The workplace is becoming an increasingly pressurized environment with more demand than ever on employees  to cope with the challenges and changes that so many are currently experiencing. Workplace Wellness is about the proactive and responsible approach that organisations can take to support the health of their workforce. By cultivating a working environment that promotes mental, physical and environmental health, employers can positively impact on stress, reduce absenteeism and improve the workforce energy and performance to engender a culture of people engagement and demonstrate corporate social responsibility. 

NOT FLUFFY STUFF - THERE IS A SOLID BUSINESS CASE

More and more organisations are recognising the positive return on investment of introducing Workplace Wellness programmes with a very clear set of benefits:

• Reduce sickness absenteeism
• Alleviate employee stress
• Help staff to cope with change
• Promote better communication
• Reduce potential conflict
• Improve staff energy levels
• Improve mental health
• Improve physical wellbeing
• Retain talent and reduce staff turnover
• Improve employee engagement
• Support managers to support their teams
• Promote work/life balance
• Mitigate potential litigation
• Reduce health insurance premiums
• Reduce carbon foot print
• Save money on workplace overheads
• Become an employer of choice
• Support corporate social responsibility
• Improve efficiency and productivity

OUR WORKPLACE WELLNESS APPROACH

We keep our approach to wellness simple with a focus on making an immediate impact and achieving sustainable results. Through an extensive amount of research across a wide range of organisations we have developed a unique holistic model that works and returns your investment .


Using each of the enablers on the right we address physical, mental and environmental health and have designed a portfolio of approaches that can be delivered in your organisations and tailored to suit your specific requirements. Please contact us directly for examples of programmes.

OUR WORKPLACE WELLNESS PROGRAMMES 

• Flexible 2 - 4 - 8 approach - To be delivered as a 2 hour bite size session, a half day or full day event
• The one day, Fit 2 Lead programme is for Managers who want to be healthy, fit role models for their teams
• Train the Trainer - This 2 day programme enables your trainers to become accredited to deliver our programmes 

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE. These programmes can all be tailored to suit your requirements and delivered in house by our accredited Workplace Wellness Consultants.

WORKPLACE WELLNESS MATERIALS AND SUPPORT

• How to Work Wonders - Your Guide to Workplace Wellness – The acclaimed book by Liggy Webb is given to each participant on a programme as essential post event reference support
• We offer ongoing support by providing free download-able Wellness Toolkits and materials
• We have a support hotline available to everyone who attends an event

 

SO WHY DOES OUR APPROACH WORK?

• We move away from the negative focus of stress and towards the positive focus and outcome of wellness
• It inspires and motivates people to want to take personal responsibility for their mental, physical and environmental health
• Encourages participants to take immediate action by addressing existing behaviors, changing unhealthy habits and making healthier choices
• Motivates people to self evaluate and sustain successful personal outcomes by creating  SMART personal action plans
• It encourages participants to make their own choices by providing a selection of easily transferable and achievable tips and techniques 
• We take out all unnecessary complexity, by keeping it simple we make it fun  

ABOUT THE WORKSHOPS

• These workshops are suitable for anyone at any level in your organization and can be adapted to accommodate smaller or larger numbers of participants
• The aim of these programmes is to focus on wellness as the outcome in order to alleviate and combat stress related illness
• The approach is to encourage and motivate individuals to make choices and take personal responsibility
• A personal action plan is completed throughout to encourage successful outcomes
• Our approach is light, motivating, practical, participative and fun 

WHAT WILL PARTICIPANTS GET OUT OF THE PROGRAMME?

• Develop a positive attitude and approach to work
• Learn about the benefits of exercising and healthy eating
• Manage energy and personal stress levels
• Communicate more positively, assertively and effectively
• Improve the working environment
• Set personal action plans and achieve goals and results
• Each participant is given a workbook containing a personal action plan to design during the programme and to take away (we actively encourage a 3 month review date).
• Programmes contain a range of varied learning approaches including presentations, quizzes, group exercises, de-stress tips, psychometric tests and discussions
• Each participant is given a book afterwards which covers in detail the content of the programme and has lots of tips and advice to help support sustainable learning 

Our Workplace Wellness programmes are based on a wealth of up to date research and can be tailored to suit the specific needs of your business. All of the programmes are delivered by Workplace Wellness accredited trainers.

For more information or case study examples please contact us on info@thelearningarchitect.com