As a
manager or HR professional you know how important it is to keep the company
healthy by giving a positive impulse to sustainable employability in work and
reduce absenteeism. As a change manager
and communication specialist at Yellow Factory
and as a student of Social Media Marketing
Strategy at the North Western University through Coursera, I am very much
interested in the development of a healthy workplace and the prevention of
occupational diseases. I have found two articles highlighting the importance of
giving co-workers the opportunity to reach sustainable employability by giving
them the freedom to take control.
The first article called “Duurzameinzetbaarheid begint bij zelfregie” is written by Bert Bloem at the website
“Over Duurzame Inzetbaarheid”. The
author – senior HR Consultant, trainer, (
e ) coach and interim manager at Meurs HRM,
states that it is just a matter of getting started. For your employee, it is
important to take control on how he or she functions as a human being, transferring
self-reflection to the working environment. Changing your behavior can make
things possible. Of course, if you get back up in accordance to the vision, strategy
and policies of the company, (cultural)
change will be more effective. A helpful tool is the E-portfolio map – a relevant
online file to make sure employees keep on track with their progress.
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The second
article is at the website “Over het nieuwe werken”, and is called 3-vs
om HNW echt te laten werken from Jacco van den Berg, founder of Van den Berg Training &
Advies a consultancy firm which helps companies to function better through
developing synergy. He states that
employees can work independently, without borders of place or time, without you
as the boss watching. Managers have to measure actual output, not presence. This
still might seem as a difficult step to take. It takes trust, freedom and
responsibility. Your company culture will florish by it: sustainability grows and so will revenue. Important
issue to add, is involving employees in your magic goals: make it measurable,
acceptable, communicated, inspired and engaged. Keep the dialogue going and make
sure employees feel connected by sharing knowledge face to face.
There are 3 action items to be distilled that are relevant for the
development of sustainable employability within your company if you want to become
a leader in growing sustainable employability:
- Get started! – just get on with the process of making sustainable employability part of the company policy, while employees start reflecting on their own attitude as a person/employee.
- Open dialogue – involve employees to learn from them and keep them involved on how to change things for the better concerning their vitality, motivation and competences.
- Focus on securing agreements made – to keep track, build up a smart file (online) in which employees can manage self-improvement, add achievements, new competences, ideas etc.
Start 2016
with improving the working environment and less absenteeism from work: reflect
on the improvement of sustainable employability by focusing on more self
direction of your employees. Start now.
My name is Mariette Bijl, I am a change & communications manager at www.yellowfactory.org and currently
studying Social Media Marketing Strategy at
North Western University through Coursera. My focus areas are: sustainable
employability, prevention of absenteeism at work, occupational healthcare,
promoting training and schooling of occupational physicians, insurance doctors
and companies. Please feel free to connect with me through twitter.
