Be Well, Work Well at PwC Switzerland

Our committment to wellbeing 

Be Well, Work Well is our effort to create an environment where our people are encouraged to bring their best selves to work.

At PwC, we are committed to sustainable performance and supporting our people in staying well. This includes working to ensure that our organisational systems, practices and behaviours are supportive of our people’s wellbeing.

We aim to support our employees in achieving greater wellbeing by fueling themselves across six dimensions of energy: physical, emotional, mental, spiritual, social, and financial.

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Why PwC prioritises wellbeing 

We see wellbeing and sustainable performance as the balance of six energy dimensions and as the basis for sustainable people performance. It implies a sense of thriving, enjoying life to the fullest, and allows us to live and work at our best.

Wellbeing, sustainable performance and mental health awareness and support are also leadership skills. Be Well, Work Well gives our people the tools and resources they need to be better leaders — at work, home and in their communities — by leading with compassion, resilience, and inspiration.

Our Habit Bank

We created a Habit Bank with practical ideas to help our people make changes in their everyday lives. Use these ideas at home, share them at work and with your community.

Discover the six dimensions of energy

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Mental energy is your ability to drive focus and direct your attention at will – your attention is like any other muscle, the more you train it, the stronger it gets.

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Emotional energy is your internal climate from which you act and react – your emotions impact your performance, the higher your reservoir of positive emotions, the more resilient you are.

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Physical energy is your fundamental source of energy – your energy expenditure should be balanced with intermittent energy renewal, so you perform at your best in a sustainable way.

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Spiritual energy taps into your individual core values and your purpose – you serve yourself and others best when you act in alignment with your values.

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Social energy describes our ability to sustain relationships at all levels (personally and professionally, in person or virtually) and reap the benefits of strong social connections. This includes lower anxiety and depression, stronger emotion management and higher self-esteem and empathy, which can all help to improve our immune systems.

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Financial energy refers to your capability to take control of your finances to sustain or attain financial security — salary, savings, investments, retirement and credit. 

Four top findings about the benefits and impact of employee wellbeing

Take a moment to breathe

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Our mental health action plan

We believe that mental health matters and we are taking action to support the mental health of our people.

Andreas Staubli, former CEO PwC Switzerland, signed the Mental Health Leadership Pledge by the Global Business Collaboration (GBC) for Better Workplace Mental Health. We therefore commit to driving the change needed by making mental health a visible priority in the way PwC operates. 

We commit to:

An action plan

We commit to developing and delivering an action plan to support good mental health in our organisation.

An open culture

Promoting an open culture around mental health, working towards eliminating stigma.

Developing our culture

Taking proactive steps to develop our culture and ways of working towards creating positive mental health and reducing mental ill-health.

Empowering our people

Empowering all our people to manage and prioritise their own mental health, and to support one another.

Providing support

Signposting our people to mental health tools and support they need.

Contact us

Petra Keller

HC People & Organisational Development | Culture & Change Manager, PwC Switzerland

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Céline Hörtig-Mulamba

HC Leadership, Culture and Development, PwC Switzerland

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