Work, Wellness & Confluence: Our Way
Confluence...
Over the years it's established itself as a workplace family name. We all know and love Confluence for all it's little quirks and the fact it is the all knowing, all documenting, all powerful hub of truth! Unless, perhaps you ask it "the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything".
(Could this be Confluence in the future? #HitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy)
So yes, in general it holds our documentation, our marketing plans, our onboarding processes and so on, but why should it stop there. Confluence is anything but just a site to host our teams knowledge. For starters who has ever got a little creative with Confluence and perhaps designed a friendly game of scavenger hunt - Confluence style?!
With our current Community series focused in on Work and Wellness, and reading @Meg Bailey's article 'Confluence: Where work and wellness meet', it's got me pondering about how, we at Valiantys, use Confluence to help enhance that balance especially where our team is globally distributed and many are now primarily remote or hybrid (including myself!).
Still, I believe no matter where we are it's important to make sure that our working environment is a happy, functioning and supportive space. This not only helps us thrive in our jobs and careers but also allows us to thrive as an individual, mentally and physically.
Which is why I'm pleased to be a part of several Work and Wellness initiatives in my organization, including:
- Mind Matters - a committee established to support the mental, emotional and physical wellbeing of the team. The committee focuses on key attributes that can have an impact on the team's day to day wellbeing in and out of the office:
- Exercise (morning yoga, lunchtime run/power walk)
- Outdoor picnics, team sports and social events
- Personal financial management sessions (budgeting, pensions, money-saving ideas)
- Bi-weekly newsletters that can look mens/womens health, self-care, acts of kindness, food, finances, and plenty more!
- Count.it - a weekly leaderboard challenge to help us step away from our desks and start walking outside.
- Brown Bags (contributor) - monthly sessions that offer the floor to any colleague to share any topics of interest, our most recent one was centered around Burnout Awareness.
- Caring for Change - an internal project based on Pledge 1% program, where the main goal is to help Valiantys collaborators to set up any kind of charitable projects that inspire them.
- Environment Committee - a project based initiative to help protect, fund and restore the planet through team projects and movements.
These projects and initiatives help us to create a culture that prioritizes our team's mental health and wellbeing through effective collaboration. And I bet you can't guess where they're all found 🤪 that's right, on our trusty sidekick, Confluence!
💭 A little food for thought:
- How does your team and/or organization help you find and support wellbeing projects that are important to you?
- Given the chance, what would you like to do more with your colleagues, organization or even the Community in relation to Work and Wellness?
- What does a mindful relationship between your work and your wellbeing look like to you?
Don't be afraid to lead the way to your own wellbeing, I promise you won't be alone in the journey. There's support all around you 💙
I'd love to hear your questions, thoughts, ideas and of course how you do work, wellness & Confluence - YOUR WAY.
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Laura Holton _ACE Rotterdam_
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