Wellbeing at Work
Apply PERMA-H/V Dimensions to Flourish in Your Career
What is Wellbeing at Work?
Most people spend one-third of their lives at work. Yet for too many, work is a source of stress, disconnection, and meaning-loss rather than fulfillment and growth. It doesn't have to be this way.
Wellbeing at Work applies the scientifically-validated PERMA-H/V framework to your professional life, recognizing that thriving at work involves much more than productivity metrics or salary increases. It's about creating a career that energizes rather than depletes you, that allows you to use your strengths, that connects you to purpose, and that supports your overall life satisfaction.
💬 The Power of One Question at a Time
Consider how a shift in perspective can transform your work experience: "What aspects of your work give you genuine energy?" or "When do you feel most connected to the purpose behind what you do?"
Workplace wellbeing isn't built through surveys or wellness programs alone—it's cultivated through meaningful reflection and conversation. FlourishTalk brings the six PERMA-H/V dimensions into your professional life, helping you and your team discover what truly matters for flourishing at work, one thoughtful question at a time.
Based on Dr. Martin Seligman's positive psychology research and extended by workplace wellbeing scholars, this framework helps you assess and enhance the key dimensions that determine whether your work contributes to or detracts from your flourishing.
😊 Positive Emotions
Experiencing satisfaction, pride, optimism, gratitude, and joy in your work environment and role
🎯 Engagement
Achieving flow states, feeling absorbed in meaningful work, and experiencing optimal challenge
🤝 Relationships
Building supportive colleague relationships, experiencing belonging, and collaborating effectively
🎨 Meaning
Connecting your work to purpose, making valued contributions, and seeing impact beyond yourself
🏆 Accomplishment
Achieving goals, growing competencies, making progress, and experiencing professional mastery
💪🌳 Health/Vitality
Managing energy, preventing burnout, maintaining work-life boundaries, and sustaining physical wellbeing in supportive environments
Who Benefits from Workplace Wellbeing Conversations?
Anyone who works—whether you're:
- Early career professionals establishing healthy work patterns and finding fulfilling paths
- Mid-career employees reassessing priorities and seeking renewed purpose
- Leaders and managers wanting to create thriving teams and model healthy work practices
- Entrepreneurs and freelancers designing sustainable work structures
- People experiencing burnout and seeking to restore balance and meaning
- Career transitioners clarifying what matters most in their next role
- HR and organizational development professionals committed to employee flourishing
- Anyone feeling "stuck" in work that no longer fits or inspires them
Why Wellbeing at Work Matters
The evidence is overwhelming: workplace wellbeing isn't a "nice-to-have" perk—it's fundamental to both individual and organizational success.
📊 The Research Shows
Organizations and individuals who prioritize wellbeing at work experience:
- 37% lower absenteeism and significantly reduced turnover
- Higher productivity and performance: engaged employees are 21% more productive
- Better health outcomes: reduced stress-related illness and healthcare costs
- Greater innovation: psychologically safe teams generate more creative solutions
- Improved job satisfaction: the quality of relationships at work predicts satisfaction more than salary
- Enhanced resilience: thriving employees bounce back from setbacks more quickly
- Stronger company culture: wellbeing-focused workplaces attract and retain top talent
Perhaps most importantly: work doesn't have to be something you endure until retirement. When aligned with the PERMA dimensions, work becomes a source of growth, connection, contribution, and deep satisfaction.
How FlourishTalk Enhances Workplace Wellbeing
FlourishTalk provides thoughtfully designed questions that help you:
Assess Your Current State: Gain clarity on which PERMA dimensions are thriving in your work life and which need attention. Sometimes we sense something is "off" without being able to pinpoint exactly what needs to change.
Facilitate Team Conversations: Use these questions in one-on-ones, team meetings, or retreats to build psychological safety, surface important issues, and strengthen workplace relationships.
Guide Career Decisions: When considering new roles, projects, or career transitions, these questions help you evaluate opportunities through a wellbeing lens rather than just titles and compensation.
Coaching and Mentoring: For managers, coaches, and HR professionals, these questions provide frameworks for meaningful development conversations that go beyond performance reviews.
Personal Reflection: Through journaling with these prompts, track your workplace wellbeing over time, notice patterns, and identify actionable steps for improvement.
Organizational Development: Leaders can use aggregated insights from these conversations to identify systemic issues and design better work environments.
Explore Questions About All Six Workplace Wellbeing Dimensions:
Ready to Transform Your Work Experience?
Explore what it means to truly flourish in your professional life—one question at a time