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Environmental wellness inspires us to
live a lifestyle that is respectful of our
surroundings. This realm encourages us to
live in harmony with Earth by taking action
to protect it. Environmental well-being
promotes interaction with nature and your
personal environment.
knowledge and skills. Intellectual wellness
involves having an open mind when you
encounter new ideas and continuing to
expand your knowledge. It encourages active
participation in scholastic, cultural and
community activities.
• Examples include: up-skilling
opportunities; language learning; hobby or
interest-based groups; collaborating on cross
functional projects, subsidized courses; learn
a sport; guest speakers; industry knowledge
sharing programs; and sabbatical leaves.
8. Environmental Wellness
• Focus on: Good health by occupying
a pleasant, stimulating environment
that supports the well-being of all.
Environmental wellness inspires us to
live a lifestyle that is respectful of our
surroundings. This realm encourages us to
live in harmony with Earth by taking action to
protect it. Environmental well-being promotes
interaction with nature and your personal
environment. Everyone can have a strong
environmental conscious simply by raising
their awareness.
• Examples include: Recycling awareness;
volunteering at an NGO of your choice; joy of
giving week; clothes donation; tree planting,
paid time off for volunteering; contributing
to environmental causes; community welfare
activities; and team CSR challenges.
Through social reco gnition, which
includes posting, sharing, commenting and
other virtual interactions, employees can help
motivate each other to reach their wellness
goals. Digital platforms like portals and mobile
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apps which are connected to new age fi tness
devices are already playing a major role in
driving corporate wellness agendas today.
These platforms will also throw up a lot of
wellness related data which was not available
in the past. Smart analysis of this can help the
Wellness Program managers to direct their
efforts to the programs which have maximum
takers and which provide maximum ROI.
Many health insurance companies today
provide a free annual Health Risk Assessment
(HRA) test. The data from this can be used
effectively to plan the wellness programs
which will actually impact your employees.
You can couple your programs with targeted
goal-based incentives which will lead to
a definite improvement in overall health
quotient of your employees.
If you are looking at designing an effective
Wellness Program, here are certain tips:
• Have a clear goal;
• Get employee inputs;
• Choose your mission;
• Make your culture wellness-positive;
• Make it personal for each employee;
• Market your initiatives;
• Get leadership to lead & support;
• Celebrate and appreciate;
• Incentivize and reward.
And like any other initiative you take, you
will be asked to prove to the management how
successful your efforts were. So, make sure you
are tracking your Measures of Success:
• Program Goal Metrics;
• Participation Rates;
• Absenteeism;
• Engagement Surveys;
• Health Insurance Costs;
• Employee Retention;
• Employee Feedback;
• Productivity.
In the end, I would like to reiterate that
employee wellness is important and investing
in your employees will surely help your whole
team work better together. P & M