BACKWorkplace wellbeing isn’t just about free fruit or weekly yoga. It’s about creating a culture where employees feel supported, valued, and capable of growth without burning out. With World Wellbeing Week 2025 around the corner (23-27 June), there’s no better time to rethink how you integrate wellbeing into your learning strategy.
According to the CIPD, 76% of organisations cited stress-related absences in 2023. Over half blamed workload. Clearly, it’s time for learning and development (L&D) to evolve from being purely performance-driven to being wellbeing-first.
Here’s how to make it happen.
1. Connect learning with emotional wellbeing
L&D isn’t just about skill-building, it’s about confidence, autonomy, and purpose.
- Empowerment: When people gain knowledge, they feel more in control and competent.
- Retention: 94% of employees would stay longer at a company that invests in their development (LinkedIn Workplace Learning Report).
- Wellbeing boost: A structured learning strategy can alleviate anxiety by reducing the feeling of being unprepared or unsupported.
💡 Tip: Use learning goals to drive personal development alongside professional growth.
2. Create inclusive and supportive learning environments
Diverse teams need diverse access to learning.
- Flexibility matters: On-demand content and microlearning accommodate different schedules and energy levels.
- Accessible design: Clear language, captioned videos, and screen-reader-friendly modules are a must.
- Cognitive balance: Avoid training overload, especially during busy seasons.
📚 Want to make your digital learning more accessible? Our eLearning Accessibility course is a great place to start—designed to help you build inclusive content that works for everyone.
3. Prioritise wellbeing-driven learning topics
Don’t limit your L&D library to technical skills. Include wellbeing-focused topics that enhance everyday work life.
Must-have wellbeing modules:
- Stress management, Equip managers and employees with the skills and knowledge to prevent, identify and manage work-related stress.
- Burnout prevention, Help employees understand the different stages of burnout, how to prevent it and how to manage it.
- Managing emotions, explore different emotional states, triggers and techniques to allow employees to understand how to manage their emotions in the workplace.
- Mental health awareness, our Mental Health training includes courses specific to industries such as health and social care, while it also covers broad topics relevant for all organisations from introducing mental health to understanding and managing it.
- Building resilience, equip employees with the tools and knowledge to handle change and understand and build resilience in a way that works for them.
- Anxiety management, our training helps employees recognise, manage and take control of anxiety at work.
🎓 Our ContentHub offers expertly crafted, ready-to-use wellbeing courses across these areas.
4. Equip managers to drive learning and wellbeing
Managers play a pivotal role in making wellbeing a daily practice.
How to empower managers:
- Train them in coaching, mental health, and resilience support.
- Schedule wellbeing check-ins, not just performance reviews.
- Provide tools for personalised learning plans.
👥 Healthy managers = healthy teams. Their influence sets the tone for your entire culture.
5. Measure what really matters
Traditional L&D metrics like completion rates and test scores only tell part of the story. If you’re embedding wellbeing into your learning strategy, your measures of success need to reflect that.
Try adding qualitative and wellbeing-focused metrics, such as:
- Pulse surveys on employee sentiment
- Wellbeing scores in engagement surveys
- Manager feedback on team morale and development confidence
- Usage rates of wellbeing-specific learning modules
You might also track reductions in stress-related absences or improvements in retention, which can reflect the long-term impact of a more supportive learning environment.
Why wellbeing needs to be a strategic priority
Workplace wellbeing isn’t a fluffy add-on or a one-off campaign. It’s a strategic enabler, and L&D is one of the most powerful tools to drive it.
By embedding wellbeing into your learning strategy, you’re not just ticking a box for World Wellbeing Week. You’re building a culture where people can grow, feel supported, and bring their best selves to work.
That’s good for employees. It’s good for business. And it’s good for the future of work.
Need help designing wellbeing-focused learning content?
At Omniplex Learning, we offer a range of solutions to help you create meaningful, wellbeing-first learning experiences. From our ContentHub library, packed with expertly designed, ready-to-use courses on topics like stress management, burnout prevention, resilience, and mental health, to our bespoke content services, we’re here to help you build learning that truly supports your people.
Whether you want to roll out wellbeing content quickly or create something completely tailored to your organisation, our team can support you every step of the way.
Let’s make learning part of the solution—not the stress.