Thriving Workplaces How Employers can Improve Productivity and Change Lives 2025

Healthcare company Novo Nordisk regularly deploys a global survey to measure employee stress levels and mental health using validated screening questions. About 14% of the company’s 64,000 employees reported symptoms of stress in the 2023 survey. Managers of highly stressed teams receive support from organizational psychologists and are trained to use well-being tools effectively, adhering to the IGLO (individual, group, leaders and organization) model.91 Stronger support interventions generally demonstrate a 20% to 30% decline in the number of employees reporting symptoms of stress one to two years after the intervention. Novo is now implementing a similar survey focusing on physical health, particularly pain.CASE STUDY 1 Novo Nordisk provides support and targeted interventions to teams reporting high stress levels CASE STUDY 2 On achieved 11.6x ROI annually ($2.9 million) through employee health intervention Sportswear company On implemented an employee health intervention, via Kyan Health, to over 2,500 employees within their organization. The intervention gave employees access to a self- care library (including mediation, relaxation and breathing practices), 12 coaching sessions and internal well-being workshops. Since its launch in 2022, 1,240 employee have created accounts representing an approximate 50% uptake. The intervention has gained the company $2.9 million annually (11.6x ROI). This consists of $1.3 million productivity gains due to 5% improvement in presenteeism related productivity loss, $1.1 million driven by 30% reduction in voluntary attrition and $0.5 million reduction in HR costs to manage mental health cases globally. Thriving Workplaces: How Employers can Improve Productivity and Change Lives 27