Discover the Power of Personalized Coaching for a Healthier Workplace

Corporate wellness is probably already on your radar. As a topic gaining significant traction within the HR landscape, the question for decision-makers has shifted from “What is corporate wellness?” to “How can I adapt my corporate wellness program to meet changing needs?”

As you contemplate how to better address your employees’ evolving wellness needs in the New Year, it’s time to focus on holistic wellness. You can significantly enhance your workplace by caring for your team’s holistic health—which encompasses their physical, spiritual, mental, and social well-being. By combining personalized health coaching into the workplace, organizations can build a stronger, healthier workforce that drives business success.

According to World Economic Forum, workers who are considered holistically healthy want to, and can, work later in life, and holistic health may correlate with greater levels of engagement. Likewise, according to a study by the Integrated Benefits Institute, employees in environments with a poor or non-existent health culture worked overall less than their counterparts working within organizations with strong wellness cultures, and these employees also achieved less and struggled with concentration. Are you unsure where to start in building a culture of employee wellness, or are you concerned that your current corporate wellness program might not be pulling enough weight? Consider adding a personalized health coaching component to your wellness offerings. Here are nine ways personalized health coaching can transform your workplace.

1. Increased Productivity

A corporate wellness health coach can work with team members individually to address their specific needs, identify healthier habits to adopt, and eliminate detrimental health behaviors. This personalized approach empowers team members to make healthy choices that enhance their productivity, energy, and focus. Whether improving sleep quality, addressing lingering health issues, or meeting other unique health requirements, these positive changes enable team members to contribute more effectively to organizational goals.

2. Reduced Absenteeism

It’s a given — if your employees are healthier, they’re less likely to take days off for illness or suffer from reduced productivity.

As Mayo Clinic explains, building a robust immune system capable of resisting common illnesses begins with cultivating healthy habits practiced daily rather than only when a cold is imminent. Key habits include maintaining a nutritious diet, ensuring quality sleep, managing stress, and staying physically active. When a health coach proactively addresses these habits with team members, it can significantly reduce absenteeism over time.

3. Enhanced Employee Engagement

Your employees want to know that you care about them — and many don’t think their employers care about their health and well-being. Change that narrative by demonstrating that you do. Offering health coaching is an easy way to do so. When employees feel valued and taken care of, they’re more likely to be engaged at work and to exhibit high morale.

4. Improved Mental Health

A health coach goes beyond addressing physical health issues and habits such as nutrition, exercise, and sleep. They also focus on mental health, offering support for managing stress, anxiety, and related challenges. This comprehensive approach fosters a more positive and resilient workforce.

5. Positive Workplace Culture

With employee morale and engagement going up, your overall culture will follow a similar positive trajectory. As the broader team feels supported in achieving health goals and making better health-related decisions, your positive workplace culture will enhance team members’ job satisfaction further, reducing turnover.

6. Skill Development

Health coaches equip their clients with skills that are valuable across various professional contexts. For instance, if a team member struggles with goal setting and decision-making, the skills acquired through health coaching can also benefit their work environment. Time management skills learned through health coaching can help both personal health goals and office productivity. In that case, the strategies learned in coaching can also be applied to improve time management in the office.

7. Cost Savings

Just as reduced absenteeism is a long-term result of offering corporate wellness program benefits, so is the overall healthcare savings your organization will experience due to healthier employees. Healthier workers require fewer medical expenses and use their insurance benefits less, leading to lower costs for the organization.

8. Support for Behavior Change

Employees often struggle with health goals due to a lack of accountability. While accountability partners can be helpful, some team members need a solution that’s a bit more concrete and professional—like a health coach who’ll meet with them regularly and ask them about their progress.

9. Increased Collaboration and Teamwork

As employees become healthier and more engaged, they’ll likely work more cohesively and effectively in team environments.

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.

Schedule a complimentary call to learn more about Arootah’s corporate wellness offerings, including individualized coaching for your team members.