Reducing the Costly Impact of Employee Stress at Work There’s a collective awakening happening in corporate America, and it’s being driven by the growing awareness of two things: the devastating and far-reaching health impacts of workplace stress, and the high financial cost to companies as a result. While my next blog, “3 Trends in Reducing Stress at Work” will detail trendy intervention strategies...

3 Trends in Reducing Workplace Stress It seems everyone’s talking about workplace stress these days, and for good reason. It’s a vitally important topic that deserves our attention and understanding. From being the cause of disease, mental illness, family breakdowns, to the costly impact on businesses and careers, “stress” is seen as the culprit to all that ails us. Beyond the...

11 Reasons Why You Need to Create a Corporate Wellness Strategy to Lower Business Costs. When you walk into a business, whether it’s a store, office, or corporate building, you can soon feel the atmosphere and noticeable health of the employees. You’ll pick up the subtle and not-so-subtle cues that tell you whether this is a happy and thriving workplace, or disgruntled...

How to Increase Employee Motivation Continuing on from Part 1, let's continue to look at ways to increase employee motivation across your organization. Our goal is to provide, 20 low-cost strategies that will keep your staff engaged and inspired. Here are the next 10 ideas to increase employee motivation and get you thinking how your company can up its game.... Invite fitness instructors (yoga,...

Corporate Wellness: A Healthy Workplace for Healthier Bottom Line It’s official; the buzz around “corporate wellness” has firmly established itself into the mindset of corporate America. Corporate wellness programs are here to stay. Companies and entire organizations are now realizing the full impact that a healthy, (or unhealthy) corporate culture has on their success. Statistics are showing that without a doubt, corporate wellness...

The Effectiveness of Workplace Health Risk Assessments Often as a starting point for a workplace wellness program, a Health Risk Assessment (“HRA”) is a comprehensive questionnaire designed to identify health risks of employees. Ideally it then dovetails into a broader strategy of engaging employees in their own wellness choices, and assist them in making healthful changes that impact their health and...

How to Increase Employee Motivation Looking for strategies that will keep your staff engaged and inspired? Ok, you’ve probably seen the Richard Branson quote everywhere on my website, and realize that your company is a reflection of the well-being of your staff. The nuts and bolts of a successful corporate wellness program is the motivation of employees to get engaged and participate. With the many...

Healthy Lunch Ideas for the Office Have you considered how the quality of your afternoon could be determined by what you eat for lunch? From lethargic to energetic, it’s not a stretch to consider that what you choose to put in your body will either empower you or haunt you. Instead of giving more thought with what to wear than what...