company. For example, he may suggest setting up massages, yoga classes or meditation sessions: all options to reduce stress at work and promote the physical and psychological well-being of company employees.
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