Inspiring Ideas  for a your Corporate Wellness Program

A healthy lifestyle  has become increasingly  important in the wake of the pandemic and more companies are coming up with wellness programs for their employees to stay in shape  and stay happy.

The benefits of wellness programs are not limited to the employees but it spreads across the whole organizational set up thereby boosting the overall productivity and profitability of businesses. Wellness programs reduce health costs for both employers and employees and ensure more productivity. Physically active employees  adopt positive lifestyle changes and stay happy. Small business owners can even  take advantage of tax incentives for wellness programs. Benefits are literally limitless.

Here are some inspiring ideas to formulate a corporate wellness program for your team

Chart a wellness program

Most organizations may have some wellness programs in place. They can enhance it, upgrade it or even add new activities to the list to make it more beneficial and popular among their employees. The second step would be to introduce a tracking method to find out what works and what doesn’t.  It will give you a clear picture of the time and resources that go into the wellness programs and the return on investment.

Encourage Heart health

Walking is the simplest and the most effective ways to keep the heart happy. Encourage the employees to take stairs instead of elevator or walk to the office if they are staying nearby. Organize a photo contest on their morning walk or evening stroll moments and judge the best entries.  Reports show that just 15 minutes of daily exercise is associated with a 22 percent lower risk of fatality. Custom fitness items like jump ropes, exercise bands or pedometers are great ways to encourage the employees to work out and be physically active.

On site activities

You can set up a ping pong table or snooker table for the employees to try their hands on during lunch break and leisure time. This will make sure that your crew is moving around and burning calories on site.  Custom yoga mats  will add more fun and team spirit to the yoga sessions, which is a proven to be highly effective relaxation routine for  your team and prevent employee burnout.

Healthy lunch

Make your team aware of the role of healthy home food  while making healthy lifestyle changes. Keep things simple and attainable to encourage employee participation and engagement. Hand out custom lunch storage containers to encourage the team to bring homely meals and ditch junk food.

Make It Fun

Bring in a fun element to make it interesting for the employees.  Hosting an activity like a 5K walk or run is a great choice. Break into teams and give everyone a small prize, such as a custom T shirt or custom cooling towels to everyone that participates. While these make useful handouts for your employees it makes a subtle way for your brand to shine. Enhance Workplace Culture

Your workplace culture will have a great influence on employees’ health as well. So, develop a work place culture that encourages employees to walk and get out of their chairs during breaks, hold the lunch meeting in a make shift salad bar in office or any such innovative measures that will keep them active.

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