Advocating for a Positive Workplace: Eaps can Play a Leadership Role in Helping Employers Promote Employee Well-Being and Identify and Enhance Workers' Existing Strengths

With the gradual retirement of the Baby Boom generation and the resulting struggle to find new talent, improving the quality of workplace life will become an important competitive consideration. Nurturing a positive organizational climate that promotes workers' well-being is crucial to engaging employees. Few companies are fully aware of the importance and productivity rewards of a positive culture, and fewer still know that there are tested options for improving the emotional climate of the workplace. Developing a positive workplace culture can be addressed via two strategies. First, managers must make a serious attempt to minimize excessive stress, which interferes with employee performance and contaminates the quality of life outside the office. Second, efforts must also be made to develop a work climate that promotes well-being and supports the use of employee strengths. This article will examine the second strategy.