Table of Contents

Introduction: The Mood of the World

Part 1: What Is Wellbeing?

What Is ""The Best Possible Life""?

Net Thriving: The Other Stock Price

The Five Elements of Wellbeing

Part 2: Your Workplace's Wellbeing Opportunities

Key Points About the Wellbeing Elements

Career Wellbeing: You Like What You Do Every Day

Social Wellbeing: You Have Meaningful Friendships in Your Life

Financial Wellbeing: You Manage Your Money Well

Physical Wellbeing: You Have Energy to Get Things Done

Community Wellbeing: You Like Where You Live

How to Build a Culture of Net Thriving

Part 3: Risks to a Net Thriving Culture

The Four Risks Risk

1: Employee Mental Health Risk

2: Lack of Clarity and Purpose Risk

3: Overreliance on Policies, Programs and Perks Risk

4: Poorly Skilled Managers

Resilient Cultures in a Crisis

Part 4: Net Thriving Starts With Career Engagement

The Largest Study of Its Kind

Adopting Wellbeing Practices

My Expectations

My Strengths

My Development

My Opinions

My Mission or Purpose

Part 5: The Fastest Road to Net Thriving: Play to Strengths

Strengths Make Wellbeing Work

Appendixes

Appendix 1: Strengths Insights and Action Items for the Five Wellbeing Elements

Appendix 2: Manager Resource Guide to the Five Elements of Wellbeing

Appendix 3: Technical Report: The Research and Development of Gallup's Five Elements of Wellbeing

Appendix 4: The Relationship Between Engagement at Work and Organizational Outcomes

Appendix 5: References and Notes

About Gallup

About the Authors

Acknowledgements

About the Author

Jim Clifton is Chairman and CEO of Gallup and bestselling author of Born to Build, The Coming Jobs War and the #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller It's the Manager. His most recent innovation, the Gallup World Poll, is designed to give the world's 7 billion citizens a voice in virtually all key global issues. Under Clifton's leadership, Gallup has expanded from a predominantly U.S.-based company to a worldwide organization with 40 offices in 30 countries and regions. Clifton is currently a Distinguished Visiting Professor and Senior Fellow of the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise at the University of North Carolina.

Jim Harter, Ph.D., is Chief Scientist, Workplace for Gallup. He has led more than 1,000 studies of workplace effectiveness, including the largest ongoing meta-analysis of human potential and business unit performance. The bestselling author of 12: The Elements of Great Managing, Wellbeing: The Five Essential Elements and the #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller It's the Manager, Harter has also published articles in many prominent business and academic journals.