Promoting Wellbeing for Chartered Accountants
At Chartered Accountants Worldwide, we acknowledge the profound impact of mental health on work performance, relationships, and the overall quality of life. We delve into the importance of fostering employee wellbeing in our fast-paced industry. Depression and anxiety, prevalent mental health conditions, exert a significant economic toll, amounting to US$ 1 trillion each year on the global economy.
The Gallup Global Employee Survey paints a concerning picture, revealing that less than a quarter of the world’s employees feel they are thriving at work, underscoring the urgency to address this growing challenge. The McKinsey Health Institute’s extensive survey across 15 countries and 15,000 employees unearths a stark reality – 59% of the workforce grapples with mental health challenges, highlighting the imperative for employers to intervene and support their teams.
This holds true for the Chartered Accountancy profession as well, where stress and burnout are issues, affecting over half of Chartered Accountants. Managers within this industry play a pivotal role in shaping a conducive work environment that fosters mental, emotional, and physical health. Recognising the direct link between comprehensive support and heightened engagement and productivity, it becomes both an ethical and strategic responsibility to manage wellbeing effectively.
The Chartered Accountants Worldwide global wellbeing taskforce acknowledges this imperative and is proud to introduce our revamped wellbeing toolkit for managers. This toolkit stands as a comprehensive guide, arming managers with crucial insights, strategies, and best practices to cultivate a thriving and dynamic team. Above all, it emphasises the critical need to build resilience and purpose within the workplace, contributing to a more productive, rewarding, and compassionate work environment. Together, let’s pave the way towards a brighter future for the Chartered Accountancy profession by prioritising mental health and fostering a culture of holistic wellbeing.
Wellbeing Poll
Mental Health resources for Chartered Accountants
Here is a list of dedicated wellbeing hubs setup from some of the Chartered Accountants Worldwide Member Institutes:
Download the Toolkit
Wellbeing Toolkit
This toolkit stands as a comprehensive guide, arming managers with crucial insights, strategies, and best practices to cultivate a thriving and dynamic team. Above all, it emphasises the critical need to build resilience and purpose within the workplace, contributing to a more productive, rewarding, and compassionate work environment. Together, let’s pave the way towards a brighter future for the Chartered Accountancy profession by prioritising mental health and fostering a culture of holistic wellbeing.
Featured Event
Difference Makers Discuss… Mental Health Matters
Join our Difference Makers as we uncover the issues around mental health and wellbeing affecting Chartered Accountants and the business & finance sector more broadly. In this episode our Difference Makers discuss Mental Health Matters. Guests include Ronan Dunne, Jonny Jacobs, and Dee France.
Insights on Wellbeing
Featured Podcast
Jonny Jacobs – Ending the stigma around mental health
In this episode Indy meets Jonny Jacobs CA, is the Finance Director EMEA at Starbucks, he is also a passionate advocate for positive mental health.
Jonny speaks openly about his own struggles with mental health in his teens and talks about the importance of acknowledging challenges people may be experiencing in their lives.
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Online Events & Webinars
Online Events & Webinars
One clear way that Chartered Accountant Member Institutes are rising to this challenge is in the creation and hosting of online events and activities.
We are working with the Institutes to present the events that have a global perspective and are available to Chartered Accountants everywhere.
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