![]() ![]() Providing bespoke preventative health assessments significantly reduces the risk of the occurrence of debilitating diseases which can cause disruption, instability and stress among the team.” “Not only do they feel they’re being cared for, which positively impacts morale and increases employee retention rate, but it also makes sense financially. “There are benefits to making health assessments available to employees,” he continues. “While many companies are still trying to offer best-in-class programmes and resources – almost like toolkits for self-care by handfuls of colleagues both interested and willing – other companies are starting to consider what has made them unwell in the first place and that’s exciting.”Īhmed Elbarkouki, CEO of Echeon Health, which provides preventative healthcare to the likes of online supermarket, Ocado, agrees the pandemic caused a shift in mindset which is being reflected in the workplace: “On a large scale, COVID-19 forced us to re-assess our priorities and health is now ranking higher than ever. “From the Great Resignation to labour shortages in industries, such as spa and wellness, health and fitness and hospitality, to increasing demand for hybrid working and the fact that people have been reminded to live life more meaningfully and with purpose, the entire concept of wellbeing is being reconsidered,” she says. Kyricos says the pandemic has accelerated this. “Today, pioneers are daring to look at the concept more in terms of company culture and from a leadership point of view.” “Prior to the pandemic, organisations were predominantly interested in offering wellness-driven programmes, products and services as part of a company’s benefit package,” she says. “Nurturing is the best means of counteracting the Great Resignation.”Ĭulture change Wellness expert Mia Kyricos, president of Kyricos & Associates, says change has to be twofold: it’s not enough for companies to provide gyms, yoga classes and a nap room if a stressful, 24/7 work culture endures, but she believes change is starting to happen. “As is well known, when employees are happy, and feel taken care of, their productivity increases and the business flourishes,” says Professor Gerard Bodeker, chair of Global Wellness Initiative’s mental wellness initiative. This presents an opportunity for health and fitness operators to craft meaningful corporate wellness programmes to sell to businesses. Even if many companies haven’t quite realised it yet, their employees do not just want a return to business as usual. However, 52 per cent said that more mental health support would likely make them stay in their job. Many of those questioned said their employer had not followed through on commitments of support for mental health, or had recommended they practise self care, but had not supported them to do so. In late 2021, a Harris Poll in the US found 40 per cent of employees were considering leaving their position due to chronic stress, largely because employers had not prioritised or supported their mental wellbeing. With mental health taking a battering during the past two plus years – the World Health Organization has pointed out we’re living a parallel pandemic in mental health with rates of depression trebling – it’s become apparent that companies need to invest more in their workforce for the good of both the employees and the business. Many who did return to their jobs, or had carried on doing them, still found they wanted more – either greater flexibility, such as being able to work from home, or health support – with all this leading to growth in corporate wellbeing programmes.Ī sound investment It’s well known that investing in employee wellbeing can lead to increased resilience, better engagement, reduced absence and higher performance and productivity. The pandemic gave us all the chance to take stock, with many people deciding they didn’t want to return to their previous job, or that it was the time to unleash their inner entrepreneur, retrain for a different profession, or write that book. On a large scale, COVID-19 forced us to re-assess our priorities and health is now ranking higher than ever ![]()
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