Wellness at work
Kommunikations-experte KEN TAYLOR wirft einen Blick auf die Fähigkeiten und Sprachkenntnisse, die in der modernen Arbeitswelt unabdingbar sind.
Modern working practices often mean that you sit for long periods, strain your eyes looking at a computer screen and have quick takeaway meals between meetings. This is not healthy. Yet it has been shown that having healthy staff results in better productivity, lower rates of absence and lower employee turnover. Have a look at the conversation below and highlight the words and phrases you might find useful when discussing wellness at work.
Eva and Keith work in the HR department. They are discussing how to improve the health and happiness of their staff.
Eva: Let’s brainstorm a few ideas we can present at next week’s
HR meeting.
Keith: We need a wellness plan. But we have a tight budget and
limited resources.
Eva: Starting a health campaign is always hard. We first need to raise awareness by sending out articles and newsletters. This could encourage people to think about their health. Keith: And we could follow that up by associating a healthy lifestyle with a cause.
Eva: How would that work?
Keith: We could support a charity by organizing walkathons, cyclothons – or even a marathon! The participants are sponsored by friends and family.
Eva: Then, once we’ve got people involved, we could lay out a company wellness programme. We could make it easier to work flexible hours and introduce some healthy activities in our daily schedules.
Keith: Yes, let’s plan to offer a weekly yoga session and a Monday
morning meditation class.
Eva: Why Monday morning?
Keith: Everyone hates Mondays! A meditation session can help get
you into the right frame of mind for the rest of the week.
Eva: We should definitely come to an arrangement with a nearby gym and subsidize membership – and start offering healthy snacks such as fruit instead of sweets and biscuits.
Keith: Don’t forget that we’ll have a limited budget – but we’ve got
some good ideas here already.