September 2009

23 Sep 2009

Wellness - The Big Picture

Businesses today are increasingly aware of the value of corporate health and wellness programs. Wellness programs benefit your most important assets: your employees. When employees are fit and healthy they are self-confident, and self-confident people are more willing to meet and raise the bar; more likely to set and achieve goals. Fit and healthy employees manage stress better, have better attitudes and higher self-esteem, get sick less and, inspire coworkers to embrace wellness and healthier lifestyles.

09 Sep 2009

“Preventing” Presenteeism

We all know the high cost of absenteeism, prevalent when workplace morale is low and employees are unwell, unhappy, and call in sick. But what about the costs when they do come to work sick, depressed, or just plain don’t want to be there?  This extremely expensive phenomenon is called “presenteeism.”