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In the competitive business environment, enterprises need to be at their best when it comes to meeting the demands of the markets, delivering great customer experiences, and seeking profitability. In a quality-driven ecosystem where there is little margin for error, enterprises should ensure brand visibility, the quality of their products/services, mitigate customer complaints, and be a step ahead of their competitors. To drive these, enterprises need motivated employees who would go out of their way to deliver the goods. Apart from a better pay package, which incidentally is often the single most driving force for employees, other aspects like flexible work hours, empathy, leadership, growth opportunities, and reward and recognition, among others can play a role in keeping employees motivated. Let us understand how driving employee wellness programmes can accrue a slew of benefits for enterprises.
Benefits of employee wellness programmes
The wellness programmes may include tips to improve health, motivational sessions, rewards and recognition activities, skill development, sports, and outings, among others. The benefits enterprises can derive include:
Increased productivity: Poor health of employees is one of the main reasons they feel exhausted, demotivated and stressed out at work. This leads to the lowering of productivity. However, if the enterprise conducts fitness programmes like exercise or yoga, the employees will feel more focused, energised and motivated to work. Further, such programmes can help employees to move away from consuming unhealthy substances like alcohol and smoking. Better health can prevent the onset of depression and other chronic health ailments like hypertension, high blood sugar etc. Simply put, when employees focus on improving their health and make healthy choices, they attend office regularly and work better.
Employee engagement: In many cases employee dissatisfaction stems from a feeling of being left out. This happens when decision making remains opaque and employees are not taken into confidence. However, if a wellness culture is nurtured in the organization by keeping everyone in the loop as far as decision making is concerned, the level of employee engagement increases. These activities can build trust between the employees and the organization thereby increasing the chances of them staying for a long term.
Enhances morale: Wellness programmes can create a sense of goodwill among employees wherein they feel valued and appreciated. Transparent communication between the stakeholders helps to increase the morale of the employees leading to a better work culture.
Decreases monotony: It is human nature that people can get bored of doing similar tasks every day. A wellness programme can break that monotony by teaching them new things about work and health & fitness. These can generate enthusiasm and prod them to remain better focused at work. Not only will these improve productivity but the quality of work as well.
Conclusion:
An employee wellness programme is the need of the hour for employers to keep the former focused, energized, motivated, and productive. It helps them to achieve milestones at work, be open to ideas, learn new things through up-skill development training, and put in the extra effort.
