Being Healthy Together

You’re a busy small-business owner.  You have sales to close, employees to hire and meetings to attend.  Why should you care about office wellness?  Office wellness is incredibly important.  Companies can save money on health insurance and cut down on employee absences.  Your wellness initiative doesn’t have to be anything like the company programs you remember.  Instead, it can be a relaxed program that transforms an office to be more focused on health without pushing employees.  Here are a few ideas on how to motivate your team to become healthier individuals:

Schedule an all-company meeting:  Before committing to a wellness program gauge your employee’s interest using a survey.  This will give you an idea of how many employees are interested in the program.

Assign a team leader:  By assigning a team leader per department it will help others to team up and take a twenty minute walk during your lunch hours.  This can make a big difference on how you feel.  Instead of talking about work, talk about the reason why you are so motivated to stay in shape.  

Get creative:  Share recipes and or ideas for lunches and dinners. 

Commit to a new company culture:  Just like a personal diet program, an office wellness program is only effective if everyone sticks to it, including management.  By following these steps your wellness and the wellness of the company will be at an all-time high.