How Unmanaged Stress is Quietly Burning Through Your Budget
At WONE, our mission is simple: to help individuals build resilience from stress - whether personal or professional, big or small. By doing so, we empower our communities to unlock their true potential and companies to save significant costs.
The Hidden Cost of Stress: The Silent Budget Killer
Our latest research, Risky Business: The Hidden Cost of Stress, surveyed over 1,000 participants in the US and UK. The results were staggering:
- Employees under high stress take 8x more sick leave
- They are 11x more likely to make mistakes
- They are 4x more likely to leave a company
- They file 2.5x more health claims compared to their resilient counterparts
- Highly stressed employees cost an additional $11,975 per employee per year
What was even more concerning from our study is that over 45% of employees are battling high stress - yet this is a topic often unaddressed until it becomes a crisis. Too often, employee wellbeing is an afterthought - dealt with only when burnout, absenteeism or turnover hit critical levels.
For a company with 1,000 employees, this translates to $5.3 million of additional costs annually, an amount that could be entirely avoided with the right strategies in place.
Building Resilience: WONE’s Approach
Transforming company culture takes time and requires both top-down and bottom-up approaches. But did you know there are proven strategies that can help you reduce stress in the moment and build long-term resilience to manage any challenges effectively?
WONE’s Science-Backed Framework
Resilience isn't about eliminating stress but managing it effectively. WONE provides simple to use, research-backed tools to help individuals reach an optimal state of flow - a balanced, focused, and productive mindset.
Our framework, derived from neuroscience and behavioral science, focuses on three key areas:
- Immediate Stress Regulation - Quick techniques, like a 90-second breathing exercise, provide instant relief in stressful moments by lowering heart rate and clearing the mind.
- Long-Term Resilience Building - The WONE Method, using neuroscience-backed interventions, help employees reframe stress, build emotional agility, and sustain high performance.
- Data-Driven Insights - AI-powered tools and stress measurement dashboards offer real-time insights to the user and aggregated feedback to organizations, helping leaders proactively address stress hotspots before they escalate.
As Ashley Whillans, Harvard Business School Professor and our scientific advisor puts it: “The best way to reduce stress is not to avoid it, but to learn how to use it to your advantage.”
This philosophy is at the heart of our approach. At WONE, we work closely with our scientific advisory board to provide easily accessible, scientifically validated tools to help our community build resilience and thrive.
Investing in Resilience: The Smart Move For Your Company
By investing in resilience, businesses not only protect their bottom line but also create a healthier, more engaged workforce that can thrive in the face of challenges.
Ready to learn more?
- Learn from our latest research, share your story of going from #StresstoStrength, and champion change within the workforce.
- Meet our Chief Scientific Officer, Dr. Roos, and explore our science-driven approach here.
- Get in touch to foster a healthier workforce and help your company save costs.
