Why is Mental Well-being Important at the Workplace?
Understand the importance of looking after employee mental well-being and check out what other companies have done
Having good workplace mental well-being boosts productivity and can have positive outcomes for both people and organisations.
Work can value-add to our mental well-being as it provides a source of purpose, achievement, and camaraderie. However, in reverse, workplace stressors such as increased work demands, evolving work processes, blurred work-life boundaries, and poor relationships with colleagues and/or supervisors can also strain employees’ well-being by eroding their motivation and productivity, harming their mental health.Around one in seven people in Singapore experienced a mental disorder in their lifetime and international studies have suggested that work stressors were among factors associated with poor mental health.
Find out more from these industry leaders who chose to invest in the mental well-being of their staff and what they did to overcome various challenges they faced:
Royal Dutch Shell PLC
Ms Lyn LeeChief Diversity and Inclusion Officer
Drinks and Allied Workers Union
Mr Mustafa Bin LambakAssistant General Secretary Food
MTQ Corporation
Mr Kuah Boon WeeGroup Chief Executive Officer
Zheng Keng Engineering & Construction Pte Ltd
Mr Francis UngProject Director
Puretech Engineering Pte Ltd
Mr Palaniappan KannanDeputy Project Director
Galmon (S) Pte Ltd
Mr Shawn OngChief Operating Officer
Look out for more in our case stories series with industry leaders on improving mental well-being of employees in the workplace.
