Business and Corporate Wellness
Are you aware that
shifting how we perceive conditions,
situations and events along with relaxation techniques, can lead to better hiring decisions, a
clearer company vision, reduced turnover, improve job
satisfaction, productivity and lower expenses, as well
as, reduce stress, improve morale, lessen conflicts and
absenteeism?
Dare to see yourself and your business in a
whole new light!
Move beyond motivation...
Beyond Empowerment..
To useful, profitable solutions...
Consistent success,
A fuller realization of self!
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Nine years into the new millennium and considering the
current economic climate, more
than ever, small businesses and corporations will face
the challenge of how to stay cost
affective yet competitive. One thing that has remained
steadfast through the last several
decades has been the cost of human resources. Not only
is it the cost, but frequently
how many employees, what kind of employees, and how to
maintain and improve the
return on the investment in human resources. Businesses
large and small have all too
often looked at human resources from the point of view
of getting the most for the least,
which quite frankly has never worked.
The old adage of
you get what you pay for and
you pay for what you get, is just as true for the people
you hire as it is for the products
and services you buy! Not only is it important to hire
top people, because the better the
people you hire the better your company, but equally
important; is to be able to
maintain and keep the people that you do hire. Hiring an
exceptional individual will
certainly cost more in time, effort, and salary, but
will ultimately be cheaper in the long
run if you are able to keep that person for longer than
is what normally expected and
because of the superior performance and contribution of
such an individual.
Big
corporations tend to have more resources available to
pay higher salaries, and have
more flexibility in the creation and formation of the
components of a job and may attract
better people, because the job and growth would seem
more challenging. The fact that
these things may be beyond the resources of smaller
business and companies, is true in
most cases, but not in all. By the same token small
businesses may not have the time,
money, or resources to consistently be replacing the
same employees over and over. It
can be a drain on the rest of the staff to pick up the
slack until a person is hired. Not to
mention detracting time and effort from their own job.
Chronic absenteeism as well,
sticks out like a sore thumb. To better manage their
investment in human resources, a
company must first make a good investment in a good
employee and then learn how to
maintain that employee.
Employee moral, mental health,
physical health, self
empowerment, are all areas in which the small business
owner, as well as corporations,
can improve, in order to maintain the wellness of their
business. The happier and
healthier the employee, the more productive the
employee, the better the bottom line.
Employee wellness and empowerment programs tend to be
more common amongst
larger corporations, however, smaller businesses can
also take advantage of programs
that can be tailored to their specific needs. Sometimes
all that is necessary is a small shift in how we think
about what we
and our employees are capable of achieving. Much like in
space travel, a small shift in course can amount to a
million
miles. Equally, a small shift in how we perceive our
employees, our businesses, our bottom line, can result
in significant
improvement in our businesses and employer-employee
relations. It is important not to overlook the need for
employee
health and wellness, not only physically and
psychologically .but emotionally. The small business
owner, who may
think they do not have the resources to compete with
bigger corporations for top talent, may be able to
compete on the
basis of having better employees from the beginning,
through better hiring decisions, and maintaining their
employees
through learning empowerment, teamwork, better health
and wellness.
Remember, the healthier the employee, the healthier the
company and vice versa. Perhaps it is time to see you
and your company in a whole new light. |
Contact us
today
to learn how LifesWork can assist you and your firm in
this area. |