PEAK PERFORMANCE

It is estimated that untreated health & wellness conditions cost Australian workplaces $10.9 billion dollars per year.

In today’s VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous) business world employees have almost no down time away from work. Indeed Deloitte’s 2014 Global Human Capital Trends Survey of 2,500 business & HR leaders showed that the “overwhelmed employee phenomenon” is a global business concern. According to Deloitte, today’s worker actually initiates interruptions themselves 41% of the time because they feel the need to ‘check in’, to be constantly ‘on’. And with one in five leaders reporting that they are regularly unable to be attentive in meetings, and 59% of workers feeling physically depleted, emotionally drained, mentally distracted and lacking in meaning and purpose, the question must be asked – is your workplace operating at a state of peak performance? The link between healthier employees and healthier profits is well documented, however one off workplace wellbeing initiatives, or ‘set and forget’ benefits may be missing the mark. “Currently employers are doing a good job looking at people’s nutrition and movement but they are often not paying attention to the remaining wellbeing pillars”, says Wellineux founder Amanda McMillan. Wellineux is on a mission to change how organisations approach the wellbeing of their employees. Not only do they guide employers and HR Managers to pay attention to the wellbeing of their team members across all eight pillars of wellness, but importantly, Wellineux places strong emphasis on the link between an organisations wellbeing strategy and how it can support the business achieving its strategic goals. Wellineux defines wellness as the sum of eight integrated pillars: discovery, nutrition, movement, connection, resources, growth, rest and mind.By holistically addressing all eight pillars, employees are given the tools to foster resilience, manage stress, think with creativity and innovation and to stay well. The cost of inaction manifests in the tangible dollar figure. Absenteeism, presenteeism, lack of retention, and in time, the business’ inability to quickly solve problems and deliver on strategic goals. However, the intangible impacts of a well-executed wellbeing strategy; motivation, a sense of community, feeling courageous to have difficult conversations, physical energy and mental stamina, have an immense impact on individuals operating at their peak, and therefore the organisation achieving a state of peak performance as a whole.