Framework: the Wellbeing Wheel
Best for: Individual reflection, or in a 1-1 setting
When to use it: Monthly, either individually, with your manager/direct reports or within your teams (if you feel comfortable doing so).
Purpose: To understand and visualise how you are doing in each of the 8 pillars of wellbeing, and to identify which areas need more attention.
How to:
Plot where you think you are across each of the 8 pillars of wellbeing by putting a dot on one of the rings in each segment - the outer ring is a sore of 10 and the middle is 1, 10 being the highest score and 1 is the lowest. Once you've plotted a dot for each area, join the dots with a line to give you a visual of what is scoring high or low.
Reflect on what has a high or low score, and what might be contributing to these scores. It's important to think about not only what you can do to increase the lower scoring areas, but also how you can maintain the higher scoring areas too.
Repeat this exercise monthly as part of regular reflection on your wellbeing and how to improve it.
💡 Top tips
+ Remember, we all have different preferences and some may feel more comfortable than others sharing information on their wellbeing. Test the waters to see what setting is best for using this framework.
+ When talking about wellbeing, it is important to understand the emotional context. To support in conversations about emotions, we need a clear definition of what they are in order to support awareness of self and others and support conversations about how we are truly feeling. This is where the Emotions Wheel can come in handy, to help us identify and articulate how we are feeling, what this means and how it is impacting us. Check out this article by BetterUp which provides a more detailed understanding of the Emotions Wheel and how to apply it to everyday communication with others.
