Assessments
Every workplace is different. Our science-based assessment framework is designed to provide insight into the wellbeing of your people and your organisation.
6 Pillars assessment
This is an action-oriented, evidence-based evaluation of individual wellbeing. It is designed to assess where individuals sit on the mental wellbeing continuum from languishing to flourishing. Population based research has confirmed that items contained within the survey indicate the extent to which individuals are managing stress, building resilience, feeling good and functioning well.
Questions reveal how much individuals are doing in relation to six categories of wellbeing activities (the 6 Pillars of Wellbeing: Chill, Do, Connect, Move, Celebrate, and Enjoy). Evidence shows that actions in any single category improves wellbeing, but practising more of the categories, in any combination, is associated with higher levels of wellbeing.
This assessment tool is used to identify areas of need and suggest ways individuals can take action to improve their own wellbeing. It’s also a pointer to ways in which your organisation can facilitate improvements in the wellbeing of your people. The survey can then be used to track improvements over time.
Upon submitting the 6 Pillars Quiz, your people will receive an email with a unique link to their report.
Workplace Temperature Check
The Workplace Temperature Check assesses the state of your workplace wellbeing right now. Evidence shows that fostering a psychologically healthy workplace can improve employee wellbeing in and outside of work. And it can also boost factors like staff engagement, job satisfaction, organisational performance, productivity and retention which has benefits beyond the individual to the workplace itself.
The temperature check is a brief, evidence-backed workplace wellbeing measure crafted to evaluate strengths, opportunities for improvement and progress over time. The survey incorporates validated questions designed to provide high level assessment of dimensions of workplace wellbeing consistently shown to cultivate psychologically healthy workplaces.
Importantly, the brief assessment is designed so we can provide tailored solutions. It’s a quick way to get to the heart of your requirements so we can help you where you most need it.
Assessment framework
References
Our assessment tools are brief, quick and easy to complete. Results highlight strengths and reveal areas to focus on, so we can help in the right places. It’s about providing solutions tailored to your needs. The framework also allows you to gauge improvement over time, to see if we’re making a difference.
The survey framework is made up of the 6 Pillars and the Workplace Temperature Check.
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