We continuously evolve our ideas to
nurture a sustainable wellbeing approach
We put our people’s welfare at the heart of our organisation, supporting our employees to look after themselves and each other. We continuously evolve our approach to ensure we are nurturing a sustainable wellbeing approach, focused on how we help ourselves, how we work and how we engage with each other.
We continuously evolve our ideas to nurture a sustainable wellbeing approach.
‘Myself’ is about taking care of our people's physical and mental health and fitness. A key challenge in our commitment to support and improve wellbeing is how we define what wellbeing actually is. At ManpowerGroup we have used the three areas of wellbeing as set out by the World Economic Forum: Mental Health Support and Wellbing, Physical Wellbeing and Financial Wellbeing. We believe that all these areas are important and focus our support and activities equally among these.
Mental Health Support and Wellbeing
Time to Talk drop-in sessions
Access to extensive network of Mental Health First Aiders
Bespoke training for Managers to support the mental health of their teams
Grief awareness education
Lunch and Learn Mindfulness sessions
Physical Wellbeing
Company-wide challenges to get people moving
Partnering with external bodies such as the series of webinars run by the British Heart Foundation to provide education to support employee health
Access to medical insurance to support employee health
Lunchtime virtual yoga sessions
Toolkits for employees and Managers to support with fertility, cancer, addiction etc.
Financial Wellbeing
Resources to support personal day-to-day or life-event budgeting
Access to employee discounts to stretch money further
Season ticket loans to spread the cost and encourage use of public transport
Lifestyle benefits available via company funded flexible benefits
Employee money saving suggestion network
We provide resources to help our people feel motivated, ensuring they balance work and home-life. We provide support in the following areas:
Career development
Skills development
Love your job
Career toolkit
Hybrid working and wellbeing support
Health and Safety
Managing workload
Mentoring programmes
We have a wellbeing team and provide support and resources to help our people build their career with purpose. Each month we look at key skills and learning topics to help with personal development, designed to provide guidance and practical tips to ensure their aspirations are met. We provide support in the following areas:
Coaching and mentoring
Team building and networking
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging
Appraisals
Key skills and personal development
In 2019, we partnered with Mental Health First Aid England (MHFA), to implement an accredited training course.
In 2021, we celebrated Brook Street’s 75th anniversary. In honour of Brook Street’s founder, Margery Hurst – an early advocate of supporting mental health in the workplace – we relaunched the ‘Margery Club’, a programme dedicated to supporting Brook Street employees and associates with their mental health.
Over 50 participants from within our organisation and extending to client companies have been trained to proactively recognise and support colleagues struggling with mental health issues.
These Mental Health First Aiders provide a first touchpoint of support, compassion and care, while de-stigmatising the conversation around mental health at work. They identify the symptoms of burnout and other mental health concerns, connecting employees with the professional help they need, and boosting overall wellbeing for the team.
This training has empowered employees to support each other. As the pandemic has amplified the mental health crisis, we are in a stronger position to maintain momentum and continue supporting our people.
Time to Talk is the nation's biggest mental health conversation in association with MIND.
The day is all about creating supportive communities by having conversations with family, friends, or colleagues about mental health. We all have mental health, by talking about it we can support ourselves and others.
Every year 1 in 4 of us will experience some sort of mental health issue and talking helps to create supportive communities, which can empower us to seek help if we need it.
We decided to open up the conversation within ManpowerGroup to help remove the stigma. We hosted an all day open Teams event facilitated by our Affinity Network leads and our trained Mental Health First Aiders.
150 attended throughout the day sharing their own stories and advice in the chat. Our event went so well that we have been asked to run them more frequently in the future.
