Employee counseling @ workplace: prevention is better than cure

Today's competitive world is becoming complex as never before and the stress in the lives of people is becoming a very common issue especially at the workplaces of the employees, so counseling for employees has emerged as the latest HR tool to retain its best employees and also to increase the worth of the workforce.

Thus, there is virtually no organization which is free from stress or stress-free employees. In most of the cases the employees may feel stressed, depressed and high level of anxiety due to various work related issues like managing deadlines, achieving the targets, lack of time and other resources to fulfill personal and family commitments, and work-life imbalance etc.

Organizations have started realizing the importance of having a motivated, stress-free and competent employee. Therefore, many companies have introduced the counseling services in their organizations and inculcating the same in work culture.

This paper focuses on the evolution, role, importance, guidelines and emerging trend in the field of counseling for the well being of employees in different organizations and the ways through which it can be introduced in different Indian organizations whether small or large, manufacturing or service organization.