Wellness At Work - What Actually Helps Employees
Has a wellness program ever had a positive effect on your well-being? To what degree? I participated in wellness programs - pilates and a free gym. But I was already so active, that the impact was meagre at best. It would be hard to say I was more well after that. What about you? That was the subject this week in my discussion with Tim Borys - fitness enthusiast, coach, wellness expert, author, and keynote speaker. We discuss whether or not corporate wellness programs are making a difference to our wellbeing. And, more importantly, how organizations can create more wellbeing. 💪 Wellness programs tend to be surface level - yoga and gyms. Not meaningless but also not that powerful. 🗯️ As the video says below, wellness programs will be totally pointless if your boss is an a*h*. ⚕️We're aiming for wellbeing and that concept extends to all the systems and people in the workplace. 🕺🏻If Tim had $100,000 to invest in creating wellbeing at work, I suspect he would 90% on leadership development. 🔬Leadership development programs are often too tactical to cover topics related to well-being. What are the goals of your leadership development program? Are you doing an adequate job of training leaders on concepts related to well-being? This was a thought-provoking chat around wellness - what works and what doesn't. Check it out! Find Tim at https://timborys.com/ or on LinkedIn Find Andrea (me) at https://thehrhub.ca