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Ignoring their own well-being hurts Members’ personal and professional relationships
Personalized well-being support had an immediate impact on Members’ relationships
Why is he still talking? Blah, blah, blah. Is he still talking???
“Anything to add?” The analyst asked hesitantly.
“Nope. Are we done?” I bolted from the conference room ignoring the looks of confusion from the team that wanted my guidance.
I was having a bad day, a bad week. Our research suggests that more than 50% of the workforce is similarly languishing at any time — more irritable or sad, less patient, more negatively affected by everyday stressors.
But that’s just the way it is, isn’t it? You work hard and some weeks are out of control. We push forward anyhow, stay up late, get up early, compartmentalize. We make the sacrifice, not giving in to exhaustion and whatever doubts, desires, and needs are pinging around in our minds.
We think that it only affects us.
But when our well-being is low, everyone around us feels it. Call it the negative ripple effect. We unknowingly undermine the well-being and performance of our team members and family members, causing additional stress and discord. My lack of well-being was killing my relationships.
In his book Flourish, Dr. Martin Seligman suggests that relationships are a key pathway to well-being. Study after study has pointed to the importance of relationships in our well-being.
Yet as Coach Yashi Srivastava puts it, “the connection between relationships and well-being is a two-way street.” While it’s true that the quality of our relationships impacts our well-being, our well-being also affects our relationships. We can get in a negative spiral, severing the bonds that can help us.
This month we asked a panel of BetterUp Coaches about the ways they see well-being affecting member’s relationships — with teams, peers, friends, and families — and to offer some guidance for getting out of that negative spiral.
Coaches Rick Reddington, Yashi Srivastava, Juan Carlos Camacho Ruiz, and Fabian Orue joined us for this discussion.
BetterUp Coaches create an objective, safe space for employees to pause and consider different ways of understanding and interpreting their own experiences. They help members be vulnerable and honest, enabling deep personal insights that allow for personal and professional growth. Coaches find that members at all levels often come in struggling with relationships.
As Coach Juan Carlos put it, one of our most human motivations is the need to strengthen ties with others and to create a sense of belonging to groups with common interests, to connect with others, receive recognition and affection. Failures in interpersonal relationships such as a personal break-up, being dropped from a colleague’s meeting, or the inability to find new affinity groups can return us to defensive isolation.
Yet we need relationships to provide a strong foundation to take on new challenges.
Relationships are core to our professional performance, career advancement, and personal life satisfaction. We rely on a series of people just to get our daily work done. Keeping those relationships healthy makes everything flow a little easier.
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When we manage our stress better and do activities that replenish our bodies and minds, we can also reconnect with what it is that we love about our work and our lives. Rather than an act of selfishness, when we take care of ourselves, we have more patience and openness to recognize and value others.
Whether it's overcoming challenges or reaching your full potential, our coaches are here to help.
Whether it's overcoming challenges or reaching your full potential, our coaches are here to help.
Maggie Wooll is a researcher, author, and speaker focused on the evolving future of work. Formerly the lead researcher at the Deloitte Center for the Edge, she holds a Bachelor of Science in Education from Princeton University and an MBA from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business. Maggie is passionate about creating better work and greater opportunities for all.
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