Introducing a new performance monitoring device designed to cultivate top-tier work teams
In today's fast-paced work environment, unchecked pressure can lead to stress, fatigue, and even burnout. To help combat this issue, WorkingWell, a workplace wellbeing consultancy, has developed the POWER-UP profiling tool. This innovative tool is designed to assess employee wellbeing factors, including stress, pressure, and coping mechanisms within an organization.
The POWER-UP profiling tool allows individual team members to learn about their own energy and pressure profile, providing a clear picture of an individual's or team's current resilience profile. To quantify and measure understanding and impact of pressure using this tool, typically the approach involves surveying employees with standardized questions relating to pressure and workload, profiling individual and group responses, analysing patterns, benchmarking results, and combining quantitative scores with qualitative insights from participants. This holistic approach offers a comprehensive understanding of the pressure levels within an organization, identifying key factors that influence how it is felt.
The tool is centered around seven core areas, each focusing on different aspects of employee wellbeing. These core areas contribute to a collective view of pressure within an organization, helping to identify the areas that require the most attention. Recovery ability, the ability to pause, rest, and recharge effectively, is one such core area, emphasizing the importance of energy management, maintenance, and replenishment throughout the day.
Companies are encouraged to create supportive environments for sustainable high performance, and the POWER-UP tool is most effective when used by individuals and teams over time to track progress and highlight emerging issues. The insights generated by the tool are crucial for businesses of all sizes to build stronger, more resilient, and higher-performing teams.
WorkingWell's POWER-UP tool also offers valuable insights into psychological safety, whether people feel safe enough to speak up, ask questions, and be themselves. This aspect is crucial for fostering a positive work culture and promoting open communication.
In a recent report by Mental Health UK, it was revealed that 91% of UK adults experienced high or extreme levels of pressure in the past year. With such high levels of pressure, it's more important than ever for organizations to understand and address the factors contributing to this pressure, such as shifting expectations, tighter deadlines, busy agendas, new working models, and global uncertainty.
By adopting the POWER-UP profiling tool, organizations can gain a better understanding of the pressure their employees are facing, allowing them to implement effective strategies to reduce harmful pressure and improve coping mechanisms. This, in turn, will lead to a more resilient and productive workforce, benefiting both the employees and the organization as a whole.
The POWER-UP profiling tool, designed by WorkingWell, aids in assessing employee wellbeing factors, encompassing health-and-wellness, mental-health, and workplace-wellness. By offering insights into psychological safety, it fosters a positive work culture, promoting open communication and employee safety.
In the rapidly evolving work environment, the POWER-UP tool is instrumental in recognizing the pressure factors contributing to stress, fatigue, and burnout, such as shifting expectations, tight deadlines, and global uncertainty. By adopting this tool, organizations can implement strategies that enhance employee resilience and coping mechanisms, improving overall employee wellness and productivity.
