Employee Health Promotion.

Exactly how can our business increase participation in the corporate wellness program?

Having a corporate health promotion program in place can improve morale, improve fitness and health and increase productivity in the worksite. Now that you have taken the steps necessary to begin a corporate health promotion program, how do you get your staff members interested and willing to participate?

By implementing healthy eating habits, exercise and offering incentives, your workers will not only sign up for the health promotion program, but they will stick with it.

Does your business have an onsite health club that personnel have access to? When not, offering free or discounted health club memberships to a local health club may be an effective method for getting personnel to exercise. Whether the health club is on or off-site nevertheless, allowing personnel to use the facility during work hours, such as on their lunch break, will increase the likelihood that they will exercise.

Rewarding employees’ achievements is another way to keep them aroused and living a healthy lifestyle. Establishing company objectives like collectively walking a certain number of miles, supports team building. Offering incentives like gift cards, certificates of achievement, and even a day off work can be effective ways to keep participation levels up.

Since there will likely be less sick days being used because of illness, your company may  be able to afford to offer a day off pass as an incentive. These incentives do not have to be expensive, just valuable to the staff member.

Providing a healthy lunch once a week for personnel participating in the corporate health plan, is a excellent way to promote healthy eating. Offering an incentive of healthy, delicious, free food is one way to reward personnel for their efforts while supporting their new healthy lifestyle.

Having a corporate health promotion program in place will provide long term benefits to both the organization and the staff. This is one corporate plan that is definitely worth your time and money!