When considering corporate wellness, gym memberships and mental health days might come to mind. However, a comprehensive corporate wellness solution can offer much more by meeting employees where they are and supporting them in achieving their health goals. If personalized health coaching isn’t part of your program, now is an ideal time to incorporate it.
Here are nine ways a corporate wellness coach can empower your employees to fully leverage their wellness program benefits while enhancing your organization’s bottom line and culture.
1. Increased Productivity
It’s a scientifically proven fact: healthier employees are more productive employees. When your employees work with a health coach, that coach can help them identify the hurdles holding them back from peak health and, thus, peak productivity and then develop a plan to address those hurdles. As their energy levels and focus increase, so will their contributions to your organization’s goals.
2. Reduced Absenteeism
It’s no secret that better overall health means a more robust immune system that can prevent one from succumbing to common illnesses. It’s estimated that professional productivity suffers to the tune of $24.2 billion each year due to absenteeism. Managerial and executive absenteeism, meanwhile, results in a productivity loss of $15.7 billion per year. Save yourself this cost by investing in your employees’ health.
3. Enhanced Employee Engagement
Employees want to know that their organization cares about them professionally and personally. Offering health coaching is a sign that you value your employees beyond their ability to perform their roles. This can, in turn, boost employee engagement and morale.
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Health coaches don’t just focus on physical health. They approach health holistically and can support employees with stress management, anxiety, and similar mental health challenges.
Just as poor physical health can result in lost productivity and increased absenteeism, so can subpar mental health. According to Gallup, “Projected over a 12-month period, workers with fair or poor mental health are estimated to have nearly 12 days of unplanned absences annually compared with 2.5 days for all other workers. Generalized across the U.S. workforce, this missed work is estimated to cost the economy $47.6 billion annually in lost productivity.”
5. Positive Workplace Culture
As your team’s overall health improves, you may notice a positive shift in your workplace culture, especially when employees feel empowered to reach their health goals and see that their organization values their wellness. This can increase job satisfaction and reduce turnover, boosting your organization’s productivity and lowering costs.
6. Skill Development
As employees collaborate with a health coach to achieve their health goals, they’re simultaneously honing skills that are beneficial in the workplace. The same goal-setting skills that help employees establish healthy habits directly transfer to achieving business targets and managing client projects. Similarly, time management skills learned to reduce stress can boost office productivity.
7. Cost Savings
As a healthier workforce leads to better immunity, job satisfaction, and engagement, this, in turn, reduces turnover and absenteeism, which can be costly for organizations. According to Gallup, replacing leaders and managers can cost around 200% of their salary, while replacing professionals in technical roles costs 80% of their salary and 40% for frontline employees.
Moreover, a healthier workforce leads to fewer health issues, resulting in lower medical expenses and insurance premiums for the organization.
8. Support for Behavior Change
Positive behavior changes and habit formation take time and more consistent accountability than employees might get from a one-off company wellness retreat. A corporate health coach can provide ongoing support and accountability, enabling employees to make more sustainable changes.
9. Increased Collaboration and Teamwork
Lastly, as your team members use their health coaching benefits, you’ll find that a broader sense of teamwork and collaboration evolves. They’ll all work toward a personal goal beyond their common professional goals within the work environment, which can bolster the existing team dynamics for even greater collaboration and productivity.
The Bottom Line
By integrating personalized health coaching into the workplace, organizations can create a healthier, more engaged, and more productive workforce, ultimately improving business outcomes.
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