Keeping employees physically fit and mentally alert naturally enhances productivity and creativity. Nowadays, the corporate world promotes employee exercise not only as the best way to create a positive workplace, but also as a good way to promote the physical and mental health of employees. So, how can companies realize workplace health promotion?
The Importance of Workplace Health Promotion for Businesses
First of all, it is important to understand the importance of workplace health promotion for companies. Having healthy employees means that companies are more competitive. While companies understand this, they cannot deny that the workplace is often a major source of stress for their employees. Therefore, how to effectively guide employees to cope with and reduce stress, and thus maintain their own health, has become the most important issue for enterprises nowadays. Overseas, more and more companies are encouraging their employees to exercise and even subsidize their fitness expenses. This is because studies have shown that exercise can help reduce stress, increase employee productivity, and reduce sick days and medical expenses.
How to Practice Workplace Health Promotion? Domestic and International Case Studies
Workplace health promotion is beginning to be practiced in companies around the world, and with the rising cost of health care, companies in Europe, the United States and Asia are seeing a shift in the way they think about employee health promotion. Employers are beginning to require employees to exercise during work hours, emphasizing that exercise is part of the company culture.
The Central News Agency (CNA) reports that employees of Bjorn Borg, a sportswear retailer based in Stockholm, go to a nearby gym every Friday to get in shape. Even when Swedish tennis legend Bjorn Borg founded his company, CEO Bjorn Borg made it mandatory for employees to exercise during work hours. In addition, a 2014 study by the University of Stockholm showed that exercising on workdays is a win-win situation for both companies and employees. The reason for this is that employee absenteeism dropped to 22% and they were able to be healthier and more focused on their work.
In Taiwan, many enterprises have joined the ranks of workplace health promotion, applying for subsidies for good sports talents and organizing diversified sports activities, such as public welfare road races, sports seminars, or leading their employees to exercise together, etc. Many enterprises have said that when they began to try to replace tea time with exercise time, they obviously saw that their employees were healthier. Many enterprises have said that when they started to try to replace tea time with exercise time, it was obvious that their employees were healthier.
What can companies do to recognize that employee activism leads to high value-added?
Despite the fact that companies highly recognize the value of employee exercise, very few workers in Taiwan actually put it into practice. Only one out of every ten workers meets the standard of exercising three times a week. Faced with this dilemma, what can companies do?
Corporate team building activities combine team building and sports learning to solve the current problems of the organization. By exercising together as a corporate team, teammates are able to work together towards a common goal, while combating stress and improving focus.
For example, companies can lead teams in American Dodgeball team building activities.
American Dodgeball is completely different from traditional dodgeball in terms of gameplay and ball size. The rules of the game are such that both offense and defense occur during the game. American Dodgeball emphasizes teamwork, tactics and reflexes, and the sense of competition in group play builds team cohesion.
Team members take turns to be the attacker. For the team, it integrates different opinions of the team, leads the team to develop offensive and defensive strategies, and strengthens the team's communication skills. For individuals, a full period of time for members to exercise can reduce burnout and effectively improve their work ability.
Activities allow employees to focus on sports while ensuring their safety. We have professional instructors and coaches to lead the team to exercise together, effectively avoiding sports injuries and enhancing the effectiveness of training. Continuous and effective exercise helps team members to cultivate the habit of exercise, creating a sustainable image of the company's talents and attracting more excellent talents to join.
Note: Part of the content is reproduced fromCentral News Agency (Taiwan)
