Cultivating proactive health behaviours in your team just got easier
Insights.
In today's workplace, leaders understand that an increase in sick days is just the tip of the iceberg. These "sickies" can signal a larger issue known as the ripple effect, where employee wellbeing concerns worsen over time if left unaddressed.
This reactive behaviour not only impacts productivity and workplace culture but can also lead to complex health problems that are difficult to treat quickly, resulting in significant costs for organisations.
So, how can you encourage proactive wellbeing behaviours among your employees to minimise these negative impacts? The answer lies in making it easy for them to get started.
That's why we've upgraded our resource hub, providing employers with a simpler way to introduce personal health and wellbeing support at an early stage. By directly addressing the root causes of the ripple effect, leaders can change the conversation from reactive crisis mode to proactive curiosity.
In this article, we'll explore how Sonder's resource hub can help employers foster a culture of proactive wellbeing and safety, empowering their teams to prioritise their health and address potential issues before they escalate.
The resource hub encourages exploration
Big change starts with small actions
Dr. Google can be great, if you know what questions to ask. When it comes to personal health and safety, it's not always that straightforward.
With our resource hub, your people don't have to know what's wrong to get started. All they have to do is open the app and pick the health topic that most aligns with how they're feeling.
From stress and relationships to finances and medical issues, Sonder's resource hub is the perfect place to ask, "Is what I'm feeling normal?"
When it comes to wellbeing, everything's connected
If your engagement survey data says one thing but your absenteeism stats say another, there's probably more to the story than your people are letting on.
That's because health, safety, and wellbeing issues don't exist in isolation. In fact, our data shows that 7 in every 10 support cases present with two or more connected issues.
Whether it's work-related pressure, safety concerns, feelings of stress and anxiety, acute medical needs or mental ill-health, employees need a holistic health and wellbeing solution.
Unlike most employee assistance services that focus only on mental health, our resource hub empowers your people to consider their whole self with ease. They can go from a financial wellbeing article, to a stress assessment, to a conversation with a registered nurse in a matter of minutes.
The intuitive design encourages exploration. Helping your people uncover and address their interconnected challenges before they become complex health crises.
Go from an article to an assessment to a live chat in minutes
"The Sonder application is an excellent tool for everyone to get the help that they need, when they need it, without feeling prejudiced by speaking with a close colleague or manager."
- Tom Eckardt, Co-founder and Managing Director, EG Consulting
Wellbeing is personal, just like our resource hub
Today's workforces are diverse and dispersed. Modern employers recognise that their people all have different needs at different times.
That's why common health and safety issues such as anxiety, finances or stress (and the corresponding support options available via our resource hub) will differ depending on who is engaging and what our data suggests may be of most help to them.
Much like how Netflix or Spotify recommend relevant entertainment options, Sonder's resource hub recommendations are designed to help people better understand themselves and act on their wellbeing in a way that suits them.
With hundreds of professionally-curated health, safety, and wellbeing resources to explore, we think it's the ultimate personal support solution for your people.
Primary resources shown differ between employees
"We are looking after 180,000+ people and everyone's on their own journey. Our People Team doesn't always have the capacity and expertise to help each and every individual. Partnering with Sonder gives us a high degree of confidence that our team members are going to be supported, 24/7 - we can rest a bit easier knowing we've got Sonder's expertise and capacity to help us with this".
- Hayley Baxendale, My Wellbeing & Belonging Tribe Leader, Woolworths Group
So how does our upgraded resource hub help employers empower their teams to prioritise their health and address potential issues before they escalate.
- Big change starts with small actions: your people don't have to know what's wrong to get started. All they have to do is open the app and pick the health topic they're most curious about. The easiest way for your people to find answers to "is what I'm feeling normal?"
- With personal health, safety, and wellbeing, everything's connected: empower your people to consider their whole self with ease. They can go from a financial wellbeing article, to a stress assessment, to a conversation with a registered nurse all in a matter of minutes.
- Wellbeing is personal, just like resource hub: common health and safety issues and the corresponding support options presented to your people in our resource hub will differ depending on who is engaging and what our data suggests may be of most help to them.
Want to learn more?
For more information about how Sonder can help you rethink your employee and/or student support, we invite you to contact us here.
About Sonder
Sonder is an Active Care technology company that helps organisations improve the wellbeing of their people so they perform at their best. Our mobile app provides immediate, 24/7 support from a team of safety, medical, and mental health professionals - plus onsite help for time-sensitive scenarios. Accredited by the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards (ACHS), our platform gives leaders the insights they need to act on tomorrow's wellbeing challenges today.
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