Giving Compass' Take:

• Forbes takes a look at three trends to address the gap between what companies offer and what employees expect, emphasizing that providing well-being programs will boost productivity and engagement. 

• What are the best ways to invest in employees' health and wellness? What can nonprofits learn from the private sector?

• Here's an example on the importance of investing in wellbeing in higher education.  

As the 2018 year comes to an end, we all have a choice on whether we ruminate over the past year or look forward to the upcoming year and apply the lessons we have learned.

I prefer to do the latter and believe the workplace of the future needs to be cultivated now.

But taking a fresh start provides organizations enormous opportunity to create a thriving culture and improve their workplace cultures to attract, engage and retain talent successfully. There are three big wellbeing and culture trends that will influence how organizations shape their employee experiences in the new year:

  1. Well-being is a strategy AND a responsibility.
  2. Personalization and relevancy are key, gone are the days of “burpees and broccoli” only programs.
  3. Realizing and acting on the fact that HR does not own wellbeing and employee experience alone — everyone does.

Read the full article about employees' well-being by Colleen Reilly at Forbes.