Fundamentals of wellness in the workplace.
Wellness is for companies of all sizes. It doesn’t take a lot of money to provide employees with a workplace that promotes wellbeing and empowers them to do their best work.
1/ Environment: The workplace itself matters. Fresh paint that enhances the light and a well organized space will promote a feeling of calm.
2/ Tools: Get creative. White boards and colorful markers are great tools to engage people in problem solving.
3/ Location: Reduce travel time. Incorporate collaboration tools to enable remote work and work from home programs.
4/ Travel: Reimburse and reward healthy choices. Allow for expenses the promote walking, healthy meal choices and exercise.
5/ Education: Provide a path for growth. Online education is an affordable way for companies to promote continuous learning.
6/ Coaching: Provide diversity and equality training. Appropriate behavior and conduct for the workplace needs to be defined so that people are clear about what movements like metoo means to them.
7/ Compensation: Provide equal pay for equal work. Compensation is the foundation of health.
Everyone wins with the fundamentals.
