YMCA WorkWell Blog

Mandating Employees to Work Onsite Isn’t Building Community

Well-Being
A few months ago, my colleague, leader and mentor, Kate Toth wrote an incredible piece on Addressing the Productivity Disconnect. I highly suggest you give it a read. It speaks to the misconceptions around productivity, how it relates to trust, and inspiring engagement rather than forcing it. Hours in office do not equate to quality hours worked. I want to build on this idea, focusing on the idea of mandated onsite ...

Unveiling the 2024 Insights to Action Workplace Well-being Report

INSIGHTS TO IMPACT

YMCA WorkWell has unveiled its latest workplace well-being report: INSIGHTS TO IMPACT: The State of Employee...

Empowering the Intelligent Workforce - Key Insights from KPMG and Microsoft Canada

Future of Work, AI

Last week we had the opportunity to attend the Empowering the Intelligent Workforce event hosted by KPMG and Microsoft...

Addressing the Productivity Disconnect

Well-Being

Gauging Employee Satisfaction with Employee Net Promoter Score (eNPS)

PEOPLE DATA

Employee Net Promoter Score (eNPS) is an important part of the data we collect in our Employee Insights Survey – it is...

Scaling Success: Why We Use a 100-Point Scale for our Surveys

PEOPLE DATA

Employee surveys are a crucial tool for organizations to gather information and feedback from their employees. With the...

I Tried to Write a Blog About Workload and It Took Me Six Months

Well-Being

Why Should I Even Care About Burnout?

INSIGHTS TO IMPACT

Every year, we collect so much data through our Community Surveys that it is impossible to touch on everything in one...

Four steps to incorporating empathy into your leadership practices

Well-Being

The theme for Mental Health Week 2022 is empathy. What a great theme! We all need to build our empathy skills, and we’d...

Five Strategies to Help If You’re Experiencing Burnout

Well-Being

Our latest YMCA WorkWell Workplace Well-Being Report found that 72% of respondents have experienced burnout “sometimes”...