Businesses today who want to attract and keep good workers have leaders who understand the connection between employee satisfaction and employee health. They believe that workplace wellness is a business strategy to be utilised to its fullest.
Many businesses are using this strategy by implementing a Health & Wellbeing Program in the workplace. This increases the wellbeing of the business and the wellbeing and the performance of the employees.
Businesses are finally waking up to the fact that if you invest and care about the health and wellbeing of your people then this can have a profound affect on building quality relationships with fellow colleagues, clients and customers.
You see, based on my own personal struggles with my body image at a young age I felt no other choice but forced to make changes regarding to health, so I joined the gym, joined the industry and became a part-time personal trainer.
However, over the past 20 years whilst trying to upkeep my health regime, I found it extremely challenging to juggle working full time in the corporate world, continue to work as a part-time trainer and still have time to train myself at the gym.
But for the past five years, whilst managing multiple Corporate Health & Wellness Programs I was able to see the profound effect such programs have on the employees if the business makes it part of their overall business strategy. However, each program must be tailored specifically for its employees. It’s not a one size fits all.
By allowing employees to take control of their health (both mind and body) and to provide options to them so they no longer have to juggle exercise and healthy habits, they can integrate these into their corporate lifestyle. This has tangible positive effects on the organisations overall profit margins.
You too, can reap the benefits by implementing a Health & Wellbeing Program into your business such as;
- Increased productivity
- Better employee engagement
- Reduction in sick leave
- Reduction in absenteeism
- Reduction in turnover
- Ability to recruit more highly skilled individuals
- Happier and more satisfied employees
- Higher profit margins
On top of that, by becoming an employer of choice you are not only encouraging positive health and wellbeing but you are also helping your business to stand out amongst your competitors which has a positive impact on your overall corporate wellbeing.
That is what you want!
Health & Wellbeing Program = Healthy People = Happy Workplace = Higher Profit Margins
It’s a WIN/WIN!
So, the REAL question is, can you afford NOT to invest in a health and wellbeing program for your business?