It is important to consider what the goals and priorities of your company are.
Implementing a health and wellbeing strategy will lend itself to a cohesive structured plan, enabling you to review, evaluate and improve upon any health initiatives you launch.
Having a bespoke health and wellbeing strategy in place is key to success to align with your aims, needs and objectives.
Research conducted by the Reward & Employee Benefits Association (REBA) found that one third of participants created their wellbeing strategy with the goal to increase employee engagement, and approximately one quarter did so to improve the organisational culture. Other motivating factors included improving productivity levels, reducing sickness and retaining talent.
Developing an effective health and wellbeing strategy is a great way to demonstrate that you value your people. As well as empowering colleagues to adopt or maintain a healthy lifestyle, a great programme will allow you to make a positive difference to your organisation.
A health and wellbeing programme can deliver various results including:
A review of UK case study examples of employer wellness programmes found that: