Positive Leadership

The business case for Positive Leadership

Employee well-being is a crucial element in a company’s success:

  • A large study encompassing 1,882,121 workers across 49 industries and 47 countries showed a positive relationship between employee satisfaction and the company’s profitability.
  • The 100 Best Companies to Work for in America have up to 3.8 higher annual stock returns than comparable companies who have not earned that title.
  • Companies with more satisfied employees have higher customer satisfaction, a 24% lower turnover rate, 41% lower absenteeism, and lower healthcare costs.
  • One study found that the difference in healthcare costs between thriving and suffering employees amounted to an average of $7,314 per person per year.

Besides the economic benefits, companies also have a moral responsibility to take care of their most valuable assets. As the late Tony Hsieh (Zappos) once said: “Just because you can’t measure the ROI of something doesn’t mean you shouldn’t do it. What is the ROI on hugging your mom?”

However, recent data on employee well-being show alarming results:

  • According to Gallup, 52% of American employees are not engaged at work. Known as quiet quitters, they do the bare minimum, putting time but not energy into their work. Analyses show that these workers feel like no one cares about them as a person, and they don’t feel encouraged to learn and grow.
  • Even 53% of those who are actively engaged and do their work with passion experience a high level of stress.
  • Chronic workplace stress causes burnout syndrome, which is a reality for 38.1% of our workers.

A company must avoid losing their best employees to burnout. 

Leadership plays an integral role in team engagement and employee retention:

  • Gallup found that 70% of the factors that determine whether or not a team is engaged stem from its leadership, while 46% of those who changed jobs did so because of their manager.

So, based on all this data, it is clear that a company has every interest in investing in educating their leadership on competencies that engage more of their employees. By applying positive leadership practices and creating a culture of belonging, more employees will start caring about the company and their work. This will also lift the burden of the already engaged but stressed-out workers who might be at risk of burnout.

What we offer

Our Positive leadership package has four modules that can be combined into two full workshop days or taken individually. Each module takes up to four hours and is a combination of theory and practice. The content of the workshop(s) will be tailored to your company’s needs.

Optionally, we also offer the opportunity to gather well-being data before and after the workshop(s). Our surveys allow companies to gain deeper insights into the company’s culture and employee engagement and satisfaction and allow measuring the impact of the workshop(s).

Workshops content

Our Positive Leadership workshops train managers and supervisors in the basics of Positive Leadership. The workshops equip leadership with a set of tools they can employ in their daily work to engage their team better and create a positive team culture.

Positive Leadership

Positive Leadership workshops

  • MODULE 1: Fostering positivity in the workplace.

    This module focuses on the power of promoting a positive climate in an organization. It teaches leadership to bring more positivity to their daily work despite challenges and difficulties. 

  • MODULE 2: Creating a culture of belonging.

    Having supportive relationships at work is the most important driver for employee engagement. This module focuses on strengthening relationships and creating a work environment in which people feel they belong.

  • MODULE 3: Stress Management.

    This module will give insight into the stress process and the importance of one’s stress mindset. It will discuss and teach mindfulness as an essential stress management tool.  

  • MODULE 4: Leading authentically.

    Authentic leaders show up as their true selves and lead in a way that aligns with their core values, beliefs, and strengths. In this module, leaders will gain more insight into their true selves and how to tap into these aspects more while leading.

Optional measurements

Option 1: Surveys employee engagement and well-being

We will measure employee engagement and well-being via two online anonymous surveys. The first survey will take place a few weeks before the workshop. This measurement will give us a baseline and will reveal possible working points. The second survey will be distributed six months after the workshop(s) to measure the effects of the Positive Leadership workshop(s) on employee engagement and well-being. Our standard surveys can be supplemented with questions the company would like to ask their employees. The results of the before and after survey(s) will be written down in a report and will be sent to the organizer of the workshop.

Option2: Surveys leadership views and style

Separate surveys will be distributed among the leadership attending the workshop, one before and one six months after the workshop(s). These surveys allow us to capture leadership views and their leadership styles. The second survey will also question which positive leadership tools the managers have implemented after the workshop. The results of the before and after survey(s) will be written down in a report and will be sent to the organizer of the workshop.

Workshop providers

Workshop pricing

Pricing is dependent upon the requirements and capacity of our clients and will be negotiated accordingly.

Contact us

To arrange a training for your organization or for more information, contact us by email at lead@instillmindfulness.org or by phone at 540-227-6377.