Why having a healthy work environment is critical for business success.
The link between employee health and wellbeing and productivity is well known. With this in mind more and more companies are looking to adopt a health and wellbeing strategy for their business. If you thought that having a health and wellbeing strategy was only the domain of big businesses it could be time to think again. In fact the effects of absenteeism can be felt more acutely in companies that have a smaller workforce and, with the overall average cost of absence per employee being £522* it’s a problem that can’t be ignored.
We caught up with entrepreneurs Gina and Alex to explore their approach to health and wellbeing in their workplace. Here are some of the insights they shared about how they’ve built a healthy working environment for their teams.
Having a healthy team is an asset to any business
Having a team that actively engages in their own health and wellbeing can go a long way to creating a workplace culture that is productive and runs at peak performance. We asked Gina Conway, Owner of Gina Conway Salons and Spas, to describe her strategy for success.
“I’ve created a place where people wanted to come to work. By creating a team culture whereby they felt amazing, they would make their clients feel amazing too.”
A healthy way to protect your bottom line
Alex Heaton, CEO and founder of Live Smart talks about the importance of health and wellbeing.
“As a business we know health and wellness is critical for business success. If you’ve got a healthy, happy, fit workforce, they will give more to your business.”
One way Alex supports his team is by offering health assessments accompanied by tailored health coaching to help them improve areas of their health and wellbeing.
Alex explains: “There is strong evidence that health and wellbeing can be really critical to the bottom line of businesses. As this evidence base builds we’re going to see more and more businesses focus on health and wellness. We’re really only just at the beginning of the journey.”
We can help keep your clients employees healthy, happy and fit
It can be difficult making that first step to create a health and wellbeing programme but there are a number of ways you can support employees to make healthy choices, from highlighting and embracing national awareness campaigns, such as mental health awareness week to offering access to health screenings.
At AXA PPP healthcare we’re always on hand to help your clients engage their employees in health and wellbeing. From wellness seminars and wellbeing roadshows to market leading digital health engagement tools such as our Health Age Calculator we have the tools to help them meet their business objectives.
You can contact your account manager to discuss how workplace wellbeing services.
*CIPD Absence management survey 2016
