How to help your employees happier and thrive at work

If you want to know the wellbeing of your employees, this two-part question, called the Best Possible Life Scale, is the best question item Gallup analytics has ever found to measure Gallup Net Thriving because it encompasses all aspects of an individual's wellbeing. Gallup tracked wellbeing in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the percentage of people who rated their lives highly on best life present dropped at a historic rate — while best life future improved slightly. Information from best life present and best life future gives us, in combination, indicators of whether individuals are suffering, struggling, or thriving — an index of the resiliency of a culture. Managers who engage their employees establish trust — making them open to wellbeing efforts that affect the whole person and issues related to suffering, struggling, and thriving. Combining strengths and wellbeing at work is potentially the most transformational treatment yet in the urgent pursuit of resiliency, mental health and ultimately, net thriving.People with high career well-being wake up every morning with something to look forward to doing that day.