{"id":2167,"date":"2019-02-10T14:54:50","date_gmt":"2019-02-10T14:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lumien.io\/?p=2167"},"modified":"2020-10-13T08:00:04","modified_gmt":"2020-10-13T08:00:04","slug":"your-guide-to-wellness-action-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lumien.io\/us\/your-guide-to-wellness-action-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Your guide to wellness action plans."},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.0.9″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.0.9″][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.0.9″ type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.0.9″ hover_enabled=”0″]

As a leader in your business, looking after the mental health of your staff should be one of your priorities. Ensuring your staff have a safe environment to talk about their mental health can go a long way to creating a happy and productive working environment.<\/p>\n

One of the most effective ways you can do this is to create a Wellness Action Plan (WAP) for your organisation.<\/p>\n

A Wellness Action Plan is a personalised tool that everyone in your organisation can use \u2013 whether they have a mental health problem or not \u2013 to help identify what keeps them well at work, what causes them to become unwell and what support they would like to receive to boost wellbeing and ensure a successful recovery. And they are pivotal to the long term success of your business.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

This proactive method is designed for business leaders like yourself to support and manage mental health<\/a><\/span> \u2013 whether your own, or your staff members\u2019. There is a current trend of high stress and poor wellbeing within the workplace, and combining this with the current stigma behind mental health shows how much of a priority creating a mental health plan for your organisation should be.<\/p>\n

A Wellness Action Plan is created by your staff, for your staff – and each individuals\u2019 WAP may be completely different. Encouraging your staff to create a WAP gives them ownership of their mental health, and the practical ways in which they can feel well at work. It also creates an open conversation between you and your staff member to ensure you look after their mental health in a productive way, and in a way they find beneficial. In doing this, you will create a safer environment, one free of mental health stigma, with greater productivity, better performance and increased job satisfaction.<\/p>\n

Have a read of our blog: 5 reasons to build a Wellness Action Plan for your organisation.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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What should a Wellness Action Plan include?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Your organisation should already have a specific WAP template that your staff members can relate to, with guiding questions and suggestions about how to complete the plan. The template should explain that the Wellness Action Plan is confidential between yourself and your member of staff, unless they consent to it being shared further.<\/p>\n

If your organisation does not have one in place that should be your first step, to ensure your staff know exactly what to include in their WAP.<\/p>\n

Here are some suggestions about what to include in a Wellness Action Plan;<\/p>\n

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The Mental Health charity Mind also have an example WAP<\/a> that you may find useful.<\/p>\n

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How does a Wellness Actions Plan help you as a manager?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Creating and implementing a successful WAP can help you to achieve many things as a leader in your organisation. A Wellness Action Plan will help you to;<\/p>\n