5 Things to Remember About Workplace Wellness

A team that is healthy — physically as well as mentally — is going to perform better, bring more creativity to the table, take fewer sick days, and gel together as a unit much better than they would otherwise. Team leaders across the country know this, and have for years — yet many teams still lack a viable focus on workplace wellness.

Why is this?

Here’s my basic answer: Workplace wellness is not nearly as simple as it seems at first blush. You might think that you could simply tell your team members about all the benefits that physical fitness can bring, and that they would then jump at the opportunity to eat better and work out daily. This is not always or even often the case.

Actually developing a workplace health initiative requires a much deeper understanding of what motivates your team, and of how fitness can actually be integrated into your day to day rhythms and routines. With that said, I want to offer five quick things for leaders to remember about workplace wellness — all of which I think will provide you with a good foundation for developing your own initiative or program.

1. Your team is going to have to be motivated. They may understand, intellectually, the benefits of workplace wellness, but that won’t always connect to their actions. It can be helpful to bring in an outside…