Never in history has there been more data demonstrating the importance of wellness for employee performance, morale and productivity.
At the same time, throughout America, employee health is at an all time low.
Diseases like diabetes and obesity are rampant, problems with mobility plague workers at younger and younger ages, and mental health disorders are on a constant rise.
How can wellness keynote speakers help stem the tide of poor health that threatens to overwhelm every industry?
If you are planning a corporate event or retreat to inspire your employees, improve corporate culture and build team spirit, you need to give consideration to focusing your event theme on health and wellness.
Here are three main reasons why other companies have chosen this path for their corporate events. The effectiveness of these strategies is so well demonstrated that many wellness keynote speakers are booked well in advance, so reach out now even if your event is months away.
Productivity: Healthy Minds and Healthy Bodies Create Improved Performance
From improved cortisol levels to better resistance to disease, people who nourish their bodies well and engage in regular exercise are able to spend more days working productively and fewer feeling less than their best.
In addition, underlying health issues create productivity destroying side effects. From the afternoon slump to overall brain fog and unhealthy reliance on sugar and caffeine, all can be helped by improved eating, exercise and sleeping habits.
Morale: Healthier Employees are Happier Employees
If your company struggles with high employee turnover, you are not alone. Mental health concerns are often blamed on stress and challenges at work, but what if they actually result from preventable health concerns?
Encouraging your employees to hold each other accountable for healthy choices will both help create bonding and shared experiences, and improve morale overall as employees’ underlying health and mood steadily improves.
Imagine taking your company from a place that people leave because they don’t want to be challenged in their daily work, to a place that has a reputation for having happy, healthy employees who never want to leave.
An emphasis on health and wellness is a great first step toward those goals.
Mutual Benefit: A New Workplace Culture Of Health Helps New Habits to Stick
Many individuals start out on health and fitness journeys–only to give up after a few weeks because their old habits are too strong and their friends have no interest in joining them or keeping them accountable.
Now imagine if your employees formed fitness accountability groups, helping each other make better meal choices, taking group hikes on the weekends, and pooling their resources for group gym memberships.
To many people a wellness journey sounds like optimistic pie in the sky, nice to speculate about but unlikely to succeed. But include a whole corporate momentum shift toward better daily health choices and suddenly that wellness journey becomes attainable.
Book a wellness keynote speaker for your next corporate event and you may find that your company is able to meet new goals of performance, morale and teamwork beyond what you have ever imagined.
