of the above on a shoestring and I can assure you the benefits go far beyond staff retention.

The above points will help improve the health and well being of your workforce therefore deliver commercial benefits to you. Sustained improvements in the health of your team will provide with a team that has increased energy, better concentration, improved self-esteem and probably a stronger immune system which is likely to result in reduced sickness and absence levels.

So helping your team become healt

With the increased awareness of health, fitness and well being - at any moment in time, at least one of your team is likely to be on some type of diet, detox, fitness regime, trying to stop smoking or simply improve their work-life balance.

Your ability to support your employees in achieving their health and fitness goals (as well as any other personal goals for that matter), will always likely to improve their loyalty to you as an employer.

Here are 7 ways you can improve the well-being of your team and further enhance your ability to retain great people.

1. Set up subsidised membership for staff at the local gym.

Competition for new members is fierce in the fitness industry so it should be easy to secure a good deal. Of course it also becomes a great pull when you are hiring staff as well.

2. Let your team leave work 1-2 hours early once a week

So they can get to the gym or spend more time with their families. They will be back the next day more motivated and refreshed.

3. Provide free fruit and bottles of water for the team

4. Set up arrangements locally for the team to have free or subsidised eye test or dental check ups.

Ensure you set it up in a way that it costs you nothing (or close to nothing).

5. Fire your worst customers / clients.

Clients who are rude, don’t pay on time and don’t refer you new business are simply not worth the stress they cause you and your team.

6. Give away a weeks worth of smokers patches or chewing gum for those trying to kick their nicotine habit.

7. Send them for a walk – Encourage people to get out, get fresh air and take a walk 2-3 times a week.

It will reduce their stress levels, make them much more effective at work and quite possibly more pleasant in dealings their colleagues and your customers.

Now, you may think this will cost you money and that all this health stuff is a bit “tree huggy” and not really the sort of thing you do. But in reality you can do most of the above on a shoestring and I can assure you the benefits go far beyond staff retention.

The above points will help improve the health and well being of your workforce therefore deliver commercial benefits to you. Sustained improvements in the health of your team will provide with a team that has increased energy, better concentration, improved self-esteem and probably a stronger immune system which is likely to result in reduced sickness and absence levels.

So helping your team become health

team and further enhance your ability to retain great people.

1. Set up subsidised membership for staff at the local gym.

Competition for new members is fierce in the fitness industry so it should be easy to secure a good deal. Of course it also becomes a great pull when you are hiring staff as well.

2. Let your team leave work 1-2 hours early once a week

So they can get to the gym or spend more time with their families. They will be back the next day more motivated and refreshed.

3. Provide free fruit and bottles of water for the team

4. Set up arrangements locally for the team to have free or subsidised eye test or dental check ups.

Ensure you set it up in a way that it costs you nothing (or close to nothing).

5. Fire your worst customers / clients.

Clients who are rude, don’t pay on time and don’t refer you new business are simply not worth the stress they cause you and your team.

6. Give away a weeks worth of smokers patches or chewing gum for those trying to kick their nicotine habit.

7. Send them for a walk – Encourage people to get out, get fresh air and take a walk 2-3 times a week.

It will reduce their stress levels, make them much more effective at work and quite possibly more pleasant in dealings their colleagues and your customers.

Now, you may think this will cost you money and that all this health stuff is a bit “tree huggy” and not really the sort of thing you do. But in reality you can do most of the above on a shoestring and I can assure you the benefits go far beyond staff retention.

The above points will help improve the health and well being of your workforce therefore deliver commercial benefits to you. Sustained improvements in the health of your team will provide with a team that has increased energy, better concentration, improved self-esteem and probably a stronger immune system which is likely to result in reduced sickness and absence levels.

So helping your team become healt

p>3. Provide free fruit and bottles of water for the team

4. Set up arrangements locally for the team to have free or subsidised eye test or dental check ups.

Ensure you set it up in a way that it costs you nothing (or close to nothing).

5. Fire your worst customers / clients.

Clients who are rude, don’t pay on time and don’t refer you new business are simply not worth the stress they cause you and your team.

6. Give away a weeks worth of smokers patches or chewing gum for those trying to kick their nicotine habit.

7. Send them for a walk – Encourage people to get out, get fresh air and take a walk 2-3 times a week.

It will reduce their stress levels, make them much more effective at work and quite possibly more pleasant in dealings their colleagues and your customers.

Now, you may think this will cost you money and that all this health stuff is a bit “tree huggy” and not really the sort of thing you do. But in reality you can do most of the above on a shoestring and I can assure you the benefits go far beyond staff retention.

The above points will help improve the health and well being of your workforce therefore deliver commercial benefits to you. Sustained improvements in the health of your team will provide with a team that has increased energy, better concentration, improved self-esteem and probably a stronger immune system which is likely to result in reduced sickness and absence levels.

So helping your team become healt

um for those trying to kick their nicotine habit.

7. Send them for a walk – Encourage people to get out, get fresh air and take a walk 2-3 times a week.

It will reduce their stress levels, make them much more effective at work and quite possibly more pleasant in dealings their colleagues and your customers.

Now, you may think this will cost you money and that all this health stuff is a bit “tree huggy” and not really the sort of thing you do. But in reality you can do most of the above on a shoestring and I can assure you the benefits go far beyond staff retention.

The above points will help improve the health and well being of your workforce therefore deliver commercial benefits to you. Sustained improvements in the health of your team will provide with a team that has increased energy, better concentration, improved self-esteem and probably a stronger immune system which is likely to result in reduced sickness and absence levels.

So helping your team become healt

of the above on a shoestring and I can assure you the benefits go far beyond staff retention.

The above points will help improve the health and well being of your workforce therefore deliver commercial benefits to you. Sustained improvements in the health of your team will provide with a team that has increased energy, better concentration, improved self-esteem and probably a stronger immune system which is likely to result in reduced sickness and absence levels.

So helping your team become healthier really is a ‘no-brainer’

So while your competitors may be killing their teams (at least over the longer term!) you are helping your people reduce their chances of developing heart disease, diabetes and certain types of cancers - what a great selling point that is when you are hiring!

So open your mind and decide that you will introduce one or two of these changes.

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