Rethink, Redefine, Reimagine: Building a Workplace Where Wellbeing Thrives

At Improveon, we define wellbeing as the quality of our lives in harmony with other people, species and the planet. The definition of wellbeing is crucial because it provides clarity, focus, and direction for both individuals and organisations. Defined too narrowly, it risks becoming a superficial quick fix, offering little more than a temporary band-aid solution. This is often the case!

Wellbeing is Shaped by Micro and Macro Factors

Wellbeing is shaped by internal attitudes and external factors like organisational policies. For instance, stress coaching can help individuals manage pressure, but its impact will be short-lived if the workplace promotes excessive hours and minimal breaks. A robust wellbeing strategy must address individual, team, and organisational needs while considering external influences like personal loss or global uncertainties.

Potential, Prevention and Problem Focused

When organisations prioritise wellbeing, they unlock better performance. Employees with purpose, resilience, and a positive outlook are more creative, loyal, and productive. Yet many programmes focus solely on “fixing” problems. A great strategy doesn’t just solve issues; it enhances every employee’s potential.

Beyond “Me”: An Interconnected Perspective

Wellbeing isn’t just personal—it’s interconnected with colleagues, communities, and the planet. Ignoring environmental health (like the workplace facilities, air and water quality) undermines everyone’s wellbeing. Similarly, organisational values and corporate responsibility must align with wellbeing goals to create a cohesive strategy. When businesses connect the dots between engagement, culture, brand, and planetary stewardship, they achieve maximum impact.

If employees feel their organisation genuinely cares about them, and the environment, they become more motivated, focused, and fulfilled.

The CANBE Wellbeing Model

Our CANBE model—Creating meaning, Achieving potential, Nurturing relationships, Building resilience, Enriching lives—integrates mental, emotional, physical, social, cultural, environmental, spiritual, and economic domains. Where do you or your organisation stand in these areas? Are you thriving or merely surviving?

A good wellbeing strategy will cover each of these eight domains. Along with a clear definition of what wellbeing means to your organsiation, this will result in the following benefits.

The Benefits of Clearly Defining Wellbeing in Your Workplace?

A clear definition of workplace wellbeing helps organisations:

• Sell the benefits to the Senior Team
• Align wellbeing with business strategy for measurable outcomes.
• Unite HR, sustainability, culture, and operations teams under one vision.
• Measure performance more effectively
• Drive performance while fostering a healthier workforce.

Challenge yourself: Is your workplace truly designed to help people and planet thrive? If not, it’s time to redefine what wellbeing means for your organisation—and act on it.

Ready to unlock your full potential? Let’s start the journey together.

Try our dashboards to find out where you are on your wellbeing journey right now! Each takes about 5 minutes, is completely free and delivers instant personalised results.

Wellbeing Mastery for Leaders Dashboard – Assess your personal wellbeing across the eight domains.

Wellbeing Designed Organisations Dashboard – Measure how well your organisation contributes to wellbeing

Our Services

Wellbeing Designed Organisations – A mastermind group and workshop for visionary leaders who want to put wellbeing at the centre of organisational design.

Wellbeing Mastery for Leaders – a 1:1 coaching programme that delivers personal development and organisational impact. The unique, holistic approach, based on the interconnected wellbeing domains, sets this programme apart from standard leadership development. Through the coaching you develop your own unique way forward.

Speaking – tailored presentations, talks, keynotes and workshops designed to educate, inform and inspire.

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The Age of Wellbeing – A new leadership model for a happier world for a new perspective on how organisations can contribute to the challenges and opportunities we face in our modern world.