Is the Wellbeing of Employee important?
Updated: Apr 21, 2020
Wellbeing is the state of being comfortable, healthy, or happy.
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The number of recorded death cases in the Nigerian business environment has increased rapidly in the last 5 - 8 years. All sectors have not been spared and these cases affect both young and old citizens of Nigeria.
Most of these cases are as a result of poor health awareness and the number one factor STRESS experienced by workers then coupled with an unbalanced and unhealthy lifestyle.
The average life expectancy in Nigeria, has been put at 55 years in 2019 by the World Health Organisation
According to statistics a healthy Employee is a more productive one. It is also confirmed that between 70 to 90 percent of health care spending is caused by preventable, modifiable health risks, costing businesses and governments more than one trillion dollars in lost productivity alone. What all of this means is that promoting healthier behaviour can really pay off…
There are 5 components that ensures the totality of a person’s Well being, these are;
1. Nutrition
2. Physical Equilibrium
3. Psychological Stability
4. Personal Development and
5. Social Purpose
These all come together to produce a state of Well-Being
The Objectives of a Wellbeing program are to
- Expose employees to the importance of Wellbeing for improved productivity
- Creating awareness on a healthy approach to life even with a busy schedule
- Showing available choices in recreation,diet and nutrition to attain optimal wellbeing and health
- Increase Employee satisfaction, loyalty, retention and to boost overall morale
“WELLBEING AFFECTS THE BOTTOM LINE AND SERVICE DELIVERY”- FORBES MAGAZINE
Going for medical checkup is not a norm for the average Nigeria a well put together Wellbeing program for Employees can unravel a lot of health information for Employees thereby mitigating any future setback for the Organisation in terms of Health and productivity
From ones we have put together, Employees were able to discover
They had unhealthy percent body fat
They had Impaired fasting glucose
They were are obese
They had large waist circumference that is very unhealthy
They were hypertensive
They were Overweight
They were diabetic
Some of the take home from a Wellbeing program is;
Ability to create a personal Wellbeing Mission Statement such as diet monitoring, and personal checking
Understand how personally they can elongate their life (increase life span), with lots of other self help techniques
Use practical stress management and stress reduction tools and techniques that will make them deliver better at work
Do fun and simple exercises, both at home and at the office
Understand wellness evaluation analysis sheet, with professional advice on diet, which they can share with their doctors
Can identify symptoms of some type of diseases and personally work on it themselves
Creating awareness for a healthy lifestyle, stress management and increased
overall wellness is very paramount and every Organisation should gift their Employees.
“WELLBEING AFFECTS THE BOTTOM LINE AND SERVICE DELIVERY”- FORBES MAGAZINE
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