{"id":118389,"date":"2024-09-24T08:30:31","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T12:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trainingindustry.com\/?post_type=magazine&p=118389"},"modified":"2024-09-24T13:26:15","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T17:26:15","slug":"is-well-being-training-a-thing","status":"publish","type":"magazine","link":"https:\/\/trainingindustry.com\/magazine\/fall-2024\/is-well-being-training-a-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Well-Being Training a Thing?"},"author":34,"featured_media":90200,"template":"","tags":[4644,2096],"class_list":["post-118389","magazine","type-magazine","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-employee-well-being","tag-well-being","global_topic_tax-compliance","global_topic_tax-performance-management","magazine_issue_tax-fall-2024","magazine_article_type_tax-science-of-learning","magazine_article_type_tax-thought-leader"],"acf":{"sponsored":false,"gated":false,"gated_content_type":"","file_attachment":null,"gated_content":"","form_instruction_header":"To access the full article, please fill out the form below:","pardot_html_embed":"","author_override":true,"author_name":"Dr. Srini Pillay","author_image":"","author_bio":"Dr. Srini Pillay is the CEO of\u202fNeuroBusiness\u202fGroup. He is a Harvard-trained psychiatrist and neuroscientist, on the Consortium for Learning Innovation at McKinsey & Company, and author of \u201cTinker Dabble Doodle Try.\u201d Srini is also co-founder, chief medical officer and chief learning officer of\u202fReulay<\/a>. Email Srini<\/a>","excerpt":"Self-care is thwarted by our attachment to unhealthy behaviors, lack of motivation to change, difficulty adopting new behaviors and difficulty maintaining healthy behavior over time.","main_content":"Why don\u2019t well-being programs work?<\/em> Many programs use apps, webinars and employee assistance programs to enhance well-being, but research<\/a> indicates many of these interventions have little to no benefit.\r\n\r\nSo, how can companies improve the impact and outcomes of their well-being programs? The first step is realizing that we are not naturally wired to care for ourselves. Self-care is thwarted<\/a> by our attachment to unhealthy behaviors, lack of motivation to change, difficulty adopting new behaviors and difficulty maintaining healthy behavior over time.\r\n

Approaching Well-Being Training Like a Change Management Program<\/h2>\r\nFor maximum impact, well-being training must be designed in a way similar to a change management program. Think of well-being as a new operating system that must be adopted. Then, help people understand that they must learn how to adopt this.\r\n\r\nCaveats<\/em>: While the adoption of new well-being practices is like adopting a new operating system, it also differs in important ways: The operating system is not the same for everybody; and if you do not engage with well-being practices in an ongoing way, well-being will fade.\r\n

Create an Ideal Self Guide<\/h2>\r\nExtensive research<\/a> has demonstrated that it is far better to start by defining an ideal operating system rather than correcting current practices. For example, if one is overweight, anxious and depressed, rather than targeting those symptoms, it would be more effective if they define how they want to be and then use that as a rough guide in their day-to-day lives.\r\n\r\nWhy treat the ideal self as a rough guide and not a goal? <\/em>Being goal-directed is far less effective than being compassionate<\/a> toward oneself. In the brain<\/a>, being too goal-directed enhances fight-or-flight reactions, thereby creating tension and disruption and eventually thwarting the goal. That\u2019s why tennis players just focus on being in the game without thinking of the end and why CEOs in a flow state<\/a> are five times more productive than those who are not. A flexible and forgiving attitude is key to sustainable and effective change.","full_width":false,"content_band":[{"acf_fc_layout":"social_callout","blockquote":"Think of well-being as a new operating system that must be adopted. "},{"acf_fc_layout":"content_area","wysiwyg":"

Components of an Effective Well-Being Training Program<\/h2>\r\nWhen I work with organizations to implement well-being programs, several principles have proven to enhance effectiveness:\r\n
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  1. Engage stakeholders:<\/strong> In one program, we received an NPS score of 97, but we would not have been successful had we not engaged the stakeholders first. This set the tone for the rest of the organization.<\/li>\r\n \t
  2. Start with an \u201cideal self\u201d guide:<\/strong> In another program, I provided an ideal self-guide. We started the sessions by exploring how well-being differed for people. This set the stage for our success, and people immediately adopted the practices.<\/li>\r\n \t
  3. Design the program to address relevant pain points, but also to enhance a sense of possibility.<\/strong> I help organizations do this by filling out a possibility thinking index and then using that as a guide to where possibilities can be enhanced with the help of videos, real-life examples, and group discussions to activate new and inspired thinking.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nOf course, measuring and tracking the impact and outcomes is crucial. But it is far better to be aware of the need to reroute ahead of time. While we have not cracked the code on optimizing well-being, I have found that these measures do increase the likelihood of success and should be tailored to the organization's culture.\r\n\r\nWell-being training is <\/em>a thing, and when organizations realize this, the impact and outcomes of their offerings will be enhanced."},{"acf_fc_layout":"content_area","wysiwyg":"[hubspot type=\"form\" portal=\"47185625\" id=\"a38d4675-cef8-4879-ad41-d1c705fb56c6\" version=\"v4\"]"}],"tice_sponsors":"","custom_dfp_keywords":"","featured_article":false,"feature_type":"","theme":"","remove_gradient":false,"title_in_image":false,"featured_text_image":null,"magazine_link":"https:\/\/www.nxtbook.com\/nxtbooks\/trainingindustry\/tiq_fall2024\/index.php#\/p\/12"},"yoast_head":"\nIs Well-Being Training a Thing?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Self-care is thwarted by our attachment to unhealthy behaviors, lack of motivation to change and difficulty adopting new behaviors.\" \/>\n<meta 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