Generation Well
by Jackie McWilliams
We offer business leaders our effective roadmap to help employees improve their mental and physical well-being.
Sitting For Too Long: You are at risk of musculoskeletal and mental health problems, as well as changes to your biochemistry. Workplace wellbeing and mental health is influenced by many factors , including sitting for too long,
A study conducted by the American College of Sports Medicine warns of the significant health risks posed by sitting for long periods of time. They use the term ‘Exercise is Medicine’.
It is estimated that inactivity causes 9% of deaths each year worldwide, that’s nearly 5 million people.
The average employee will work for over 70,000 hours during their working life. When you count up the number of hours employees spend sitting at work, it becomes a very alarming number. It is very likely that Workplace Wellbeing and Mental Health will be impacted in some way.
Some of the groups of employees who are at risk include those who are seated at a desk, delivery drivers, receptionists and those who work on a production line.
Now is the time to act to protect the health of your employees, drop us an email to discuss how we can help you. Don’t waste another precious hour.
How Can A Well-Being Strategy
Help My Organisation?
Workplace wellbeing and the mental health of your employees is critical to the success of your organisation.
When well-being programmes become yet another ‘to do’ for already busy employees this is when they fail.
We recognise that, as an employer, you will manage employees who have very different needs. Our digital courses are designed with everyone in mind. So whether you are a beginner, a senior or have a disability, our programmes will accommodate everyone. We use only science-backed protocols and not quick fixes that do not last.
Typically employee engagement with such programmes can be as low as 30% of the workforce. But why does this happen?
Time and again it comes back to one key thing.
Company Culture + Employees = Prosperity (sustainable and company-wide)
Company Culture
Why are we ‘doing’ well-being and does the behaviour of our leaders align with this?
How does our well-being strategy line up with our organisational vision and our goals?
How will we ‘do’ well-being?
What return on investment do we expect from our well-being programmes?
Employees
Empower managers to to lead differently and to regularly monitor what is the daily experience at work for workers.
Ask the difficult questions of yourself such as, does working for my company help to make employees healthier and happier individuals.
Drill down into day to day leadership and what it means to really listen to employees and their concerns. Your goal will be to ensure that no-one is left behind.
Encourage teams of people to build social bonds by doing meaningful things together eg. teambuilding and volunteering.
Sustainable Company-Wide Prosperity
Not only can you do well while doing good—you can do better McKinsey and Company
Why?
Your employees are walking, talking ambassadors for your organisation, your brand and your managers. Every interaction they have with external and internal customers says so much about how your organisation is run.
In any competitive marketplace this can be a massive advantage or a looming vulnerability. What conversations are being had amongst workers in those ‘water cooler’ moments , no but really, what is being said about you and your company?
Develop a long term ROI strategy by investing in workplace wellbeing and the mental health of all of your employees.
Your employees bring their whole selves to work. Adopting many different approaches to employees’ mental and physical well-being will become the driver for change in morale, engagement , productivity and retention rates.
By understanding the root causes of stress and dissatisfaction in your workplace you will begin to create a company culture that supports well-being rather than it being the responsibility of individuals.
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When employees feel they are being heard and their individual needs are not being swept aside they become more motivated and engaged with what the company is doing for them and for the wider community .
This is when the magic begins to happen, productivity increases and absenteeism rates fall.
Watch your teams grow and flourish as they begin to trust and work for each other, as well as for your organisation.
Happy people are more productive people.
Know that your employees will see your goals as their goals too
Our job is to make you more aware of how making permanent lifestyle changes can help your all-round health so that can lessen the risks of being seated for too long.
Having worked in the finance sector for many years I understand what it feels like to sit a at desk for long periods of time and to experience adverse health issues such as knee, hip and lower back problems.
Nobody should have to suffer any health issues caused by sitting for long periods of time.
Keep in mind that we all age naturally, this is our chronological age but, depending on our lifestyle choices our internal systems will age at different rates, this is our biological age.
We recommend that you take our Age Quiz to determine your current biological age and repeat it, say every month, so that you can monitor any changes in your body. Early intervention will always be more effective than letting things slide.
You can learn and develop your awareness of your own personal physical and mental well-being alongside your colleagues.
When you are in good physical and mental shape everything begins to flow, you get more satisfaction out of your working day and you can begin to enjoy and appreciate time away from work on a deeper level. Your work-life balance improves.
A healthy body and mind can be yours as long as you do the work. Our programmes are geared towards you improving your all-round health
Home life becomes a time to relax, rejuvenate and have fun.
Workplace wellbeing and the mental health of your employees is critical to the success of your organisation.
When well-being programmes become yet another ‘to do’ for already busy employees this is when they fail.
We recognise that, as an employer, you will manage employees who have very different needs. Our digital courses are designed with everyone in mind. So whether you are a beginner, a senior or have a disability, our programmes will accommodate everyone. We use only science-backed protocols and not quick fixes that do not last.
Typically employee engagement with such programmes can be as low as 30% of the workforce. But why does this happen?
Time and again it comes back to one key thing.
Company Culture + Employees = Prosperity (sustainable and company-wide)
Company Culture
Why are we ‘doing’ well-being and does the behaviour of our leaders align with this?
How does our well-being strategy line up with our organisational vision and our goals?
How will we ‘do’ well-being?
What return on investment do we expect from our well-being programmes?
Employees
Empower managers to to lead differently and to regularly monitor what is the daily experience at work for workers.
Ask the difficult questions of yourself such as, does working for my company help to make employees healthier and happier individuals.
Drill down into day to day leadership and what it means to really listen to employees and their concerns. Your goal will be to ensure that no-one is left behind.
Encourage teams of people to build social bonds by doing meaningful things together eg. teambuilding and volunteering.
Sustainable Company-Wide Prosperity
Not only can you do well while doing good—you can do better McKinsey and Company
Why?
Your employees are walking, talking ambassadors for your organisation, your brand and your managers. Every interaction they have with external and internal customers says so much about how your organisation is run.
In any competitive marketplace this can be a massive advantage or a looming vulnerability. What conversations are being had amongst workers in those ‘water cooler’ moments , no but really, what is being said about you and your company?
Develop a long term ROI strategy by investing in workplace wellbeing and the mental health of all of your employees.
Your employees bring their whole selves to work. Adopting many different approaches to employees’ mental and physical well-being will become the driver for change in morale, engagement , productivity and retention rates.
By understanding the root causes of stress and dissatisfaction in your workplace you will begin to create a company culture that supports well-being rather than it being the responsibility of individuals.
Read More
When employees feel they are being heard and their individual needs are not being swept aside they become more motivated and engaged with what the company is doing for them and for the wider community .
This is when the magic begins to happen, productivity increases and absenteeism rates fall.
Watch your teams grow and flourish as they begin to trust and work for each other, as well as for your organisation.
Happy people are more productive people.
Know that your employees will see your goals as their goals too
Our job is to make you more aware of how making permanent lifestyle changes can help your all-round health so that can lessen the risks of being seated for too long.
Having worked in the finance sector for many years I understand what it feels like to sit a at desk for long periods of time and to experience adverse health issues such as knee, hip and lower back problems.
Nobody should have to suffer any health issues caused by sitting for long periods of time.
Keep in mind that we all age naturally, this is our chronological age but, depending on our lifestyle choices our internal systems will age at different rates, this is our biological age.
We recommend that you take our Age Quiz to determine your current biological age and repeat it, say every month, so that you can monitor any changes in your body. Early intervention will always be more effective than letting things slide.
You can learn and develop your awareness of your own personal physical and mental well-being alongside your colleagues.
When you are in good physical and mental shape everything begins to flow, you get more satisfaction out of your working day and you can begin to enjoy and appreciate time away from work on a deeper level. Your work-life balance improves.
A healthy body and mind can be yours as long as you do the work. Our programmes are geared towards you improving your all-round health
Home life becomes a time to relax, rejuvenate and have fun.