{"id":1563,"date":"2018-05-23T20:58:50","date_gmt":"2018-05-23T20:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/small-business-success-wnc.com\/?p=1563"},"modified":"2021-05-06T19:01:32","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T19:01:32","slug":"successful-small-business-wellness-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/small-business-success-wnc.com\/?p=1563","title":{"rendered":"Successful Small Business Wellness Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>What is Wellness?<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1570 alignleft\" style=\"border: 7px outset silver;\" src=\"http:\/\/small-business-success-wnc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Small-Business-Success-Wilmington-NC-Successful-Small-Business-Wellness-Program.jpg\" alt=\"Small Business Success Wilmington-NC-Successful Small Business Wellness Program\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>Your wellness is simply the <strong>condition of your physical and mental health<\/strong>. Furthermore, it is the result of all your lifestyle choices and the actions you take (or lack thereof) to be healthier. Wellness has several dimensions including emotional, environmental, financial, intellectual, occupational, physical, social and spiritual wellness. In other words, it is <strong>how healthy and happy you are<\/strong> with all aspects of your life. A Successful small business wellness program addresses and improves these wellness dimensions for everyone within the organization.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/small-business-success-wnc.com\/successful-small-business-entrepreneurs\"><em><strong>To read more about small business owner well-being &#8211; click here<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>What is the Purpose of a Workplace Wellness Program?<\/h3>\n<p>The main purpose of creating a successful small business wellness program is to help small business owners and their employees to lead healthier lives. In addition, a workplace wellness program <strong>is an investment<\/strong> into your small business with benefits such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Creating a healthier work environment and enhancing your business image.<\/li>\n<li>Building employee morale and loyalty.<\/li>\n<li>Improving employee productivity and relations.<\/li>\n<li>Reducing injuries, absenteeism and stress.<\/li>\n<li>Lowering healthcare costs, workers&#8217; compensation and disability-related costs.<\/li>\n<li>Increasing employee retention and stimulating recruitment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>What is Workplace Wellness Program?<\/h3>\n<p>A Successful Small Business Wellness Program contains policies and activities designed to promote healthy behavior in the workplace and improve individual health outcomes. This includes outcomes such as improving fitness, eating healthy, losing weight and being happier.<\/p>\n<p>Small Business Workplace Wellness Programs covers aspects such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Education\/seminars on topics such as health, nutrition and stress management.<\/li>\n<li>Plans for medical\/biometric assessments and screening.<\/li>\n<li>Plans for mental health, weight management, quitting smoking, stress management, etc.<\/li>\n<li>On-site fitness facilities or sponsored gym memberships, and allowing flex-time for exercise.<\/li>\n<li>Employee incentives such as weight loss competitions, financial and other incentives for participation (lower health-insurance premiums, gift cards, etc).<\/li>\n<li>Smoking workplace restrictions, substance abuse\/drug use testing, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Ergonomic measures, injury prevention procedures and safety equipment.<\/li>\n<li>Sexual harassment and non-discrimination programs.<\/li>\n<li>Availability of on-site eating facilities\/areas and offering healthy food options in workplace vending machines and cafeterias.<\/li>\n<li>Encouraging physical activity in workplace such as walking, stretching and \u201cwalk and talk\u201d meetings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A Workplace Wellness Programs can be <strong>as simple as<\/strong> whatever you as a small business owner want it to be. <strong>Just do something<\/strong> and show your employees you care about them and their health.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Requirements for a Successful Small Business Wellness Program<\/h3>\n<p>The requirements for a Successful Small Business Wellness Program includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Small business <strong>owner commitment<\/strong> and wellness program <strong>budget<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Well-designed <strong>wellness program<\/strong> with goals designed around the needs of employees.<\/li>\n<li>Wellness <strong>education<\/strong> and creating awareness of risk factors.<\/li>\n<li>Clinical <strong>assessment and screening<\/strong> of key health measures.<\/li>\n<li>Behavior change <strong>interventions<\/strong> designed to lower health risks.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Engagement methods<\/strong> that includes workplace activities to engage employees and health coaching.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Incentives<\/strong> to motivate and reward participation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Measuring mechanism<\/strong> to assess wellness program success and initiate changes. In addition to measuring bio-metric scores, it could also include absenteeism and productivity measures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bestzup.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Click here to learn about the human body systems, weight management, exercising, tips for healthy living and much more.<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Wellness? Your wellness is simply the condition of your physical and mental health. Furthermore, it is the result of all your lifestyle choices and the actions you take (or lack thereof) to be healthier. Wellness has several dimensions including emotional, environmental, financial, intellectual, occupational, physical, social and spiritual wellness. In other words, it is how healthy and happy you are with all aspects of your life. A Successful small business wellness program addresses and improves these wellness dimensions for everyone within the organization. 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