Well-being is not a strategy

Yes, coaching and facilitation can be life changing.

(Surface-level executive coaching, which helps to maintain the disrespect we’ve come to expect in classically managed workplaces, notwithstanding.)

And.

Hold up!

The ICF’s linked article (below) states, “The Ethics of Care framework embeds caring as a fundamental competence where worker well-being is an asset that contributes to organizational success by emphasizing mutual growth, ethical decision-making, and reciprocal relationships.”

Read that again…

“Worker well-being is an asset that contributes to organizational success”

Executive leaders, who are improving work by respecting humanity (themselves included!), don’t need to be tricked into facilitating deeply respectful environments!

Employee well-being isn’t a strategy!

It is the foundation.

It is embedded in your core values.

A (highly likely) byproduct of “making people” (as Toyota calls it), or prioritizing employee well-being, is a sustainable, profitable, evolving organization.

The Future of Coaching: Envisioning workplace well-being for a new era — Global Digital Library — Thought Leadership Institute