How Workplace Training Boosts Employee Wellbeing at Work
Everything In This Guide
Creating a safer environment through workplace training
‘Personal growth’ and employee wellbeing
Finding the right workplace training courses
Conclusion & Next Steps
Workplace training is fundamental in building a healthier, safer, and more productive workforce. By investing in training for managers, fostering personal growth, and addressing key safety and wellbeing concerns, organisations can create a positive culture that supports staff at every level. Next steps: assess your training needs, review your current wellbeing strategy, and reach out to compliance training experts like Kasorb to ensure your team is equipped and compliant.
Workplace wellbeing is a major challenge facing UK employers. Increased sickness absence, reduced morale, and high staff turnover hamper productivity. CIPD defines five wellbeing domains: health, personal growth, values/principles, collective/social, and financial. Understanding these domains helps shape a targeted wellbeing strategy.
Training managers to support wellbeing
Well-trained managers are one of the fastest ways to create a positive, healthy workplace – boosting morale and productivity from the start.
Management style is the third most common cause of stress at work. Additionally, managers are often the first port of call when a worker is struggling with stress, workload, personal issues or health problems. This can lead to sensitive conversations which may be difficult for an inexperienced supervisor to manage.
Training helps leaders coach and develop teams, and respond well to crises. These skills reduce absence and improve engagement.
Workplace training courses such as Managing Team Conflict, Stress Awareness, Successful Behaviours for Leaders and Managers and Coaching Skills could help your senior staff play a leading role in fostering a healthy culture.
2025 update: Recent data highlights a continued focus on mental health support and flexible working options, reflecting the latest CIPD findings.
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Creating a safer workplace through training
But remember, wellbeing spans every aspect of working life – from physical surroundings to company culture.
A solid health and safety training programme is essential for creating a safe environment. For further guidance on where to start, see our blog ‘What health and safety training is required for my business?’. Once you’ve conducted a risk assessment, your basic health and safety training plan will start to take shape. But beyond the immediate safety risks, consider what wellbeing challenges your workforce could face both now and in the future.
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But many customer-facing employees lack the training to manage abusive behaviour from members of the public, and support following such incidents is also often lacking.
Employees who are at risk of discrimination – such as those with disabilities or those from minority backgrounds – benefit from inclusive wellbeing policies. [CIPD Source]
Courses such as Mental Health Awareness, Assertiveness, Constructive Conversations and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion could help workers practise better self-care. It could also improve the way they interact with colleagues and customers who are at greater risk of discrimination.
Personal growth and employee wellbeing
The CIPD cites ‘personal growth’ as a key aspect of employee wellbeing.[Source]
Essential to creating a culture of personal growth is ongoing training and development. Pre-emptive training, such as Difficult Conversations, is often provided when employees first come into their role, and it could be some time before they have cause to put their learned skills into practice. Conversely, training may be provided reactively, after the difficult situation has already arisen. It’s therefore important to combine a proactive approach with a process for ongoing coaching and continuous professional development.
Choosing the right workplace training courses
Ready to boost your team's compliance and skills? Kasorb offers on-site, hands-on training at a flat rate. Call us at 0800 123 4567 or visit our training page to learn more.
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